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LAWYERS

José María Eyzaguirre B. Partner +56 2 2367 3034 Secretary: Paula Martens LANGUAGES: English and Spanish.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Litigation, Capital Markets, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Agribusiness, Infrastructure and Transportation, Financial Services and Fintech, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Private Client and Wealth Management,

Experience

José María Eyzaguirre B. leads the Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Claro & Cía. in Chile, where he has been consistently recognized as “Star Individual” in the Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions field by Chambers & Partners since 1999, and highlighted as a leading lawyer in complex transactions in the  Mergers and Acquisitions and Banking and Finance sectors by specialized publications such as The Legal 500, LatinLawyer, IFLR and Best Lawyers, among others.

He began his career in the Litigation area and then focused on the business practice, specializing in corporate matters in general, with particular emphasis on Transnational Financing, including Project Financing (particularly, on infrastructure) and, most prominently, on Mergers & Acquisitions, wherein he has  implemented and structured the major transactions carried out in Chile to date, among them:

  • The strategic alliance between LATAM Airlines Group and Delta for US$2.2 billion;
  • The structuring, design and execution of the divestment of Nutrien Ltd. from Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile SA (“SQM”) for US$5.2 billion.
  • The acquisition by DP World of Puertos y Logística S.A. from the Matte Group and Angelini Group for US$700 million.
  • The merger between Scotiabank Chile and BBVA Chile (acting on behalf of the Said Group, a 25% (shareholder), after the acquisition by The Bank of Nova Scotia of 68.19% of the stake in BBVA Chile for US$2.2 billion.
  • The merger between Corpbanca and Banco Itaú for US$7 billion.
  • The merger of LATAM Airlines Group S.A. with the Brazilian airline TAM Airlines, (M&A Deal of the Year 2012/2013) for an added value of US$12 billion as well as the entry of Qatar Airlines in 2016.
  • The dispute for the control of the exploitation of Los Bronces copper mine between Anglo American plc with Codelco, the Chilean state-owned company, which concluded with a transaction giving rise to an association between the two companies and Mitsubishi Corporation.
  • The acquisition by Walmart Stores Inc. of the Chilean retail company D&S for US$4 billion
  • The French company Nexans in the acquisition of the wire and cable division from the Chilean publicly-held company Madeco, which does business in Brazil, Argentina and Colombia for US$800 million.
  • Hydro-Quebec in the sale of its stake in the Chilean electricity transmission company Transelec for US$1.7 billion to Broookfiled.

He has been a member of the board of directors of public companies such as LATAM Airlines Group S.A.,Soquimich S.A. and Walmart Chile (WMTCL – Santiago Stock Exchange). He is a member of the board of directors of Invercap.

He joined Claro & Cía. in 1982, worked between 1987 and 1988 at the New York office of Shearman & Sterling, and has been a partner of Claro & Cía. since 1993.

He was admitted as a member of the New York Bar Association in 1988.

Academic training

Admitted in New York, 1988.

M.C.J. New York Univesity, School of Law, 1987.

J.D., Universidad de Chile, School of Law 1987.

Pedro N. Montenegro Award, Universidad de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class, 1984.

José María Eyzaguirre G. Partner +56 2 2367 3013 Secretary: María Soledad Blaida LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and French

Áreas de práctica

Arbitration, Litigation, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Private Client and Wealth Management,

Experience

José María is the current head of the Firm, he leads the Litigation and Arbitration department, and he has been repeatedly chosen as one of the best litigators in Chile by the specialized publication Chambers and Partners.

He has been a professor of Civil Law for the last forty years at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and at the University of Chile.

He was president of the commission in charge of drafting the constitutional guarantee of Property Rights of the 1980 Constitution. Likewise, he was a member of the commission that studied the reforms on family matters of the Civil Code, 1986-1989. He was also a member of the commission that studied a draft Uniform Civil and Commercial Code, 1996-1998.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1969 as a partner.

Academic training

Graduated in Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1961.

