The Department of Litigation and Arbitration of Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría has a group of lawyers specialized in providing comprehensive advice for resolving disputes in civil and commercial matters, being within its clients domestic and international companies that develop their activities in the public and private sectors. The Department is integrated by expert lawyers in civil, corporate, litigation, arbitration and consumer protection law. The members of the group are distinguished for being academics of the most prestigious universities of the country and because of their extensive professional experience in conflicts related to banking and finance, corporate, energy, mining, natural resources and construction law, among others.

Arbitrations:

• The partners in the area belong to the list of Arbitrators of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
• The Partners in the area are arbitrators appointed by the Ordinary Courts of Justice.
• Representation of parties in arbitration proceedings.

Corporate Disputes:

• Conflicts between companies and shareholders and between shareholders.
• Consultancy to companies regarding requests made by public authorities.
• Civil Liability class actions.
• Liability Claims.
• Special claims regulated by specific laws.

Civil and commercial contracts:

• General terms of agreement.
• Procedures of contractual and tort liability.

Public law:

• Claim for void public acts.
• Requirements before the Constitutional Court.
• Claims for Constitutional Protection.
• Claims against resolutions adopted by public bodies.

Enforcement proceedings:

• Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral resolutions.
• Enforcement of negotiable instrument.
• Verification of credits in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

Consumer Protection:

• Defense both individual actions and collective.
• Mediation before Sernac.
• Advising on agreements drafting

International arbitration:

The International Arbitration practice counts with lawyers that have a wide experience in international dispute resolution. The scope of our team’s work spans from preventive dispute advice to the conduction of international arbitration proceedings before the principal arbitration institutions in the world. Our practice mainly focuses on construction and engineering litigation, with a vast experience in administration and evaluation of contractor’s claims under EPC and EPCM contracts; corporate disputes (MOUs y joint ventures); energy and mining; international sale of goods; real state litigation; international factoring and derivative litigation; and commodities sales.

The lawyers of our group have represented foreign companies from Latin America, Asia, USA and Europe in arbitration proceedings before the principal’s arbitration institutions in the world (ICC, PCA, LCIA, ICDR, among others) and in preventive pre-arbitration and other ADR mechanisms such as dispute boards y expertise determination. The experience of the members of our group include participation in all stages of international arbitration proceedings, and also multi-contracts and multi-party arbitration, and non-signatory issues; arbitration with pathological arbitration clauses; enforcement of awards, etc. The law applicable to the arbitration proceedings in which we have participated included Chilean, Argentinean, Colombian, the State of New York, Spanish, Peruvian, Salvadorian, Bolivian, Brazilian and French law.