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Estudio Fermandois Offices
NUEVA COSTANERA 4040
OF. 52, VITACURA
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Estudio Fermandois > The Legal 500 Rankings
Chile > Public law Tier 1
One of the first law firms in Chile to specialise in public law and economic regulation, Estudio Fermandois’ 11-strong team has a prominent record in public law litigation, along with legal opinions on complex private-public conflicts. Major highlights include litigation surrounding Covid-19 emergency legislation, as well as the involvement of the firm’s partners in Chile’s Constitution-making process. Founding partner and former Chilean Ambassador to the US, Arturo Fermandois, is a renowned specialist in public law, dispute resolution, and the regulated sectors; and José Manuel Díaz de Valdés is a well-known constitutional law expert. Providing additional partner-level support are Domingo Poblete, who regularly leads associate teams during Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases; and environmental law practice head Ignacio Urbina, an August 2022 recruit from Barros & Errázuriz. From the firm’s associate ranks, both Cristóbal Zepeda and Andrés Vodanovic focus on constitutional and economic regulatory matters.Key clients
Penta Vida Compañía de Seguros de Vida
Enel Distribución Chile
COPEC
Isapre Colmena
Concremag
Municipality of Providencia
Cencosud
Uber
Uber Eats
Minera Los Pelambres
Conix
Work highlights
- Representing Uber and Uber Eats in two fundamental rights-related writs against a regulation issued by the Labour Relations Agency.
- Co-represented Penta Vida and 4 Life in their constitutional conflict-related judicial claims.
- Acted for Enel Distribución in its challenge against a law-mandated moratorium on the disconnection of domestic clients, which was initially imposed as an emergency Covid-19-related measure but was subsequently extended twice.
Chile > Environment
Estudio Fermandois > Firm Profile
Fermandois & Cia has a highly specialized team of lawyers and researchers regularly dealing with complex cases involving public law. Its practice covers litigation before ordinary, special and arbitral courts, and, when applicable, government agencies. With two decades of experience in public law litigation, the team at Fermandois has had success in several landmark cases involving constitutional or administrative issues decided by the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court.
Founded in 1997, Fermandois & Cia stands out as one of the first in the country to define itself as fully specialized in public and economic regulatory law. Led by former Chilean ambassador to the United States and renowned scholar Arturo Fermandois, the firm is widely recognized for providing counsel and creative solutions for constitutional, administrative and economic regulatory issues. In 2022, the firm launched its environmental law practice, recruiting Dr. Ignacio Urbina, a former Chief of Staff at the Environmental Superintendence and an expert in regulatory compliance and project development.
The firm provides legal and strategic advice on areas that are subject to intense and evolving regulation, such as construction, banking and financial services, energy, health, concessions, infrastructure, and telecommunications, among others. Its services also include monitoring regulatory proceedings and advocacy strategies on areas facing changes to their legal or administrative regulatory framework. These services now cover new increasingly regulated areas in Chile, such as corporate governance, aviation, transportation, social security, water rights, higher education, share economy technological industries and consumer protection sectors. The firm’s corporate area provides support and follow-up services for those clients who come to it primarily seeking advice on their main line of business. Fermandois & Cia has expertise on foreign investment, international agreements, banking, mining, financial regulation, bankruptcy, international commerce and corporations. The firm is also experienced in issuing legal opinions in economic, international trade and administrative law for clients with lawsuits before international courts of arbitration, such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington, DC.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Constitutional and administrative litigation | Arturo Fermandois Vohringer | afermandois@fermandois.cl | |
Constitutional and administrative litigation | Domingo Poblete Ortuzar | dpoblete@fermandois.cl | |
Economic Regulatory Law | Arturo Fermandois Vohringer | ||
Economic Regulatory Law | Domingo Poblete | ||
Dispute Resolution | Luis Hevia Campusano | lhevia@fermandois.cl | |
Dispute Resolution | Domingo Poblete | ||
Corporate | Luis Hevia Campusano | ||
International | Arturo Fermandois Vohringer | ||
International | Domingo Poblete Ortuzar | ||
Economic Regulatory Law | José Manuel Diaz de Valdés | jdiazdevaldes@fermandois.cl | |
Constitutional and administrative litigation | José Manuel Diaz de Valdés | jdiazdevaldes@fermandois.cl | |
International | José Manuel Diaz de Valdés | jdiazdevaldes@fermandois.cl | |
Environmental Law | Ignacio Urbina | iurbina@fermandois.cl | |
Environmental Litigation | Ignacio Urbina | iurbina@fermandois.cl |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Dr José Manuel Díaz de Valdés | Partner | View Profile | |
Arturo Fermandois | Founding Partner | View Profile | |
Domingo Poblete | Partner | View Profile | |
Dr Ignacio Urbina | Partner in charge of the Environmental Group | View Profile | |
Andrés Vodanovic | Senior Associate | View Profile | |
Cristóbal Zepeda | Senior Associate | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Other fee-earners : 5 Total staff : 12Languages
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Partners : 5- Public law
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