Cristóbal Eyzaguirre Partner +56223673404 Secretary: María José Ramírez LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Litigation, Arbitration, Antitrust and Economic Regulation, Reorganization and Insolvency, Banking and Finance, Constitutional, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions,

Industrias

Financial Services and Fintech, Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Insurance, Consumer and Retail,

Experience

Cristóbal Eyzaguirre has specialized in complex and multi-front litigation and arbitration in Claro & Cía., having an active practice and recognized experience as a litigator and corporate advisor in the areas of banking, finance, antitrust, capital markets and reorganizations; he is a professor of Civil Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a permanent advisor to the board of the Santiago Stock Exchange, a member of the boards of the nonprofit organizations Fundación Educacional Claro Vial and Sociedad Protectora de la Infancia and a member of the Permanent Advisory Council of Universidad Católica’s Law School.

He joined Claro & Cía. in 1988. Then he worked in Shearman & Sterling, New York, between 1994 and 1995. From 1997 to December 2003 he worked in in Citigroup, where he was Managing Director, General Counsel and Compliance Director for all its operations in the 23 Latin American countries where Citigroup was present at the time (based in the U.S.).

Upon returning to Chile, he rejoined Claro & Cía. in 2004, as a partner. A few years later, Cristóbal was recognized by Revista Capital as the best attorney in the country for three consecutive years –2010 to 2012– in accordance with the ranking prepared in consultation with the legal directors of IPSA companies (i.e., the 30 largest companies listed in the Chilean stock market), which was discontinued after 2012.

Cristóbal has been recognized among the top bands of Litigation, Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas by the Chambers and Partners publication; he has also been featured in other leading specialized publications, such as Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Latin Lawyer and Who’s Who Legal.

Cristóbal Eyzaguirre, besides being Civil Law professor in Universidad Católica, was previously a professor at the LL.M. on Corporate Law programs of both Universidad Católica, where he lectured on Insolvency and Reorganizations, and Universidad de los Andes, where he lectured on Capital Markets and Corporate Governance. Cristóbal has authored several publications relevant to his areas of practice and academic activity. He is an author of the book “Cumplido Laws. Juridical Analysis of Law N° 19.407, which Modifies Multiple Statutes in Order to Ensure Greater Respect for People’s Rights” (Ed. Conosur, 1991). He is also co-author of the Chilean chapter of the book “Reform and Renewal. Current Regulatory Developments in Latin American Capital Markets” (edited by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1996); of the Chilean chapter of the book “Anti-Money Laundering: International Law and Practice” (edited by Wouter H. Muller, Christian H. Kälin and John G. Goldsworth, 2007); of the article “Monopolistic Collusion, Proof of Collusion, Conduct Parallelism and Additional Factors” (published in Revista Anales Derecho UC Temas de Libre Competencia No. 2, 2008); of the article “Expansion and Limits of Objective Good Faith -in relation to the ‘Project of Latin American Principles of Contract Law’” (published in Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado, No. 11, 2013); and of the Chilean chapter of the yearbook “Americas Restructuring Review 2020” (edited by Richard J. Cooper and Lisa M. Schweitzer and published in the United Kingdom by Global Restructuring Review, 2019).

Academic training

Cristóbal Eyzaguirre holds a J.D. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, having received the Tocornal and Pedro N. Montenegro awards, granted to the best student of his class, 1991; and an LL.M. at Harvard Law School (1994), for which he received the Fulbright Scholarship.   He was elected President of the Catholic University Law School Association in 1990.

Rodrigo Ochagavía Partner +56223673096 Secretary: Mónica Becerra LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Reorganization and Insolvency, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Energy, Financial Services and Fintech, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Private Client and Wealth Management, Infrastructure and Transportation, Construction, Healthcare,

Experience

Rodrigo Ochagavía has extensive experience in Corporate Finance, including Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Energy.

He has represented a broad range of clients, including lenders, borrowers, purchasers, sellers, governments, investors, financial advisers, issuers, credit enhancers and underwriters. In the energy sector he has represented generators, transmission and distribution companies.

He was one of the two most voted Chilean lawyers in a survey conducted by Latin Lawyer in 2003 choosing the twenty best Chilean lawyers under forty years of age. He also has been chosen as one of the leading Chilean practitioners in Banking and Finance, Projects, Energy and Mergers and Acquisitions by Chambers and Partners; in Banking and Capital Markets by Who’s Who Legal; and in Banking and Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions by IFLR.

