With ‘a great reputation in administrative and judicial law’, Estudio Fermandois’ 11-member group has an enviable track record in public law litigation. The specialist public law and economic regulation firm is home to experts in complex private-public conflicts, as well as constitutional and administrative law professors from the renowned Catholic University of Chile. Recent highlights for the group include successfully representing major clients before the Court of Appeals and the General Comptroller, as well as high-profile cases before the Constitutional Court. The team is led by founding partner and former Chilean Ambassador to the US, Arturo Fermandois, who is ’focused on achieving results’. Fermandois is well known for his assistance to public companies with administrative and constitutional matters, including high-stakes litigation. The team further includes Domingo Poblete, who leads the firm’s team of associates when researching, drafting and filing cases before the Constitutional Court, Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court; and constitutional law expert José Manuel Díaz de Valdés, who has notable expertise in preparing legal opinions. Experienced figures in the firm’s associate pool, Cristóbal Zepeda focuses on constitutional and economic regulatory matters, as well as litigation; while Andrés Vodanovic's professional trajectory includes serving as executive secretary for the Council of Observers of the Constituent Process.
Testimonials
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‘They have a great reputation in administrative and judicial law.’
‘Its partners and lawyers are well known for their legal reports.’
Key clients
- Senate of the Republic of Chile
- Uber
Work highlights
- Selected by the Senate to represent it before the Constitutional Court in a high-profile free speech matter.
- Successfully represented Cencosud in a complex illegality claim against a decision of the Municipality of Temuco to prohibit the charge of parking fees in the Portal Temuco Shopping Mall.