Andrés Lafuente > Cuatrecasas > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Cuatrecasas‘ restructuring, insolvency and special situations practice has extensive experience in complex business crises, including cross-border insolvencies. ‘Very skilled in insolvency and restructuring issues’, the team also advises creditors, debtors, management teams and shareholders on deal restructurings and production unit sales. The multidisciplinary group is further able to leverage the firm’s expertise in litigation, finance and M&A. Practice leader Gianfranco Lotito regularly advises lenders and investors on distress-related scenarios involving company restructurings, liquidity injections and M&A. Tomás Kubick and Alfonso Ugarte (currently located in the firm’s New York office) are additional partner-level contacts for insolvency work – particularly cross-border matters in the case of Ugarte); while principal associate Andrés Lafuente specializes in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, particularly in relation to insolvency proceedings (bankruptcy reorganisation and liquidation).

With ‘solid experience in litigation’, Cuatrecasas‘ broad coverage ranges from civil, commercial and administrative disputes, to reorganisations, insolvencies, business crises, and private enforcements of competition law. The 19-strong litigation and arbitration team in Santiago is led by Gianfranco Lotito, whose broad practice includes investigations and injunctions brought by national and foreign agencies in relation to securities and pension funds; restructuring and insolvency proceedings; and construction, infrastructure and share sale disputes. Providing notable support at associate level, principal Andrés Lafuente specialises in insolvency proceedings, while Alexandra Guerra acts in public law-related national litigation and commercial arbitration.