Notably active in both advisory and litigation work, Baker McKenzie Chile's 10-member group covers product liability and recalls, as well as compliance with advertising regulations for the alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food and beverage industries. The team also assists with compliance with information obligations to consumers, consumer matters before SERNAC, and individual and class actions. Dispute resolution head Rodrigo De Valdés and Ignacio Naudon are class action specialists, while IP expert Valentina Venturelli also advises on consumer and advertising matters. Key senior associate Juan Ignacio Donoso focuses on consumer, competition and compliance work.
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Key clients
- HDI Securities
- Abbott
- Isapre Consalud
- HP
- Cencosud
- Essity
- Aguas Antofagasta
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Cela Cosmetics
- AFP Habitat
- Black & Decker
- Costanera Norte
- Continental Tires
- Subway
Work highlights
- Representing global insurance company HDI in connection with a class action filed by SERNAC for delays to vehicle repairs.
- Acting for Cencosud Retail in a class action filed by SERNAC for infringements to the Consumer Protection Act.
- Defending Aguas de Antofagasta against a class action brought by SERNAC before the civil courts, following a service interruption.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés, Ignacio Naudon, Valentina Venturelli