BACS Abogados

Fielding ‘a team with great legal knowledge and extensive experience’, BACS Abogados is well-known for its expertise in crisis management and reputation protection. The firm’s 11-strong white-collar crime practice is consistently mandated by significant corporate and individual clients for high-stakes white-collar investigations, litigation and compliance work; and it stands out for its successful track record in assisting with environmental disputes-related white-collar crime cases. It also regularly assists with criminal complaints against online gambling sites. In recent highlights, the team assisted Merama Holdings and Merama Growth with filing criminal complaints for fraud, misappropriation, disloyal administration, and forgery of private commercial documents. The firm is home to several experienced practitioners, namely: Marcos Contreras, a specialist in financial fraud, economic crimes, money laundering and crimes against the environment; Miguel Schürmann, whose recent workload includes representing the Mayor of Santiago (Irací Hassler Jacobs) in a case involving the fraudulent purchase of the Sierra Bella medical centre; Alejandro Awad, who ’tries to resolve issues quickly’; and José Pedro Silva (a partner since April 2023), who routinely acts in complex white-collar crime cases. The department further showcases Antonio Bascuñán, whose experience includes being involved in the development of bill No 13204-07, which extends corporate criminal liability.