PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and Finance
- Venture Capital
- Compliance/Anti-Corruption and Corporate Investigations
- Commercial Contracting
- Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business Law
- Investment Funds
- Real Estate and Urban Planning
- Family Assets
- Projects and Infrastructure
EXPERIENCE
Gabriel has focused his professional career on corporate, financial, real estate, compliance, and anti-corruption matters. He serves as the partner in charge of the latter practice area.
He was responsible for compliance and crime prevention matters at the construction company Claro Vicuña Valenzuela S.A. (CVV).
Gabriel has also been part of the evaluation panel for the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. This role aims to provide legal profession perspectives on the implementation of the Convention in Chile, within the framework of the OECD’s monitoring mechanism.
Before founding SPG, he worked as a partner at Palma Law Firm, specializing in Corporate, Financial, Real Estate, and Compliance law.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2012.
- Recipient of the Latin America Master Scholarship awarded by The University of Nottingham and Banco Santander based on academic merit, 2011.
- Attorney’s degree awarded by the Supreme Court, 2007.
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Faculty of Law, 2004.
- EAP University of California, Santa Barbara, United States of America, 2004.
- ELA DePaul University, Chicago, United States of America, 2001.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, PUBLICATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS
- Recognized attorney in Best Lawyers since 2020.
- Teaching Assistant for Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2013-2017.
- Teaching Assistant for Competition Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Los Andes, 2011.
- Teaching Assistant for Bankruptcy Law at the Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2010.
- Teaching Assistant for Economic Law at the Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2001-2003.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Partner at SPG Abogados & Consultores since 2024.
- Palma Law Firm from 2009 to 2023, where he became a partner in 2017.
- Díaz-Bastien & Truan Abogados, Madrid, Spain, 2012.
- BBVA Chile Legal Department, 2007.
- Vial y Palma Law Firm, 2006-2009.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Chilean BAR Association (Colegio de Abogados de Chile A.G.)
- Member of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA).
LANGUAGES
Spanish and English.