Is a professor of Business Law at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Master in Business Law at Universidad de los Andes.

He is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1997 and became partner in 2001. He was previously with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York, 1996-1997 and Carey & Cia. in Chile,1990-1995.

 

Academic training

LL.M., University of Chicago Law School, Fullbright, Presidente de la República and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Scholarships, 1996.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1993.

Felipe Claro Partner +56223673040 Secretary: Pilar Clavero LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Intellectual Property,

Industrias

Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Sports and Gaming, Consumer and Retail, Healthcare, Water, Agribusiness, Transportation, Financial Services and Fintech, Insurance, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Transportation, Energy, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity,

Experience

Felipe Claro is in charge of the Intellectual Property Practice Group and has extensive experience in advising national and multinational clients.

He has been Director (1996-2008) and Vice-President (2006-2007) of the Chilean Association of Industrial Property (ACHIPI); President of ASIPI’s Young Lawyers Committee (1999-2001); President of ASIPI’s Internet Committee (1999-2003); President of ASIPI’s Patent Committee (2004-2006); ASIPI Committees Coordinator (2006-2009); LEX MUNDI IP Practice Group Regional Vice-Chair (2001-2007); Alternate Delegate of ASIPI before the Intellectual Property Constituency, ICANN (1999-2003); Arbitrator of the Chilean Country Code Domain Registrar, NIC Chile, (1998-2013); WIPO Panelist; INTA Panel of Neutrals (2005-2008); AIPPI Statutes Committee Secretary (2007-2009); ACHIPI Patent Council Coordinator (2010-2013); LES CHILE President (2011-2013); AIPPI Vice-President (2012-2014) and President (2014-2016); he is also ranked as Leading Lawyer by Chambers & Partners and frequently speaks at IP events.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1982.

Academic training

Postgraduate IP Professor, Universidad Finish Terrae and Universidad de los Andes.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1985.

Matías De Marchena Partner +56223673059 Secretary: Lilian García LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions,

Industrias

Energy, Sports and Gaming, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Infrastructure and Transportation,

Experience

Matías de Marchena has extensive experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Capital Markets.

He has represented a broad range of clients, including, lenders, borrowers, contractors, purchasers, sellers, investors, financial advisers, issuers, monoline insurers and underwriters.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1994 and is a partner since 2001. He was previously with Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, 1996-1997 and with Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. (ENDESA), 1992-1994.

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Diego Portales, 1993.

Nicolás Luco Partner +56223673089 Secretary: Lilian García LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Arbitration, Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law, Litigation, Antitrust and Economic Regulation, International Trade,

Industrias

Energy, Financial Services and Fintech,

Experience

Nicolás Luco focuses on the Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration practice area, national and international, and has extensive experience in energy arbitrations and litigation before courts and other adjudication bodies.

He teaches Civil Procedure Law in the Catholic University of Chile.  He has taught at other universities and constantly teaches at the Judicial Academy, where future judges are educated and current ones undertake advanced courses.

He is one of the 19 members of the Board of the Chilean Bar Association.

Mr. Luco has been consistently ranked in the top tiers in Dispute Resolution in Chambers and Partners.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1995, spent years 2000-2001 in Shearman & Sterling, New York, and became a partner of Claro & Cia. in 2005.

Academic training

LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, New York, Fulbright Scholarship, 2001.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1994.

Jorge Carraha Partner +56 2 2367 3471 Secretary: Pía Ahumada LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Tax,

Industrias

Financial Services and Fintech, Private Client and Wealth Management,

Experience

Jorge Carraha has extensive experience in Corporate and Tax law.

Particularly  his focuses on representing multinational clients doing business in Chile and includes planning, structuring of foreign investments in Chile, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and project finance.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1996 and is a partner since 2006. He was with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,1999-2000.

Academic training

Diploma on Tax Analysis and Planning, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2004.

M.B.A., University of Notre Dame Business School, 1999.

LL.M., The American University, Washington College of Law, 1994.

