KARLA CID

Attorney - Director

PRACTICE

Karla focuses her practice on corporate matters as well as new technologies, intellectual property and telecommunications law.

Relevant transactions: advised Kaszek Ventures in financing rounds for Fintual (2020) and Phage Technologies (2021).

Recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 in Corporate and M&A, Data Privacy, and TMT.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Karla formerly was an associate lawyer at Magliona Abogados between 2010 and 2014, rejoining in 2020.

From 2014 to April 2017, she was an attorney advisor at Ministry of the General Secretariat of the Presidency in the Modernization and Digital Government Unit.

From April 2017 to April 2018, she was Strategic Account Manager at Cognitiva IBM Watson Strategic Partner and during 2018 she worked as legal advisor at Microsoft Chile.

PUBLICATIONS

“Public Administration Certification of Advanced Electronic Signatures for Authorities and Public Servants”, Revista Chilena de Derecho y Tecnología, vol 5. Nº 2, Santiago, 2016.

EDUCATION

Law, Universidad de Chile, Licenciada en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, with highest honors (2013).
Diploma in Intellectual Property and Telecommunications, Universidad de Chile (2014).

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Assistant Professor of Computer Law, Universidad de Chile, 2017-2018.

Assistant Professor at The Center for Law and Information Technology, Universidad de Chile, 2017.

Assistant Professor, LLM in Law, Technologies, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property, Universidad de Chile, 2015-2017.

Assistant Professor of Civil Law, Universidad de Chile 2009-2013.

Assistant Professor of Civil Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2008-2019.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.