‘Always quick to respond to questions or concerns’, Vergara Labarca Parodi is a boutique law firm that focuses exclusively on litigation and arbitration, its latter experience covering ICC, CAM Santiago and CCS international arbitration proceedings. The dispute resolution department fields experts in commercial, civil, construction, antitrust, energy, financial, stock market and shareholder disputes. The team is also experienced in mining, environmental and regulatory matters. Recent highlights include representing Aguas Andinas in an acquisition-related arbitration against Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. The practice is co-led by civil, commercial, constitutional and administrative litigation and arbitration specialist Raimundo Labarca; Alejandro Parodi, who ’delivers exceptional performances in conflict resolution’, and whose industry expertise covers energy, construction, finance, capital markets, mining and environment; and construction and real estate disputes expert José Manuel Concha, who has significant experience in CAM Santiago arbitration proceedings. At associate level, the team includes Raimundo Labarca Braun, who focuses on civil and commercial litigation, as well as domestic and international arbitration; Gonzalo Santini, whose career includes working as a legal adviser at Chile’s Ministry of the Interior and Public Security; former Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría lawyer Carlos Berner Zúñiga; and civil and commercial litigation and arbitration practitioners Javiera Astudillo Díaz and Isidora Infante Mücke.
Testimonials
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‘100% focused on the topics they are working on.’
‘From the moment clients start working with them, they are dedicated only to their cases.’
Key clients
- Groupe Lactalis
- Corporación Nacional Del Cobre De Chile
Work highlights
- Representing Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (Arauco) in an arbitration commenced by one of Arauco’s main contractors (Sigdo Koppers), in relation to the extension and modernisation of a pulp mill.
- Representing Aguas Andinas in an acquisition-related arbitration against Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.