JD., Universidad de Chile, School of Law, 1993

Jorge Martín Partner +56223673614 Secretary: Lilian García LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Project Finance, Banking and Finance, Business Organizations, Data Protection and Cybersecurity,

Industrias

Infrastructure and Transportation, Construction, Sports and Gaming, Insurance, Real Estate,

Experience

Jorge Martín is mainly focused on Project Finance and on Bankin gand Finance. He has represented a range of clients including multinational corporations, banks, financial advisers and monoline insurers.

Mr. Martin lectures on Corporate Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, since 1998.

He was previously with Seguros de Vida La Construcción,1993-1996 and with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York, 1999-2000.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1996 and is a partner since 2007.

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1993.

Hernán Felipe Valdés Partner +56223673438 Secretary: Paulina Espíldora LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Real Estate, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Construction,

Experience

Hernán Felipe Valdés has experience in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.

He was with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. during 2000 and 2001.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1996 and is a partner since 2008.

Academic training

LL.M., Northwestern University School of Law, 2000.

Certificate in Business Administration, Northwestern Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 2000.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1995.

 

Felipe Larraín Partner +56 2 2367 3481 Secretary: Paulina Carmona LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Project Finance, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Financial Services and Fintech, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Infrastructure and Transportation, Private Client and Wealth Management,

Experience

Felipe Larraín has concentrated his practice in Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organizations and Corporate Finance, particularly in cross-border transactions.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1999 and is a partner since 2008.

He is admitted to practice in New York, 2000.

Academic training

LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1999.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1996.

Nicolás Eyzaguirre Partner +56223673425 Secretary: Karin Martens LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Environmental, Mining, Litigation,

Industrias

Water, Energy, Construction,

Experience

Nicolás Eyzaguirre focuses on Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Litigation. He has represented a large group of local and international clients.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1994, became an associate in 1998 and he became partner in 2009.

During 2001-2002 he was a foreign associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York.

Academic training

LL.M., Northwestern University School Of Law, 2001.

Certificate in Business Administration, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 2001.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1997

Felipe Ossa Partner +562 2367 3036 Secretary: Alejandra Olea. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

Áreas de práctica

Arbitration, Litigation, International Trade,

Industrias

Construction, Insurance, Transportation, Energy,

Experience

Felipe Ossa is a partner in our Dispute Resolution group, and his practice is focused on arbitration and international litigation.

He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in several proceedings ad-hoc and under the aegis of ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA, Lima Chamber of Commerce, Permanent Court of Arbitration and Santiago Chamber of Commerce, among others. He has also served as expert on issues of Chilean and Comparative law before international arbitral tribunals, national courts of several jurisdictions and by request of the Chilean Congress.

Felipe lectures on Arbitration and Law of Obligations to postgraduate students at Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica de Chile. Previously he has lectured on International Arbitration at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and on Civil Law at Universidad Católica de Chile.

He is the Chairman of the ICC Arbitration Commission in Chile and the Chilean chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Chilean Bar, the ICDR Roster of Arbitrators, the International Arbitration Institute, the Latin American Group of the ICC and LCIA’s Latin American Users Council.

Felipe has authored several publications on international dispute resolution, including “Case Law on International Arbitration” (Thomson Reuters, 2014) and features regularly as a speaker in seminars and conferences held in Chile and abroad. He has been repeatedly acknowledged by Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, Leaders League, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal as a leading practitioner in the fields of arbitration and commercial litigation.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 1994, and between 2002 and 2006 he was a senior associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in the Paris and Madrid offices.

Felipe is a member of the board of Fundación Pro bono and in 2016 received the award of pro bono lawyer of the year.

Academic training

Magister Juris, University of Oxford, 2002.

J.D, Universidad Católica de Chile,1997.

José Miguel Huerta Partner +56223673017 Secretary: Andrea Venegas LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law, Litigation, Antitrust and Economic Regulation, Arbitration, Constitutional, Reorganization and Insolvency,

Industrias

Transportation, Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Financial Services and Fintech, Agribusiness, Consumer and Retail,

Experience

José Miguel Huerta specializes in litigation, antitrust, comercial arbitration and bankruptcy. He has represented clients in Chile and in other jurisdictions, including the United States and Europe, in government proceedings and investigations related, among others, to mergers and cartels.

