Vergara Labarca Parodi

With ‘a deep understanding of complex issues’, boutique legal practice Vergara Labarca Parodi fields ten lawyers who focus on arbitration and litigation. The group, which has significant cross-border litigation experience, focuses on disputes regarding civil, commercial, financial, construction and antitrust matters. It also covers energy, shareholder, mining, administrative, environment and regulatory-related conflicts. Highlights include representing Chilean state-owned copper mining company, Codelco, in its litigation with the Belaz-Movitec Consortium over the Rajo Inca Project, which involves an investment of $1.4bn and seeks to extend the productive life of the existing Salvador copper mine by 47 years. Focused on civil, commercial, constitutional and administrative litigation, Raimundo Labarca Baeza has ’impeccable strategic vision’; Alejandro Parodi is experienced in national and international arbitration proceedings before the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre (CAM Santiago) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); and José Manuel Concha specialises in construction and real estate arbitration proceedings. In the firm’s associate pool, Carlos Berner Zúñiga is experienced in electricity sector matters; while Raimundo Labarca Braun, Gonzalo Santini, Javiera Astudillo Díaz and Isidora Infante Mücke all act in domestic and international arbitration, as well as civil and commercial litigation. In March 2024, litigation and arbitration associate Andrés Tunik joined from Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo.