Baker McKenzie Chile's ‘team demonstrates deep knowledge of Chilean legislation, jurisprudence and market practices’. The 10-strong litigation group has a notable track record for large-value litigation involving construction, infrastructure, large-scale energy projects and pension funds. It is also routinely mandated for high-profile class actions involving companies from the retail, consumer, pensions and healthcare sectors. The firm’s dispute resolution offering in Chile is led by Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés, whose experience includes acting for the Chilean State, international companies and domestic businesses in conflicts concerning long-term energy contracts, construction, projects and investment protection. Providing key support, Ignacio Naudon's wide-ranging disputes expertise covers class actions, infrastructure projects, construction contracts, distribution agreements, securities, corporate law and M&A. At associate level, Felipe Soza focuses on public, civil and commercial law-related litigation and arbitration; while international commercial and investor-state arbitration senior Juan Pablo Labbé is a January 2024 hire from Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution.
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Témoignages
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‘The team demonstrates deep knowledge of Chilean legislation, jurisprudence and market practices.’
‘Great commitment to the client and great strategic sense in dispute resolution.’
’Quality and speed of responses.’
‘Clarity in its communication.’
‘A group that complements each other in a very good way, with tasks assigned correctly and according to the knowledge and experience of each lawyer.’
‘They differ from the rest in that they do not only want to present a correct legal defence, but rather they seek at every opportunity to include a differentiating factor that can lead to better results.’
Clients clés
- Oracle
- HDI
- Motorola
- Cencosud
- Bupa
- General Electric
- HP
- Derco Corp
- AFP Habitat (Prudential)
- Essity
Points forts
- Representing tissue company SCA, in relation to a damages action filed by a former paper company, Papelera Cerrillos.
- Defending Aguas Antofagasta against a class action for interruption of water supply.
- Acting for Astaldi (Chile branch) in a major construction lawsuit against the Chilean State.
Avocats
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Responsable de la pratique
Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés; Ignacio Naudon