Mr José Pedro Baraona > Larrain y Asociados Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

The ‘serious, prepared and creative’ litigation department at Larrain y Asociados Abogados regularly acts in trials before Chile’s different courts and tribunals. The nine-strong team is experienced in commercial, civil, bankruptcy, tax and contentious-administrative litigation, as well as disputes over public works concessions. The firm has additionally developed a consumer law practice that assists with disputes before Chile’s Consumer Agency (SERNAC), particularly in relation to the energy, water, public services and sanitation sectors. An ‘outstanding and strategic professional’, José Pedro Baraona represents highway concession holders, individuals and construction and energy companies in civil trials; Isabel Palacios (the firm’s first female partner) and Carlos Aravena are both experienced litigation and arbitration practitioners; and Víctor Manuel Avilés is a tax litigation expert. The associates to note are Claudio Torres, Macarena Gonzalez and César Vásquez, while Daniela Baron left the firm in July 2023.

Delivering ‘precise advice based on experience’, Larrain y Asociados Abogados‘ four-member IP group comprises experts in industrial property matters and copyright law. It has notable experience in licensing agreements, as well as music industry-related contracts that combine constitutional law and IP issues. The practice is also experienced in plant varieties, along with litigation before the Chilean Trademark Office, the Industrial Property Court, and the Supreme Court. The firm additionally fields experts in domain name disputes. The team is co-led by experienced litigator José Pedro Baraona; and senior associate Sebastián Prieto Damm, who is ‘attentive, proactive and an expert in IP’.

Fielding ‘a multidisciplinary team that is very experienced’, Larrain y Asociados Abogados‘s seven-strong real estate department acts for developers, sponsors, buyers, sellers and lenders on real estate transactions and project development. Its expertise covers due diligence, financing and M&A (via both asset deals and share deal structures). The group also assists educational and non-for-profit organisations on the acquisition of land for schools, as well as for social benefit and charitable activities. Comprising experts in tourism, hotels, housing and forestry, along with agricultural, conservation, industrial and renewable energy project development, the practice is particularly well known for its infrastructure and construction sector specialism. The group is also increasingly active in relation to commercial properties, such as cinemas, gas stations and malls. The team is co-led by real estate and litigation expert José Pedro Baraona and ‘excellent lawyer’ Juan Carlos Bulnes, whose real estate credentials cover the agro-industry, conservation and tourism sectors, as well as urban developments and state-owned property-related developments. The practice further includes Juan de Dios Ferrada, an adviser on real estate developments and acquisitions. At associate level, seniors José Spoerer and Manuel Larrain both maintain notable real estate practices, while Michelle Inzunza is experienced in rural developments.