ABB Chile, the Chilean branch of ABB Group, is a specialist technology and engineering company specialising in robotics and motion, electrification products, industrial automation, and power grids across 130 countries...

Over the past two years Adecco Group’s compact seven-person legal team in Chile has been fundamental to the success of the wider company, due to its ongoing involvement in virtually...

With operations spanning Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia, Adexus is a leading IT provider in Latin America, whose market has grown significantly in recent years thanks to the expanding...

ADP, the leading provider of technological solutions for human capital management in the world, accelerated its growth in Latin America after acquiring PayRoll in Chile, Argentina and Peru in 2013....

A legal team of professionals possessing deep technical sector expertise and the capability to oversee projects from start to finish is an absolute necessity for an ambitious and constantly growing...

With the recent approval by Chile’s pension watchdog (Superintendencia de Pensiones) of changes to its risk-based supervision framework for private pension fund managers (AFPs) and unemployment insurance administrators (AFCs), the...

Aguas Andinas is Chile’s largest sanitary company serving two million households and providing 100% coverage in all areas of Chile. The company is going through a large period of growth...

Since beginning operations in 2008 by establishing a 600MW combined cycle gas power plant in Peru, Andes Mining & Energy has expanded dramatically across the region, currently operating over 4000MW...

Referred to by sources as a professional who ‘challenges the status quo’, José Pedro Urrutia oversees a legal team which is said to be more than capable of attending to...

With annual revenues in excess of US$4.7bn, Antofagasta is one of the largest companies in Chile, specialising in the mining of copper, gold and molybdenum, a key alloying element in...

Ranking as the 27th largest employer among the Fortune 500 companies, the American multinational food service, facilities, and uniform services provider Aramark boasts a significant presence in Chile which has...

Given the extensive scope of ARAUCO’s operations, which centre on forestry, wood pulp, timber, panels and energy across various locations in Latin America, it is not surprising that the company...

A group of lawyers who all have experience of practicing in large law firms, Australis Seafoods’ legal department is able to replicate the focus on excellence and high-quality service those...

The legal department at BCC takes a pivotal advising role on international and domestic projects concerning the operations of the central bank within the international financial market, and the implementation...

Positioned at the core of Chile’s Banco Consorcio, the highly rated legal unit led by legal vice president Jorge Parker has recently undergone fundamental changes to cope with the evolving...

With an asset base only surpassed by Banco Santander Chile, Banco de Chile is the second largest banking institution in the country, offering a complete range of financial services, to...

Chilean state-run bank BancoEstado serves clients of all types, ranging from large corporates to middle markets and government entities as well as retail customers. To provide adequate legal advice to...

Operating in the highly regulated and constantly evolving Chilean market of pharmaceutical and consumer care products makes conducting business and formulating new strategies somewhat challenging from a legal perspective. In...

Positioned at the intersection of litigation and regulatory matters at BBVA Chile, the legal team managed by senior attorney Benjamin Vial utilises ligation as a tool to prevent future contingencies,...

For a number of years international expansion has been a major area of focus for Chile’s BCI, a significant financial institution formed by the Yarur family in 1937, and currently...

BHP Billiton – the largest mining company globally – commands a significant presence in Chile thanks to three major operations in the country, including the largest mine in the world:...

Sebastian Rivera’s legal team at the largest Chilean retailer Cencosud has been praised by nominators in this year’s research process for its ‘ability to handle complex legal deals, while maintaining...

Seeking to achieve best-inclass corporate governance and improve efficiency inside its business, Compania General de Electricidad (CGE), which is 96.5% owned by the Spanish Gas Natural Fenosa, has recently undertaken...

CMPC, one of the largest pulp and paper companies globally, has in excess of 40 industrial and forest facilities across eight countries in Latin America. It has a crossborder legal...

Coca-Cola Andina is the franchise operation of Coca-Cola in Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Demonstrating its size, in Chile the company has recorded a total sales volume for unit boxes...

A plethora of high-calibre lawyers are tasked with shielding the wide-reaching activities of the Chilean electricity generator Colbun, which include 23 power plants in the country with another plant in...

