Estudio Carvallo

The ‘tremendous’ 15-strong team at Estudio Carvallo delivers ’a first-class service’. The firm has a strong market reputation for its broad coverage of insurance law, as well as related corporate aspects of insurance work such as registration issues and interactions with the Financial Markets Commission (CMF), the sector’s regulator. The group is also regularly mandated to act in litigation against the CMF. On the regulatory side, the team advises on product design, drafting new policies and programmes, distribution agreements and the structuring of insurance contracts. The practice additionally acts in subrogation actions in relation to a range of insurance coverage, including transportation, property, surety and liability; and assists insurers with defence-side matters in relation to liability policies and coverage. The department further stands out for its insurance fraud-related investigation and prosecution credentials. Name partner and veteran practitioner Manuel Carvallo is ‘undoubtedly one of Chile’s main protagonists for insurance law;’ while corporate insurance specialist Francisco Bauer is a former VP Legal at major insurer, Grupo SURA. The practice also fields the firm’s liability team head and defence-side specialist Marcelo Simian; and associate Francia Villegas, who heads up the workers’ compensation and labour law practice, a large generator of insurance coverage litigation.