He teaches civil law at Universidad de Chile. He is the author of several publications, among others, in the areas of antitrust, civil law and civil procedure.

He won the Society’s 2008 Pro Bono Award, New York, for his service to the Legal Aid Society in New York.

He is member of the Chilean Bar and of the American Bar Association.

He is admitted to practice law in Chile and in the United States, in New York State.

He joined Claro & Cía. in 1996. In 2007 and 2008 he was with Shearman & Sterling in New York. He is partner since 2012.

Academic training

J.S.M., Standford Law School, Fulbright, Scholarship, 2007.

J.D., Universidad de Chile, 2002.

Luisa Nuñez Partner +56223673036 Secretary: Alejandra Olea LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation, Financial Services and Fintech,

Experience

Luisa Núñez  has experience in Corporate and Financing areas, Corporate matters, Cross-border Transactions involving finance transactions (both corporate and project finance), Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Joint-ventures.

She has worked extensively in projects involving regulatory authorities in the Chilean securities and public works concessions areas. She has represented a range of clients including multinational corporations, banks, financial advisers and monoline insurers.

Ms. Núñez is the titular professor of the Financing and Derivative Transactions course in the Master in Business Law at the Law School of the Adolfo Ibáñez University.

From the year 2005 to 2006 she pursued an LL.M. degree at Columbia Law School, which included a Project Finance course from the MBA Program at Columbia Business School.

During the years 2006 and 2007 she worked as a foreign intern with the Project Finance Team at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York office.

She joined Claro & Cia. in 1999 and became partner in 2011.

Academic training

LL.M., University of Columbia Law School, 2006.

J.D., Adolfo Ibáñez University, 1999. Recipient of The Adolfo Ibáñez University Best Grade Average Awards, 1993, 1996 and 1997.

Valparaíso Bar Association Awards, 1997.

Highest GPA of The Law School, during 1993 and 1996.

Highest GPA of the class, 1992 to 1996.

 

José Luis Ambrosy Partner +56 2 2367 3481 Secretary: Paulina Carmona LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Capital Markets, Project Finance, Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Energy, Construction, Infrastructure and Transportation, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity,

Experience

Mr. Ambrosy has concentrated his practice in corporate finance, capital markets, international finance transactions (including both corporate and project finance) and mergers and acquisitions.

He has represented a broad range of clients, including lenders, borrowers, purpchaser, sellers, goverments, investors, financial advisers, issuers, credit enhancers and underwriters. He has worked in projects involving regulatory involving regulatory authorities in the Chilean securities market and public work concessions in Chile.

He joined Claro & Cia in 1998 and is a partner since 2012. Previously, he practiced law at the legal department of a financial institution in Madrid, Spain (1996-1998). During the years 2003 and 2004 worked as a foreign associate with the project finance team at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York Office. He became a partner in Claro & Cia. in 2012.

He is admitted to practice in Spain and Chile.

Academic training

LL.M., University of Notre Dame School of Law, 2004.

Master in Business Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1998-1999.

J.D., Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 1997.

Alex Van Weezel Partner +56 2 2367 3017 Secretary: Andrea Venegas LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and German.

Áreas de práctica

Criminal, Litigation, Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law, Data Protection and Cybersecurity, Constitutional,

Experience

Alex van Weezel focuses on Litigation and Arbitration, White-Collar Crime and Administrative Penalties.

He is professor of Criminal Law in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and in Universidad de Chile. He is author of Beteiligung bei Fahrlässigkeit (Berlin, 2006), Delitos tributarios (Santiago, 2007), Error y mero desconocimiento en derecho penal (Santiago, 2008), Pena y sentido. Estudios de derecho penal (Lima, 2009), Límites de la imputación penal (Bogotá, 2011), La garantía de tipicidad en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional (Santiago, 2011) and of numerous articles about Criminal, Criminal Procedural and Theory of Law. Along with the litigation practice (White Collar Crime, Regulated Markets and the liability rising therefrom), he is Professor of Law at Universidad Católica de Chile and at Universidad de Chile teaching Criminal Law.  He teaches also PhD and post degree programs and participates as relator in programs of specialization focused to participants of the Criminal Procedural System in Chile and abroad.

