Established in April 2024 by former CMS Carey & Allende partners, A/C/R Legal’s litigation department specialises in a range of disputes, including contractual issues, torts, and engineering, procurement and construction agreement conflicts. The seven-strong team is also experienced in shareholder agreements, unfair competition, and corporate reorganisations and liquidations. The practice is led by ‘excellent strategist’ Stephan Luhrmann Ortiz, whose broad caseload covers contractual disputes, insolvency issues, unfair competition and regulatory litigation, as well as commercial and construction arbitration. June 2025 saw the team further strengthened with the arrival of young partner Tomás Pérez (civil and commercial disputes, particularly antitrust litigation, commercial arbitration and unfair competition), formerly head of dsputes at Bofill Mir; and senior associate Benjamin Letelier C (litigation, arbitration and competition law). He joins intermediate associate Florencia Cereceda who is experienced in proceedings before Chile’s civil and superior courts of justice, along with administrative litigation and bankruptcy matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team offers foreign companies a very broad and comprehensive overview of the entire Chilean legal system, and provides tactical approaches in all areas of law. This also includes strategies in various fields of civil and public law.’
- ‘Stephan Luhrmann Ortiz is an excellent strategist who pursues different paths and lines of action simultaneously, in order to arrive at the desired goal with pinpoint accuracy.’
Key clients
- Novofish
- NFM Group
- Nevasa
- CGM Nuclear
- Agrícola Santa Irene
- Sparta
- Dekra NA
- Adecco Chile
- Maersk
- Huennebeck
Work highlights
Acted for Novofish in an $18m environmental case involving its Punta Capacho aquaculture project in the south of Chile.
Acted for Maersk in a trial concerning its contractual practices and relationships with subcontractors across its Chilean operations.
Acted for NFM in litigation against a public entity, the claim seeking damages for a frustrated public bidding process.
Practice head
Stephan Luhrmann Ortiz