Latin America - Chile

CMS Carey & Allende

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CMS Carey & Allende‘s ’extremely agile‘, six-strong litigation practice handles preventive pre-trial negotiations as well as fully-fledged judicial actions ranging from torts to civil, administrative and commercial lawsuits (including environmental and sanctioning procedures). The team also assists with consumer-protection class actions, bankruptcy proceedings, and shareholder and company-board conflicts; it demonstrates particular sector expertise with regard to mining, energy, retail, finance, telecoms and infrastructure. The dispute resolution department is co-led by Rodrigo Campero, who ’produces excellent work‘; and civil, commercial and administrative litigator Stephan Luhrmann, who additionally leads the firm’s regulatory litigation and environmental practices. Associate Carla Cortés, who is experienced in contract-related civil liability claims and competition disputes, joined from PAGBAM Schwencke Chile in June 2022.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The office is extremely agile and of excellent professional quality.'

  • 'Compared to other firms, they have a top-quality service.’

  • ‘The team always keeps clients informed of any movement in cases and answers queries immediately.’

  • ‘They take cases personally, thus identifying with the client’.

  • ‘Clear definition of what must be done and speed in the execution - particularly partner Stephan Lührmann’.

  • ‘The partner that stands out for quality and client service is Stephan Lührmann.’

  • ‘Rodrigo Campero keeps clients informed at all times and produces excellent work.’

Key clients

  • ATC Sitios de Chile
  • Universidad San Sebastián
  • SFA (NFM Group)
  • Nol-Tec Chile Ingeniería
  • Agrícola La Maison
  • Werco Trade
  • Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro
  • Sparta
  • Hacienda Inmobiliaria
  • Pronova Consultores
  • Virbac-Centrovet
  • Bob Rental
  • Derco
  • Unilever

Work highlights

  • Assisted SFA (NFM Group) with filing negligence-related civil legal actions against a laboratory.
  • Defended Universidad San Sebastián against Inmobiliaria Cummings' attempt to enforce a land sale contract despite project development conditions not being met.
  • Defended Agrícola Pacífico Sur (and Humberto Fischer Llop) against a claim that they wrongfully diminished the value of Porkland shares, through alleged unlawful capital increase agreements (and other alleged unlawful acts).

Lawyers

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Rodrigo Campero

CMS

Rodrigo is partner and leads Dispute Resolution and Compliance practice groups for CMS Carey & Allende. His practice focuses primarily on civil, criminal, and commercial litigation. He also advises on the design of compliance programs, mainly so as to avoid non-compliance and to minimize legal repercussions, should they occur. Key clients: Agrícola Pacífico Sur, Nol-Tec Ingeniería Limitada, Werco Trade AG, American Tower, Virbac-Centrovet, Derco Chile and Sun Dreams.  

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rodrigo Campero, Stephan Lührmann