DIEGO LISONI

Law Graduate-Researcher

PRACTICE

His practice focuses on research and advisory work in corporate, case law, regulatory, and public policy matters related to personal data protection, the Internet, new technologies, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Special Mention at the National Level (Chile), “Ideas for the Future” Essay Competition (2020), awarded by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Central Bank of Chile.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Diego joined Magliona Abogados in 2021. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Internet Society, Chile Chapter, for the 2025–2027 term.

PUBLICATIONS

“Modernization and Digital Transformation of the State: Challenges, Opportunities and Proposals in the light of the Health Crisis and the Social Outbreak in Chile“. CAF – Bank of Development of Latin America, 2020.

Lexology Getting the Deal Through, Chile chapter on Data Protection and Privacy (2025).

Contributing Author in the Cybersecurity and Data Protection & Privacy guides by Chambers & Partners (2025 edition).

MEMBERSHIPS

Youth Standing Group (Youth Observatory) – Internet Society (ISOC).
Internet Society Chile Chapter.
Member of the IAPP.

EDUCATION

Law, Universidad de Chile (2016- 2020). Thesis: “Bill that regulates the protection and treatment of personal data and creates the personal data protection agency: analysis and proposals from the Accountability Principle”, Maximum Grade, 2020.

Mandarin Chinese, Confucius Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2020.
CS50 For Lawyers, HarvardX, 2020 – 2021.
Fellow, South School on Internet Governance 2024, in collaboration with the Center for High Technology. Training for Latin America (CCATLAT), Universidad de Mendoza, and the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL – OAS).
Research Group Member – Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), 2025.
Community Fellow of the Internet Society and member of its alumni network. Selected as one of 56 participants from over 800 applicants worldwide for the inaugural 2025 cohort of the Internet Society Community Fellowship.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Teaching Assistant, Administrative Law course, Professor Luis Cordero Vega, Universidad de Chile, 2020, to date.
Teaching Assistant, Administrative Law course, Professor Natalia Muñoz Chiu, Universidad de Chile, 2020, to date.
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Thesis Workshop on E-Commerce, Regulations, and New Challenges, Universidad de Chile, 2020, to date.
Teaching Assistant, Civil Law course, Professor Gabriel Hernández Paulsen, Universidad de Chile, 2021.
Civil Law Assistant Professor, Universidad de Chile, 2021.
Assistant of the University Pedagogy and Didactics of Law Unit, Universidad de Chile, 2021.
Assistant at the Center for Information Technology Law Studies, Universidad de Chile, 2021.
Selected as an intern at the CENDOC of the Supreme Court of Chile: “Project to update the Judicial Power Database”, in matters related to Commercial Law, 2021.
Selected to participate in the “Responsible Digital Leadership in the Financial Sector Project” organized by the “Center for Human Rights and International Justice” at Stanford University and led by Professor Søren Juul Jørgensen, 2021.
Contributor to the Global Alliance on Ethics and Impact of Artificial Intelligence – GAEIA (www.gaeia.world), in the context of the 2022 project “Responsible Digital Leadership in the Financial Sector.”
Coordinator of the Youth Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum, 2024.

LANGUAGES

Spanish, English and Mandarin Chinese.