Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos

The ’very energetic team’ at full-service law firm Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos has ‘great experience in litigation’. The 18-strong litigation and arbitration department, which represents both domestic and international clients in high-stakes litigation that is frequently conducted against the Chilean State, is experienced in disputes over environmental, regulatory, energy, mining, securities, tax, construction, and insurance issues. The group is also regularly mandated to act in suits concerning damages, torts, competition law, and consumer protection. The firm additionally maintains robust white-collar and data protection practices. Among the firm’s notable disputes practitioners, national and international litigation and arbitration specialist Florencio Bernales acts in disputes involving construction, insurance, shareholder agreements and takeover operations, as well as damages, mining, environment, electricity and antitrust-related actions; Fernando Urrutia primarily handles construction cases and related insolvency proceedings; Raimundo Moreno's recent experience includes environmental cases; and Jorge Boldt is a civil and criminal litigation expert. The practice further comprises director José Ignacio Azar, who leads the firm’s consumer law and class action offering. In the firm’s senior associate ranks, Trinidad Torres' experience includes securities-related litigation; Lorena Avendaño assists with civil litigation and criminal defence work; and María Francisca Larraín (promoted in December 2023) is an experienced litigation, arbitration and ADR practitioner.