He is member of Chilean Bar and Ciminal Sciences Institute.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2006 and became partner in 2016.

Academic training

Ph. D., Rheinische Friedrish-Wilhelms- Universitt Bonn, DAAD Scholarship, 2005.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1993.

Recipient of Tocornal and Pedro N. Montenegro awards, granted to the best student of his class, 1993

Ariel Mihovilovic Partner +56 2 2367 3096 Secretary: Mónica Becerra LANGUAGES: Spanish, German and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Business Organizations, Project Finance,

Industrias

Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation, Construction,

Experience

Ariel Mihovilovic has concentrated his practice in Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Energy and Project Finance. He also has experience in Litigation and Arbitration and Capital Markets.

Since 2012 he is a Civil Law Professor at the School of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he previously was an assistant-professor of Civil, Economic and Business Law (2003-2009).

He worked as an international visiting attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, between 2010 and 2011.

He is admitted to practice in Chile and in the State of New York.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2007 and became a partner in 2017.

Academic training

LL.M., Harvard Law School, Beca Chile Scholarship, 2009-2010.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006.

Recipient of Tocomal and Pedro N. Montenegro Awards, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class, 2006.

José María Eyzaguirre F. Partner +56 2 2367 3026 Secretary: Macarena Bravo. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Reorganization and Insolvency, Capital Markets, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Agribusiness, Consumer and Retail, Real Estate, Transportation,

Experience

José María Eyzaguirre Fernández focuses on Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Project Finance.

Between 2005 and 2007 he was assistant professor of Economic Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School. Additionally, between 2007 and 2012 he was assistant professor of Civil Law in the same University.

He joined Claro & Cia. as an associate in 2009, and between 2013 and 2014 worked as an visiting attorney in Shearman & Sterling, New York.

In 2020, he became partner at Claro & Cia.

He is admitted to practice in Chile.

Academic training

LL.M., Harvard Law School, Beca Chile, 2012-2013.

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2009.

Recipient Tocornal and Pedro N. Montenegro, Ponticificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class, 2009.

Recipient of Fernando Rozas Award, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class, 2008.

Recipient of Luis Gutierrez award, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class in Commercial Law, 2008.

Juan León. Partner +56 2 2367 3438 Secretary: Paulina Espíldora. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law,

Industrias

Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Financial Services and Fintech, Private Client and Wealth Management, Insurance,

Experience

Juan focuses on Banking & Finance, Capital Market and Bankruptcy and Restructuring.

He has been professor of  Business Law  in Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2004 and became partner in 2018.

Since 2016 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Toesca Asset Management.

He is admitted to practice in Chile.

Academic training

J.D., Universidad de Los Andes, 2006.

Paulina Bardón Partner +56 22367 3091 Secretary: Karin Martens LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Cybersecurity,

Industrias

Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Sports and Gaming, Healthcare,

Experience

Paulina Bardón has specialized in advising national and international clients in the protection of Intellectual Property portfolios, at an international and national level, including trademarks, patents, designations of origin, copyrights, software and the Internet.

Advice on data protection and privacy, image rights, licenses, technology transfer and franchising, including the protection of intellectual property from unfair competition, advertising regulations (CONAR), consumer protection laws, labor relations, confidentiality agreements , labeling regulations, among other regulatory issues related to the bio-pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.

And finally, in infringements and dispute resolution. In addition, she has been included in the list of mediators of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.

Ms. Bardón is a member of  the Board of the Expert Female Lawyers Commission, Colegio de Abogados de Chile (Chilean Bar Association), the Chilean Association of Industrial Property (ACHIPI), the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI), the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI) and the International Trademark Association (INTA). She has been appointed, as committee member, in several Subcommittees of INTA, since year 2004.

Also, she is member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) serving as Co-Chair of the Chilean IAPP Knowledgenet Chapter since 2020.

She joined Claro & Cia. in 1995 and became partner in 2022.

She is admitted to practice in Chile

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1994.

Joaquín Rodríguez Partner +56 2 2367 3026 Secretary: Macarena Bravo. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Environmental, Project Finance,

Industrias

Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation, Real Estate, Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Agribusiness,

Experience

Joaquín Rodríguez has focused his practice on Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Energy, Infrastructure, Banking and Finance and Mining.

