Ms Isabel Palacios > Larrain y Asociados Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Larrain y Asociados Abogados Offices
Avenida El Bosque 130
Piso 12, Las Condes
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Ms Isabel Palacios
Work Department
She focuses her practice in litigation, specializing in civil and commercial trials, as well as in arbitrations regarding construction contracts and public works concessions.
Position
Partner
Career
Isabel Palacios joined Larrain y Asociados in 2012 and is a partner since 2022. She focuses her practice in litigation, specializing in civil and commercial trials, as well as in arbitrations regarding construction contracts and public works concessions.
She studied at Universidad de Concepción, School of Law (LL.B) and was admitted in 2008. She obtained a Diploma in Orientation in United States Law at the University of California, Davis (2009) and was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California Berkeley, School of Law, where she received a Masters of Law degree (LL.M) in 2010.
Previously, she worked in the litigation departments at Espinoza & Tapia Abogados, Concepción (2008 – 2009) and Aninat & Schwencke y Cía. (2010 – 2012).
She was a professor of Civil Procedural Law at Universidad de Concepción (2007-2009) and Universidad Diego Portales (2011).
Languages
Spanish, English and French.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Dispute resolution: litigation
Housing ‘a team of lawyers at the highest level‘, Larrain y Asociados Abogados is routinely mandated on commercial, civil, bankruptcy, tax and administrative litigation. The nine-member team also acts in disputes brought before Chile’s Consumer Agency, SERNAC, in relation to the energy, water, sanitation and public services sectors. José Pedro Baraona has a strong track record in litigation; Carlos Aravena acts in disputes involving public infrastructure works; and Isabel Palacios -a partner since January 2022- specialises in civil and commercial cases. Tax expert Víctor Manuel Avilés is also a key contentious practitioner. In the associate ranks, seniors César Vásquez and Claudio Torres, along with Macarena Gonzalez, Catalina Cortez, and 2022 hire from Andrade Leiva Abogados, Daniela Baron all maintain litigation-focused practices.
Chile > Dispute resolution: arbitration
(Firms to watch)January 2022 saw Larrain y Asociados Abogados promote arbitration specialist Isabel Palacios (who becomes the firm’s first female partner), notably reinforcing a practice where she routinely works alongside litigation and arbitration specialist Carlos Aravena; with over 14 years’ experience, she has particular expertise in the arbitration of disputes concerning construction and public works concessions.