Widely esteemed by both clients and market peers, Nelson Contador & Compañía Abogados houses a go-to practice for companies confronting financial distress scenarios. The practice’s specialisms cover financial restructurings and reorganisations, along with major liquidation proceedings and pre-bankruptcy agreements. Clients also turn to the team during cross-border insolvencies and arbitrations. Former chief lawyer of the criminal department of the National Bankruptcy Prosecutor, name partner Nelson Contador has longstanding bankruptcy procedure expertise. Providing further partner-level support are bankruptcy expert María José Contador; and María Ignacia Contador who assists with judicial reorganisations and company liquidations, in addition to bankruptcy proceedings. Names to note at associate level include Ivan Caldery and Daniel Gatica; and while Matías Ignacio Murúa moved to Russi & Eguiguren | Quadrant as a practice director in April 2023, the team was reinforced by the arrival of Víctor Andrés Riadi -as a senior- from EDN Abogados the following month.
Work highlights
- Counsel to Supermercados Montserrat, Inmobiliaria Santander and Industrias Campo Lindo which filed for judicial reorganisation as a result of the deterioration of their financial performance as a result of the pandemic and Chile's 'estallido social'.
- Counsel to Aceros Chile in a bankruptcy reorganisation proceeding filed in April 2021 as a result of a poor financial situation precipitated by the paandemic and the social upheavel of 2019.