He was professor of the course “Company Law” at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and of the course “Practical Approach to Projects Development” at Universidad Diego Portales.

Between 2008 and 2013 he was assistant professor of Civil Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School.

He joined Claro & Cia. as an associate in 2010 and became partner in 2022. During 2014 and 2015 worked as a visiting lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, New York.

He is admitted to practice in Chile.

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2009.

Recipient of Jaime Guzmán award, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class in Constitutional Law, 2009.

LL.M. Stanford Law School, 2013-2014.

Diploma on Real Estate Law, Universidad de los Andes, 2017

Santiago Bravo Partner +56 2 2367 3404 Secretary: María José Ramírez LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and Italian.

Áreas de práctica

Litigation, Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law, Arbitration, Antitrust and Economic Regulation, Reorganization and Insolvency, Constitutional,

Industrias

Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Transportation, Financial Services and Fintech, Energy, Consumer and Retail, Infrastructure and Transportation, Real Estate, Insurance, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity,

Experience

Santiago Bravo has concentrated his practice in Litigation and Arbitration, as well as in Antitrust.

He was assistant professor of Civil Law and Antitrust Law at the Universidad de Chile Law School. He was also the coordinator of the Economic Law Review of the Universidad de Chile Law School.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2010 and between 2016 and 2017 worked as an International Lawyer in Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York.

Santiago Bravo became partner at Claro & Cia in 2020.

He is admitted to practice in Chile.

Academic training

Bachelot in Law. Universidad de Chile,2009.

LL.M, University of Chicago Law School, Beca Chile, 2016.

Álvaro Vives Partner +56 2 2367 3404 Secretary: María José Ramírez LANGUAGES: Español e Inglés

Áreas de práctica

Litigation, Antitrust and Economic Regulation, Arbitration,

Industrias

Consumer and Retail, Technology, Media and Telecommunications.,

Experience

Álvaro Vives focuses on Antitrust, Arbitration and Litigation. 

In antitrust matters, he has represented clients in governmental investigations and judicial proceedings related to cartels, abuse of dominance, merger control and regulatory recommendations.  He has also provided preventive advice regarding contracts and commercial policies, and has taught executives and employees about antitrust issues. He also has experience in civil, commercial, and constitutional litigation.

Since 2014 he is a Civil Law professor at the School of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

He worked as an associate at Claro & Cía. between 2011 and 2013.  Later, from 2013 to 2016, he clerked at the Chilean Competition Tribunal, participating in contentious and non-contentious proceedings involving both regulated and non-regulated industries.  Furthermore, between 2017 and 2018 he worked as a visiting attorney in the litigation department at Shearman & Sterling.  He rejoined Claro y Cía. in 2018 and became partner in 2022.

He is admitted to practice in Chile since 2012 and in the State of New York, USA, since 2018.

Academic training

JP, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2011.

Recipient Tocornal and Pedro N. Montenegro, Ponticificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, granted to the best student of his class, 2009.

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, 2017 (Becas Chile y Fulbright). Dean´s Scholar awarded in the international arbitration, professional ethics and analytical methods courses for lawyers

 

Nicolás Maturana Partner +56 2 2367 3471 Secretary: Pía Ahumada. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Tax,

Industrias

Financial Services and Fintech, Private Client and Wealth Management, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Consumer and Retail,

Experience

Nicolás Maturana has concentrated his practice in the area of ​​Tax Law.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2011 and became partner in 2022. Between 2016 and 2017, he worked as an international associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York.

He is qualified to practice as a lawyer in Chile.

He is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Academic training

LL.M., In Internacional Taxation, University of Florida, 2016.

Certificate in Tax, Universidad de Chile, 2014.

J.D., Universidad de los Andes, 2010.

Cristián Lagos Counsel +56223673030 Secretary: Macarena Bravo LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Capital Markets, Business Organizations, Mergers and Acquisitions,

Industrias

Private Client and Wealth Management,

Experience

Cristián Lagos has experience in Busieness Organizations, Real Estate, Casinos, Mergers and Acquisitions and Investment.  He joined Claro & Cia. in 1993.

He is admitted to practice in Chile.

