About

Empresas la Polar is the fourth largest retail company in Chile, operating 43 stores and offering a wide assortment of consumer products. The company also provides a range of other services, such as debit cards, general and life insurance and extended warranty on durable products. The company’s highly praised legal unit is led by a young and dynamic lawyer, Alvaro Lavín, who is highly experienced in corporate law, insolvency, labour and tax. In his role, Lavín is in charge of the direction and planning of legal advice of the company and its subsidiaries, directing all legal support to La Polar’s senior management team. Having only recently taken the helm of the legal function of La Polar, Lavín previously worked as a senior lawyer within the legal team for three years advising internal clients on a multitude of corporate legal matters. Prior to that, Lavín worked at Superintendencia de Quiebras (the National Superintendent of Bankruptcy), where he was a member of the technical commission that drafted laws concerning reorganisation and liquidation of assets of companies and individuals. Lavín started his career as a private practice lawyer at Alessandri Abogados.