Ms Isabel Palacios > Larrain y Asociados Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Larrain y Asociados Abogados‘ ‘great’ eight-strong arbitration team maintains a significant presence before both CAM Santiago and arbitration panels. Notably focused on clients from the construction, mining, infrastructure, energy and public works sectors, it routinely acts in public works concessions-related disputes, such as conflicts between contractors and construction companies, or disputes between concessionaires and the Public Works Ministry. Litigation and arbitration expert Carlos Aravena ‘makes clients feel that they are very well advised‘; while Isabel Palacios , a partner since January 2022 (and the firm’s first female partner), is a dedicated arbitration specialist.

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.