Academic training

J.D., Universidad de Chile, 1993.

Patricio Smart Counsel +56 2 2367 3465 Secretary: Paulina Espíldora LANGUAGES: Spanish, English and French

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Capital Markets, Project Finance,

Industrias

Construction, Sports and Gaming, Energy, Real Estate,

Experience

Patricio Smart has specialized in construction, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, project finance and energy.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2002. Between 2012 and 2016 he was Legal Manager of Hidroeléctricas La Higuera and La Confluencia.

He rejoined the Firm as Counsel in 2017.

Academic training

PgD International Construction Contracts, Université Paris Panthéon-Assas, 2023.

Magister Juris, University of Oxford, 2007.

J.D, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2001.

Isabella Mac- Auliffe Counsel +56 2 2367 3042 Secretary: Paulina Espíldora LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Healthcare, Technology, Media and Telecommunications.,

Experience

Isabella Mac-Auliffe is mainly focused on Business Organizations and Mergers & Acquisitions.

She joined Claro & Cia. as an associate in 2007, and worked in Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, London and New York, in 2013 and 2014.

She is admitted to practice in Chile. She is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association (Latin American Council).

Academic training

LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2013.

J.D., Universidad de los Andes, 2006 (summa cum laude).

Juan Pablo Cabezón Counsel +56 2 2367 3037 Secretary: Andrea Venegas LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Labor and Employment, Litigation,

Experience

Counsel in charge of the labor and immigration law team at Claro &Cia.

Has focused his practice on comprehensive labor advice to clients on corporate issues, collective bargaining, social security and immigration, and on defending employers in labor litigation.

He has extensive experience in corporate labor matters. For more than 13 years, he has advised important companies on matters such as stock options, phantoms, agreed deposits, termination packages, immigration and the most diverse corporate labor issues, both in specific projects and in comprehensive daily advice.

He is a specialist in labor litigation, an area in which he has defended both national and foreign clients in relevant lawsuits.

Likewise, he advises clients from the most diverse areas in terms of work accidents, safety and hygiene, and regulatory compliance in occupational health matters, also defending them before the courts of justice.

He has worked as a professor of History of Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and as an assistant professor of Labor Law and Social Security at the same university.

He is co-author of the publication “International Labor and Labor Compliance Handbook” published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. He is also co-author of the publication “Women, Business and the Law; Removing barriers to economic inclusion” of The World Bank and IFC, 2012.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2015.

He is authorized to practice as a lawyer in Chile.

He is a member of the Bar Association.

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2009.

Master in Labor Law and Social Security, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2017.

Philippa Cooper Counsel +56223673428 Secretary: Lilian García LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Business Organizations,

Industrias

Consumer and Retail, Private Client and Wealth Management, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Infrastructure and Transportation, Insurance, Financial Services and Fintech, Technology, Media and Telecommunications., Transportation,

Experience

Philippa has focused her practice in corporate law, with experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Law; and Banking and Finance.

She joined Claro & Cia. as an associate in 2012, and between 2015 and 2016 worked as a visiting attorney in Dechert LLP, New York.

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2011.

Javier Rodríguez Counsel +56 2 2367 3446 Secretary: Macarena Bravo. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, Dutch and Italian.

Áreas de práctica

Litigation, Arbitration,

Industrias

Consumer and Retail, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Real Estate, Financial Services and Fintech, Transportation,

Experience

Javier Rodríguez focusses on Litigation and Antritrust Law.

He is assistant professor of Roman law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and has several publications on historical and dogmatic legal subjects.

He is admitted to practice in Chile.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2011.

Academic training

J.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2010.

Ph.D., Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 2016.

Vicente Allende Lawyer +56223673440 Secretary: Mónica Becerra. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

Áreas de práctica

Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Project Finance, Capital Markets, Banking and Finance,

Industrias

Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation, Agribusiness, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Private Equity, Insurance, Financial Services and Fintech,

Experience

Vicente Allende is mainly focused on Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Project Finance.

He is a professor of Civil Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Between 2020 and 2021 he worked in Latham & Watkins , in New York.

He joined Claro & Cia. in 2016.

Academic training

J.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2015

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School , 2020.