Paloma Gomez will replace Jorge Alers, who led the firm’s expansion in the region
Santiago office adds to recent launches in Bogota and Lima.
The Panamanian law firm will maintain a skeleton staff to comply with inquiries from the authorities.
The partners of the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal have been granted bail pending further legal action over allegations they helped launder money related to a huge Brazilian bribery case.
The headquarters of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have been raided by police following a leak of more than 11 million documents that showed how wealthy people, including politicians and world leaders, used the firm to evade tax.