Aninat Abogados

Consumer Law/Compliance

Partner at Aninat Abogados

Mr. Del Villar has a broad trajectory and professional experience in providing legal advice and support to companies and institutions on consumer law and compliance issues based on their different legal needs.

For over 10 years, he worked professionally at the Chilean National Consumer Service. Initially as Deputy Director and later as Director from 2018 to 2022, he actively participated in the legislative processing of various regulations related to consumer rights within SERNAC's framework to promote the defense and respect of consumers' rights, protecting them from company practices and behaviors that impact their decisions.

His leadership and professionalism have been recognized. During his tenure at the Chilean National Consumer Service, the organization received the “Annual Award for Institutional Excellence 2019” and in 2020 achieved the Innovation Award “Concurso Funciona!” in the Central State Administration category.

Additionally, he led the institution's submission process for Chile to the “Voluntary Peer Review of Consumer Protection Law and Policy” organized by UNCTAD in 2020, where international experts and government consumer protection agencies from the US (FTC), Germany (BVL), and Korea (KCA) participated. The approval and recommendations were presented to the Intergovernmental Group of Experts in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 2021, making Chile the first OECD member country to review its consumer protection system.

Mr. Del Villar is a leading expert in consumer rights,  so frequently is require  by the media to provide information on current and relevant issues for the public in this field. Additionally, he participates in forums, seminars, and instances of reflection and dialogue on his areas of legal expertise in the academic or organizational fields. 

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Member of Chilean Bar Association Member of the Probono Foundation

Lawyer, Universidad de Chile LL.M. in Criminal Business Law and Corporate Law, Universidad de Chile . Diploma in Business Administration, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile. Diploma in Business Administration and Competition Law, Universidad de Chile.

He has over 10 years of university teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, in courses on consumer law, corporate law, and antitrust law at prestigious institutions such as Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,  Universidad  Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad del Desarrollo.

Additionally, he has numerous publications related to her areas of expertise, including:

"Trust and Institutional Framework for Consumer Protection," CeCo Center for Competition – UAI, 2023, digital text format available at www.ceco.cl (95 p.) with comments from academics: Sebastián Barocelli, María Carolina Corcione, Wendy Ledesma, Ernesto Muñoz, Críspulo Marmolejo, Juan José Ossa.

"Class Actions and Financial Consumer Protection" in the book Financial Consumer Protection, coordinated by Gabriel Hernández Paulsen, 2022, DER Ediciones.

"Pillars of Consumer Protection Policy in Chile," School of Law, Ed. University of Chile, 2022.

"Principles Informing the Special Procedure for the Protection of Collective or Diffuse Consumer Interests of Law No. 19.496 and the Legislative Challenges it Presents," published by the author in the book General Interest, Out-of-Court Settlements, and Collective Actions in Consumer Law (2021), by Lucas Del Villar Montt and Francisca Barrientos Camus (Eds.), Santiago, Editorial Thomson Reuters.

"Law No. 21.081 on Strengthening SERNAC: New Tools and Prioritization of Collective Cases" in Regulatory Analysis Bulletin No. 1/2019, Regulatory and Corporate Law Center, UDD School of Law. "Compliance Plans in the Reform to Law No. 19.496" in Special Bulletin ADECO, UDP Law and Consumption Academy. Bill to Reinforce SERNAC and Consumer Associations (Law No. 21.081).

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