Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos — Chile

About

At Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos we thrive with each of our client’s challenges, and we feel very proud that we are able to thoroughly engage and comprehend their every single need. Our firm delivers proven high-quality legal advice providing a comprehensive range of legal services to meet today’s changing business needs. We are currently one of Chile’s leading business full-service law firms in which our 108 lawyers and 250 members of staff are convinced that our strong meritocratic values are at the centre of our daily activities and ensure the entry of the best, from all perspectives, not only academic but also human, with values and committed to the client, the firm and society. We believe our hard work and collaborative approach reflect on our client’s satisfaction. At Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos, our learning culture has allowed us to be trained to be proactive in the best interests of clients. The firm is on top of legal and business developments and provides information on changes in the legal framework and policies, informing the effects that these changes might have on its clients and their projects. Our firm has also created an extensive network of international contacts currently in more than 250 cities in 80 countries to provide a broader global vision. This allows our lawyers to develop an international legal practice, focusing on acquiring global skills and a disruptive mindset in which teamwork is essential for co-creating the expertise of each area. Through our pro bono work, a significant number of lawyers at our firm provide free legal assistance to non-profit organisations that contribute to the physical, material and spiritual well-being of society, helping with the promotion of equal access to justice. The intellectual property services are provided through our sister firm, Sargent & Krahn, which has been the top firm in this field in Chile since 1889. Its services encompass: trademarks; patents, life sciences; utility models and industrial designs; pharmaceuticals; copyrights; technology, privacy, cybersecurity and media; domain names; contracts; unfair competition and consumer protection; litigation; geographical indications; designations of origin and plant breeder’s rights. - Main areas of practice Banking, finance and capital markets; corporate/M&A; constitutional law; regulatory law; technology, privacy and media; closely held and family businesses; energy; hotels, resorts and casinos; real estate and urban development; insolvency; foreign investment; labour law, social security and immigration; competition/antitrust; litigation and arbitration; environmental; mining; fisheries and aquaculture; ESG & compliance; Asia-Pacific; white-collar and compliance; insurance; technology, privacy and media; transportation and infrastructure; and taxation. - Key contacts - Carlos Pérez-Cotapos - Managing partner - cperez-cotapos@cariola.cl - Tel: +562 2368 3591 - Av. Andrés Bello 2711, 19th Floor - Las Condes - Chile - Tel: +562 23604000 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10285274/admin/ - www.cariola.cl ### Languages - English - German - French - Italian - Portuguese ### Staffing Figures - 81 Other fee-earners - 250 Total staff

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Lawyers in this office

Alfredo Montaner

Partner at Sargent & Krahn (Our IP sister firm) - Intellectual Property · Intellectual Property

Andrea Saffie

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Bárbara Zlatar

Partner · Labor & Employment

Camila Rojas

Senior Associate · Competition & Antitrust

Carlos Pérez-Cotapos

Partner · Mining

Carolina Flisfisch

Partner · Technology

Catalina González

Senior Associate · Competition & Antitrust

Cristián Barros

Partner at Sargent & Krahn (Our IP sister firm) - Intellectual Property · Intellectual Property

Cristián Herrera

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Cristóbal Herrera

Senior Associate · Mining & Natural Resources

Daniela Fierro

Senior Associate · Real Estate

Daniela Valencia

Senior Associate · Labor & Employment

Eduardo Lobos

Partner at Sargent & Krahn (Our IP sister firm) - Intellectual Property · Intellectual Property

Eduardo Vilches

Senior Associate · Technology

Fernando Urrutia

Partner - Litigation and Arbitration · Litigation

Florencio Bernales

Partner · Litigation

Francisco J. Illanes

Partner - Banking, Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Technology, Privacy and Media. · Banking & Finance

Gabriel Pensa

Senior Associate · Intellectual Property

Gerardo Varela

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Gonzalo Grez

Partner · Mining & Natural Resources

Gonzalo Jiménez

Partner · Energy

Ignacia López

Partner · Labor & Employment

Javier Cerón

Partner · Tax

Jorge Boldt

Partner · Litigation

José Ignacio Azar

Director · Litigation

José Miguel Flores

Associate · Litigation

Juan Antonio Parodi

Partner · Banking & Finance

Juan Cristóbal Gumucio

Partner · Competition / Antitrust

Juan Pablo Egaña

Partner at Sargent & Krahn (Our IP sister firm) - Intellectual Property · Intellectual Property

Juan Pablo Matus

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Lorena Avendaño

Senior Associate · Litigation

Martín Astorga

Partner · Environmental Law

María Belén Fuenzalida

Senior Associate · Mining & Natural Resources

María Francisca Salas

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

María Paz de Carcer

Senior Associate · Tax

Nicolás Lustig

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Pablo Cariola

Partner · Intellectual Property

Patricio Turner

Senior Associate · Mining & Natural Resources

Raimundo Moreno

Partner · Litigation

Rodrigo Lavados

Senior Counsel · Intellectual Property

Rodrigo Sepúlveda

Partner · Banking & Finance

Sebastián Krebs

Senior Associate · Labor & Employment

Sergio Balharry

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

Sergio Díez

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Trinidad Torres

Senior Associate · Litigation

Verónica Cuadra

Senior Associate · Environmental