Pellegrini & Rencoret Abogados

Pellegrini & Rencoret Abogados is a widely-respected boutique legal practice that specialises in complex commercial arbitration and litigation. The 12-strong team is home to experts in health insurance, international sales of goods, consumer law, construction contracts and payment methods; and its enviable client base includes mining entity GoldFields; Chilean energy company, Copec; and China Harbour Engineering Company (China), each of them "majors" in their respective business sectors. The arbitration department is co-led by Julio Pellegrini, a specialist in commercial litigation and arbitrations involving contractual claims, torts and class actions, who acts as both arbitration counsel and arbitrator; and Fernando Zúñiga, who represents the firm’s clients before both domestic and international arbitral tribunals (under various arbitration rules). The group also showcases Pedro Rencoret, a Young Arbitrator at CAM Santiago, and expert in litigation and arbitration involving contractual claims and unfair competition; and Diego Ramos, whose practice covers domestic and international arbitration, in addition to civil and commercial litigation, free competition and regulated markets. In the firm’s associate team, Fernando Gazzella specialises in arbitrations concerning construction contracts, while Bernardo Aylwin is currently acting in an international arbitration involving a post-M&A dispute.