The multinational Canada-headquartered consultancy Colliers International has over 30 years of experience in the Chilean market which has enabled it to position itself as a key advisor in four distinct...

Managing the legal matters of a beverages company with operations across seven countries – Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru – is no small task, and one that...

Commissioned in 2014, Sierra Gorda is an open pit copper and molybdenum mine located in Chile’s main copper basin, the Atacama Desert. The mine is operated by Compania Minera Sierra...

Compass Group Chile’s compact but highly capable legal team of three lawyers is led by chief legal officer Matias Concha Vial, a versatile expert who is particularly adept at handling...

According to sources, Nicolai Bakovic and his legal team at the state owned Chilean copper mining company Codelco ‘successfully develop effective solutions and prevent legal risks in the Chilean mining...

Crystal Lagoons is a US multinational crystalline lagoon construction firm operating on five continents, engineering and installing lagoons of all sizes with minimal chemicals demonstrating an environmentally sustainable process. The...

DirecTV holds a leading position in the Chilean home entertainment market as the first telecommunications company to offer direct-to home satellite service in Latin America. The company serves more than...

Echeverria Izquierdo Montajes Industriales is one of the leading mining and industrial installation companies in Chile. It organises large engineering projects across the sector with its own engineering team as...

An active participant in relevant discussion forums and public and private working committees, the legal team at Electrolux Chile is frequently at the epicentre of discussions on issues surrounding waste...

State-owned ENAP is one of the leaders in the Chilean oil and gas sector, and engages in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of hydrocarbons and their derivatives. ENAP’s sizeable...

Operating primarily in natural resources and energy, Empresas Copec is a leading Chilean company with a presence in over 80 other countries. Its operations are diverse with activities covering a...

Established to oversee the assets of the late Jürgen Paulmann, a well-known Chilean businessman, Empresas Jürgen Paulmann employs a nimble team of legal professionals. Led by general counsel Ricardo Olivares,...

Empresas La Polar’s legal team is rightly regarded among the finest in Chile’s retail sector, and is led by Alvaro Lavín, a highly experienced chief counsel who was featured in...

Chile’s ENAER aircraft manufacturer has developed and introduced improvements to such well known military aircrafts as Maestranza Central de Aviación, HF XX-02, CASA C-101 and Dassault Mirage 5 among others....

Operating in 30 countries across five continents and distributing electricity and gas through a network covering around 1.9m km – Enel Chile is Chile’s largest electricity group in terms of...

As the country’s’ principle electricity distributor, Enel Distribución Chile has almost 2 million customers serving an area that accounts for a large portion of the country’s population, representing around 40%...

Known for its high capability regarding technological innovations, Enel Generación Chile’s legal team has recently introduced a new tool for legal case management called SUITE. ‘It’s a new software that...

Engie Energía Chile, part of GDF Suez Group, is the largest electric company in Chile’s Great North Interconnected System (SING) – its northern region, specialised in the production and transport...

Entel is Chile’s largest telecoms company providing internet, phone and mobile coverage across the country. According to data on the IPSA stock market, Entel’s revenue in the last year was...

A constituent of the IPSA index of the largest Chilean businesses, Falabella ranks as the largest retail company in the country and one of the largest in Latin America. Headed...

With almost 15 years of presence in Chile, Fresenius Kabi has a prominent place in the regional market for its production of dialysis products and services. Given the high regulatory...

The Chilean operations of Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), the world’s leading provider of products and services for people with chronic kidney failure, are supported by a lean two-person legal team....

GSK is an international pharmaceutical research and manufacturing giant with a large manufacturing and research presence in Chile. In Chile, GSK has around 300 employees who work in the areas...

Saying that Glencore Chile’s legal department has had successful few years is an understatement, considering the sheer scope and amount of transactional work completed by its lawyers. Successful negotiations of...

Known for its high capability regarding technological innovations, Enel Generación Chile’s legal team has recently introduced a new tool for legal case management called SUITE. ‘It’s a new software that...

