Ovalle & Bulnes Abogados

Consistently mandated for ‘highly complex jobs’, disputes boutique Ovalle & Bulnes Abogados undertakes significant litigation, provides preventive advice and also handles ADR. The team fields experts in civil and commercial litigation, as well as construction, administrative and insurance litigation. Recent matters includes litigation over large infrastructure project developments, and suits brought against insurers arising from refusal to pay insurance policies. The ’very competent’ practice also routinely handles disputes for copper mining giant Codelco, including a range of civil and commercial litigation cases; while its representation of Latin American retail company Parque Arauco has involved various consumer rights cases. The practice is co-led by ‘great leader’ Esteban Ovalle, a veteran trial lawyer and construction, energy and corporate disputes expert; litigation and arbitration specialist José Tomás Bulnes, who represents companies from the mining, infrastructure, energy, retail and insurance sectors in high-stakes litigation. The team also comprises Oscar Lihn (a partner since May 2023), who is experienced in litigation involving the mining, construction and energy sectors. At associate level, following the January-2024 departure of Santiago Morandé to undertake his LLM in Sydney, primary support is provided by intermediates Ignacio Figueroa, Martín Fuentes and José Ignacio Jara.