Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos' five-member white-collar crime and investigations practice focuses on criminal litigation, investigations and compliance assessments, the latter covering risk control and compliance programmes. The team’s experience extends to cases involving fraud, unlawful administration, IP issues, corruption, and environmental and tax crimes; while in addition to the practice’s work on behalf of individual executives, it also handles matters related to corporate criminal liability. The department is led by Jorge Boldt, a specialist in both company and economic crimes. In the firm’s associate team, senior Lorena Avendaño routinely assists with defence-side criminal matters; Simona Marquet's experience includes internal investigations into fraud and corruption; and Cristóbal Lema and Camila Arenas also both advise on white-collar crime.

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Key clients

  • Connors
  • Jorge Mandru
  • Maersk
  • Prolesur
  • KPMG Chile
  • adidas
  • Lego
  • Berta Guzmán Aquiles
  • Carlos Verdugo Woodhouse
  • CAR

Work highlights

  • Acted for Cristian Balbontin, a former executive of Andimar, in a criminal defence action.
  • Assisting Jorge Mandru with a criminal claim against executives of a company that rents and operates aquaculture centers.
  • Assisted KPMG with a criminal claim concerning the falsification and wrongful use of an audit report.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jorge Boldt