‘Offering the best options and strategies to take’, CMS Carey & Allende's dispute resolution team routinely acts for clients from the construction, energy, telecoms, real estate and retail sectors. The practice covers commercial arbitration, along handling more specialised mandates concerning engineering, construction, infrastructure, securities, and corporate governance-related matters. Litigation and arbitration practitioner Rodrigo Campero leads the dispute resolution and compliance groups, with the former practice strengthened in March 2025 through the recruitment of Tomás Bown - as partner from - Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution. At associate level, commercial, cross-border and investment dispute specialist, Hugo Ojeda, was promoted to senior in early 2024.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The lawyers involved in the firm’s arbitrations are professional, offering the best options and strategies to take.’
- ‘Always very informative in explaining the process and future steps.’
- ‘The CMS Carey & Allende team is very approachable and knowledgeable about the philosophy and values of clients’ business groups, which makes it very easy to understand and structure legal strategies during disputes and arbitration cases.’
- ‘They are very transparent when setting legal fees. In short, a great experience.’
- ‘The team is very approachable and knowledgeable about the processes.’
- ‘Both Rodrigo Campero and Hugo Ojeda are always available to explain the trial, steps, legal grounds, and possible eventualities.’
Key clients
- Inversiones Acuícolas
- Inmobiliaria Hotelería y Turismo
- SFI Resorts
- Dreams
- Werco Trade
- Kelar
- Nol-Tec Chile Ingeniería
- Universidad San Sebastián
- Inmobiliaria Isidora
Work highlights
Representing CGM Nuclear before the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre, regarding an action against PET Chile, which aims to obtain the annulment of a shareholder meeting and its minutes, further to which the share capital held by CGM in PTE Chile was reduced.
Assisted Inversiones T&H and Inversiones MC Gil with the procedure for appointing an arbitrator for the purpose of hearing a request for dissolution of a public limited company.
Acted for Werco Trade in an arbitration against a surety company for its refusal to comply with the coverage established in a surety bond.
Practice head
Rodrigo Campero