Grupo Security is a diversified financial conglomerate that provides a range of banking, insurance, asset management, real estate and other services to corporate and retail clients. It is structured on...

Grupo Security is a diversified financial conglomerate that provides a range of banking, insurance, asset management, real estate and other services to corporate and retail clients. It is structured on...

Iansa is the leading producer of food and animal feed products in Chile. It specialises in sugar, concentrated juices, pet food, tomato paste, sweeteners and other industrial sugars, and it...

A highly successful financial institution owned by Itaú Unibanco – Latin America’s largest bank by assets – and Chile-based financial holding group CorpGroup, as of 2017 Itaú CorpBanca was ranked...

Chile is a major regional focal point for global engineering services group Jacobs, with two of the company’s six Central and South America office locations found within the country. Due...

JP Morgan’s Chilean legal department has a number of challenges on any given day, given the sheer size of the operation that the three-person, Santiago based, function has to support...

K+S Chile is part of the German multinational company K + S, one of the largest producers of salt and fertilizers in the world. It produces and trades eight million...

L’Oréal is a household name in cosmetics and beauty products around the world, and its regulatory and legal affairs department has undertaken a fresh revamp of its image and priorities.This...

Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Santiago, Larraín Vial currently ranks as one of the biggest financial intermediation and advisory firms in Latin America. The company has launched offices in...

The product of one of the most significant airline mergers of recent years, LATAM Airlines Group was formed in 2012 when TAM Airlines of Brazil agreed to the takeover by...

Latin America Power (LAP) is a renewable energy company in Chile with links to the rest of Latin America, known for its industry-leading commitment to environmentalism and integrity. LAP’s initial...

Liberty Mutual Insurance, the US-based global insurer, entered the Chilean market in 2004 when it acquired AGF Allianz Chile. Today it has a strong presence in the country, operating as...

Jointly owned by two Japanese companies – Pacific Copper and Mitsui & Co, Lumina Copper Chile owns and operates the Atacama based Caserones copper-molybdenum project. Launched in 2006, the project...

As a wood products business headquartered in Chile with manufacturing activities throughout the Americas, Masisa is currently the second largest company in its sector. The company has a strong Chilean...

Mastercard is a global financial credit card payment system, and online transactions powerhouse dealing with billions of transactions and functions at the heart of the global financial system. It is...

Under the leadership of such outstanding lawyers as legal director and general counsel Roberto Ladrón de Guevara and legal manager Francisca Celedón, MetLife’s legal department in Chile has come a...

The US-based multinational technology giant Microsoft has a significant presence across Latin America including Chile. Led by legal director and corporate affairs manager Alex Pesso Stoulman, the legal team at...

Originally formed in 1975, Molymet is a worldwide leader in the molybdenum and rhenium industries. With a presence in China, Europe and the US the company supplies over 30 percent...

Since the recent arrival of Felipe Bunster Echenique to the position of corporate manager of legal affairs of the Chilean insurance company Mutual de Seguridad, the organisation’s 24-person legal department...

The world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestlé has a long and established presence in Chile having begun its operations there in 1934. Today Nestlé Chile’s in-house legal team contributes...

Novartis is a large international pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company made up of Novartis Oncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and the affiliated firms or Alcon and Sandoz. Novartis’s drug development programme consists...

Novo Nordisk’s business in Chile went through a major structural overhaul between 2015 and 2017, and its legal function played a pivotal role in the successful conclusion of this process....

Since joining the global clean energy solutions provider Pacific Hydro as a legal manager in Chile in 2015, Oscar Lira Valdes has had a transformative effect on the company’s internal...

Creativity, coupled with the unrelenting drive to solve even the most complex of legal issues, are two defining features that characterise Parque Arauco’s industry-leading legal team. These qualities come in...

PepsiCo has been present in Chile for over 30 years, over which period it has introduced its broad assortment of well-known food and beverage products (such as Lay’s, Quaker, Pepsi,...

P&G established its foothold in Chile in 1983 when it entered the market thanks to the acquisition of the Geka Laboratory, a transaction that served as a platform to successfully...

