Separating out from Valdivia Legal in June 2025, Sánchez Legal is a specialist public law firm focused on regulatory, constitutional and administrative matters. The team’s expertise includes constitutional litigation, permitting, concessions, public procurement and disputes involving state-owned enterprises. Clients are typically drawn from the regulated sectors, including mining, energy and utilities. Recent significant mandates include the filing of a constitutional challenge against four Chilean state entities, including Codelco, concerning its activities in the lithium mining sector; and the defence of Transelec in a nationwide class action related to power disruptions. Partner Juan Francsico Sanchez focuses on litigation, regulatory issues relating to administrative law, public law and urban planning; he led on the above lithium-sector case.
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