Sergio Yávar > Guerrero Olivos > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Guerrero Olivos‘ five-strong team advises on a range of bankruptcy and insolvency issues, as well as reorganisation plans. The group routinely assists corporate debtors (and secured and unsecured creditors) with payment plan structuring. It also represents clients before creditor boards. The practice is co-led by Sergio Yávar, whose track record includes successfully leading numerous reorganisation and liquidation matters; and Juan Enrique Allard, an adviser on corporate reorganisations. The team further includes associate Pablo Rioseco, who assists with both reorganisations and insolvency proceedings.

The dispute resolution and arbitration practice at full-service firm Guerrero Olivos is experienced in disputes involving the mining, infrastructure, energy, real estate, agribusiness, and food and beverage sectors. The team also assists with shareholder agreement-related corporate disputes, as well as conflicts over M&A and joint ventures. Dispute resolution group head Sergio Yávar specialises in domestic and international arbitration, in addition to civil and commercial court cases; and Benjamín Ferrada‘s wide-ranging disputes expertise encompasses arbitrations. Associate Andrés Cuevas is also a key team member.

Guerrero Olivos’ 11-member ‘litigation team is top-notch’. The full-service dispute resolution practice comprises experts in civil litigation, commercial conflicts and cross-border disputes. The group has particular strength in construction and real estate litigation, as well as disputes involving the mining, energy, agribusiness, retail, life sciences, and food and beverage sectors. The practice is led by civil and commercial litigation expert Sergio Yávar, who ‘deserves special recognition for his deep knowledge of the law’; while the recent caseload of the ‘outstanding’ Benjamín Ferrada includes energy and construction disputes. In the firm’s associate pool, Andrés Cuevas and Agustín Bulnes (a July 2023 recruit from Yrarrázaval, Ruiz-Tagle, Ovalle, Salas & Vial) both specialise in civil and commercial disputes.