ROCÍO YÁÑEZ S.
Associate
Rocío Yáñez is a member of the Compliance team at the firm. She is also part of the Media and Technology, as well as the Sports and Entertainment practice areas, providing legal counsel to national and international companies in these sectors. In 2024, she joined Prieto’s Criminal Law team.
She participates in the review of crime prevention systems for clients across different industries and actively contributes to the assessment of such matters during Due Diligence processes.
She studied Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, graduating in 2023, where she obtained a specialization certificate in Criminal Law. During her time at the university, she served as a teaching assistant in the areas of Criminal Law, Communication Law, Constitutional Law, and the Seminar on Research and Systematization of Supreme Court Jurisprudence. She is currently a collaborator for the Chilean Criminal Sciences Journal of the Institute of Criminal Sciences.
Rocío Yañez has been an Associate at Prieto since 2023.
EDUCATION
- Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2023)
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
- Teaching Assistant, Special Part of Criminal Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2023)
- Teaching Assistant, Advanced Elective “Advertising Law,” Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2022)
- Teaching Assistant, Seminar on Research and Systematization of Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Supreme Court’s Directorate of Studies (2021)
- Teaching Assistant, Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2019–2020)
- Teaching Assistant, Communication Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2019)