The seven-member dispute resolution team at full-service firm Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría covers civil and commercial disputes, as well as conflicts concerning energy, real estate, natural resources, construction, and insurance. Further to the September 2023 departure of disputes practice head Jorge Vial, competition leader Ignacio Larraín and former director Jorge Femenías to establish their own outfit, the Santiago office’s litigation offering is led by recently-promoted director Manuela Cross, who focuses on civil, commercial and environmental litigation and arbitration. Cross is supported at senior associate level by Joaquín Rojas-May, whose caseload also encompasses civil, commercial and environmental conflicts; and criminal litigation specialist Eduardo Villagra. Rojas-May and Villagra are 2023 recruits from López Escobar del Río and Morales & Besa, respectively.

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Key clients

  • Kinross Minera Chile
  • Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro
  • Enap Refinerías
  • Alimentos Polar
  • Despegar.com Chile
  • Arrigoni Ingeniería y Construcción
  • Inmobiliaria y Desarrolladora El Remanso
  • Ford Motor Company Chile
  • Arrigoni Ingeniería y Construcción
  • Hancock Chilean Plantations

Work highlights

  • Representing Kinross Minera Chile in an action initiated by Sociedad Legal Minera Cóndor Uno de Cerros Codocedo for alleged breach of an NDA agreement.
  • Representing Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro in a lawsuit brought by consumer association Corporación Nacional de Consumidores y Usuarios de Chile.
  • Defended ENAP’s against a civil claim filed by fisherman unions, in relation to environmental damage caused by an oil spill in the Quintero Bay in 2014.

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Manuela Cross