Ortúzar, Vergara & Boetsch Abogados

Boutique law firm Ortúzar, Vergara & Boetsch Abogados fields a 10-strong dispute resolution team with significant experience in high-level litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. The practice’s caseload covers a range of civil and commercial law matters, from property issues to consumer law; while its client base encompasses the construction, agro-industrial, pharmaceutical, banking, aquaculture, mining, insurance, and retail sectors. The department’s principal figures are Alvaro Ortúzar, who has over 40 years’ experience in high-stakes litigation; Nicolás Vergara, who focuses on shareholder disputes, consumer issues, insurance litigation and antitrust mandates; and Cristián Boetsch and Benjamín Morales, who both act in insurance, construction and energy disputes. The practice further includes Diego Navarrete, an expert in energy and marine port-related litigation, as well as commercial conflicts concerning shareholder disputes and sale-and-purchase agreements; and Andrés Cáceres, who assists with civil and commercial litigation involving energy, construction, insurance and consumer law class actions, along with arbitration work. In the firm’s associate team, the civil and commercial litigation practice of co-founder of Women in Dispute Resolution Chile, Manuela Ugarte Enrione, includes consumer law class actions; while Jorge Vial Armanet is an arbitration specialist. In early 2025, associate Camila Pozo, who is experienced in energy, agriculture, finance, construction, shareholder and inheritance disputes, joined the group from Schenke Brancoli Abogados | SLBZ.