International Law Overview: Free Trade Zones in Chile

7 months ago

Free Trade Zones (“FTZ”) are geographical areas delimited within the national territory, where industrial activities of assets and services or commercial activities are carried out, under special tax, customs, and…

METS Practical Advice: Key Clauses to Consider in Subcontractor Agreements

Australia, Contracts, METS, Mining, Multinational

3 years ago

There are a number of reasons why a Mining Equipment, Technology, and Services (METS) company may need to subcontract. With tight deadlines, a METS company may need additional manpower to…

Funding your Chilean Entity: Inter Company Loan Agreements

Chile, Multinational, Taxation

3 years ago

Harris Gomez Group has been assisting companies enter the Chilean and the Latin American region for over 10 years. On many occasions, we work with clients from their initial set…

HGG Chile: Taxation on Payments Made Abroad for Technology and Technical Services

Chile, Environment, Mining, Multinational, Taxation

3 years ago

Technology and technical know-how is considered an essential precondition for improving productivity, attaining industrial development and promoting export growth. Therefore, technology transfer is seen as a key element for enabling…

Chile Employment: Hired a Bad Manager?

Chile, General, Multinational, Uncategorized

3 years ago

Companies that enter Chile tend to start up by having a trusted employee set up the Chilean company and represent the parent entity. These employees are often granted powers to…

Chile Employment: Terminating for Unfair Competition

Chile, General, Multinational, Uncategorized

3 years ago

We mentioned in our previous article Chile Employment: Hired a Bad Manager? that there are constitutional rights that heavily protect the employee rights. This makes it very difficult to terminate…

Practical Advice on Peru: Foreign Worker From A Non-Resident Company

General, Multinational, Peru

3 years ago

Peru is an interesting economy with growing mining, energy and infrastructure sectors. Compared to Chile, the Peruvian market is less mature and in many cases has fewer service providers. This…

Chile Employment: 3 Practical Tips When Hiring a New Employee

Chile, General, Multinational, Uncategorized

3 years ago

In our experience, when assisting foreign clients who are in the process of hiring employees, certain questions and recurring situations seem to arise which often slow the negotiating and signing…

A Few Keynotes on Mexican Labour Law

General, Labour Laws, Mexico, Multinational, Uncategorized

3 years ago

Enacted on May 1, 1970, the Mexican Labour Act (the “MLA”) governs all labour relations in Mexico falling under the scope of article 123, section A, of the Federal Constitution…

Practical Advice: Setting up a Chilean Agent

Chile, General, Multinational, Taxation

3 years ago

Companies looking to expand abroad often want to have a presence in a specific market but in some cases, they want to have a presence without incorporating an entity. This…

International Law Overview: Free Trade Zones in Chile