To ensure the flawless operation of Quiñenco, a conglomerate with $71bn asset management portfolio and annual revenues amounting to $20bn, the legal team supervised by chief counsel Davor Domitrovic has...

Operating in Chile since 1994, Dutch multinational banking and financial services company Rabobank’s subsidiary in the country provides a variety of products and services to both retail and wholesale customers....

As one of the largest companies in Chile, Ripley requires a sizeable legal department to protect its multinational portfolio of services across Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia. As the company...

As one of the largest companies in Chile, Ripley requires a sizeable legal department to protect its multinational portfolio of services across Chile, Peru, Argentina and Colombia. As the company...

The Swiss multinational healthcare company Roche has been in Chile since the 1930s and through its important scientific contributions in pharmacotherapy and diagnosis products it is a market leader in...

The main driving force behind the reorganisation of construction and concessions firm Sacyr’s Chile legal team has been the need to adapt the company’s evolving business requirements, both in terms...

SAESA Group’s immense national operation, which serves approximately 760,000 utilities customers between the regions of Bío Bío and Aysen, in the south of Chile, generates high quantities of work for...

SalfaCorp is one of the largest and most important companies in the Chilean construction and real estate sector, and operates through two business units, namely engineering and construction. The company...

Founded in 1977 and based in Santiago, Santander Chile is a local subsidiary of the Spanish banking giant Santander and currently ranks as the largest bank in the country. The...

Multinational software corporation SAP’s highly rated legal team based in Chile consists of a number of experienced counsel, who collectively cover legal and contractual support to all of the company’s...

‘Trained to remain dynamic and flexible when facing complex legal challenges,’ Scotiabank Chile’s legal department is named by nominators as a vital contributor to the bank’s recent growth and development...

The legal department at the multinational conglomerate Siemens in Chile supports the company operations on a whole range of issues encountered by its various lines of business. The team’s portfolio...

Only a decade after closing the purchase of Almagro in one of the largest ever deals in the Chilean real estate sector, Socovesa is on the brink of completing another...

The French worldwide leader in quality of life services, Sodexo began its Chilean operations in 1985 and today offers more than 60 services in 500 sites throughout the country, serving...

Founded in 1949 by a group of milk producers from the valleys of Chile’s Central Zone, Soprole is now a leading producer of dairy products in the country. The company’s...

As the largest lithium producer in the world, SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) supplies plant nutrients, iodine, lithium and industrial chemicals. As demand for lithium is expected to...

A subsidiary of the renowned Indian multinational IT services and consulting business, Tata Consultancy Services Chile has been in business since 2002, operating out of its head offices in Santiago...

The global mining company Teck is present in Chile through the Quebrada Blanca copper mines in the Tarapacá Region and Carmen de Andacollo in the Coquimbo Region. Both operations have...

A team full of talented lawyers with a number of different attributes provides advice to Telefónica’s highly significant operations in Chile. Headquartered in Santiago, Telefónica Chile provides broadband, pay television,...

Despite being owned by the state, Televisión Nacional de Chile is independently funded and operated, in many ways like the commercial broadcasters in the country. Its legal team, supervised by...

Owned by the Canadian consortium Transelec Holding Rentas, the Santiago based Transelec Chile has been in business since 2007, providing high voltage electric transmission to customers across the country. The...

UnitedHealth, the American managed healthcare company, made an entrance into the Chilean market in late 2017 when it acquired Empresas Banmédica, a large regional provider of healthcare insurance and clinical...

Vías Chile – formerly known as Abertis Autopistas Chile – is a subsidiary of the Spanish multinational construction conglomerate Abertis, and employs a legal team of seven in-house legal professionals...

For any corporate legal team operating within the telecommunications sector, coping with the distinctive commercial, legal and compliance issues is often the biggest challenge in the job. For VTR Chile’s...

The inclusion of Walmart Chile’s legal department in this year’s GC Powerlist comes off the back of its participation in two significant corporate transactions completed in the last two years....

Despite its relatively small size – particularly when compared to other large Latin American telecommunications businesses – the legal team at WOM has consistently demonstrated ‘versatility, depth and extraordinary comprehension...