Cisternas Concha y Compania Abogados

Cisternas Concha y Compania Abogados' six-member practice has extensive experience in constitutional and administrative law issues. The group handles the public law aspects of both transactional and regulatory mandates, including negotiations, due diligence processes, pre-litigation phases and judicial disputes. Gambling-sector regulatory authority the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juegos (SCJ) is a major client of the firm, the department’s assistance covering both public litigation and regulatory advice. Examples include multiple disputes over the granting and renewing of casinos’ operational permits. The practice also acts for several national and local government agencies. The team is led by Mauricio Cisternas Morales, a specialist in administrative and municipal law, as well as administrative litigation. Cisternas has an enviable public sector background, being a former municipalities division head for the Undersecretary of Regional Development and Administrative Affairs. The group further showcases Jaime Concha Puigrredon, who focuses on public law, public procurement and litigation; Jaime Pilowsky Greene, an expert in public law, litigation, and probity and transparency; and senior associate Cristián Rodríguez Gángale, who assists public and private entities with administrative claims and litigation, as well as public contracting. In September 2023, constitutional, administrative, municipal and electoral law practitioner Maximiliano Ravest Ibarra was promoted to senior legal counsel.