Guerrero Olivos
Guerrero Olivos’ sizeable 11-lawyer public law practice consistently acts for private, publicly-listed and state-owned companies from highly-regulated sectors, such as mining, oil and gas, power, public utilities, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and telecoms. The team’s representative expertise covers defence-side public law litigation, judicial reviews, and representation before regulatory bodies. It also advises on public bids and public procurement matters, along with assisting with administrative procedures to obtain permits. Jointly heading the group, renowned constitutional and administrative lawyer Eduardo Cordero is sought out particularly to file reports before the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and Comptroller General of the Republic; and José Gabriel Undurraga is a specialist in both administrative litigation and public procurement work. Administrative law professor Rosa Fernanda Gómez is a 2022 senior counsel hire who advises on administrative law penalties, along with urban, environmental, and municipal law matters; while senior associate Roberto Burgos focuses exclusively on regulatory and public law.
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- 'I have dealt with several law offices. Guerrero & Olivos (G&O) presents itself with a team of various specialties that provides me with possible solutions. At other offices its 1 or 2 interlocutors with the possible solution(s), limiting my ability to inquire further.'
- 'At G&O, José Undurraga has a team with specialists in each area with whom you can interact simultaneously so as to reach solutions faster.'
- 'The firm has a professor (Rosa Fernanda Gómez) who is an expert in public law and who is constantly updated from an academic, regulatory, media, and electricity industry point of view.'
- 'Eduardo Cordero, stands out for his good legal judgment, theoretical and practical knowledge, agile understanding of the matters on which he is consulted; his responses are diligent and appropriate in terms of timeliness, length and practical utility.'
- 'High level of knowledge of the partner who attends us. Currently he is already a highly cited professional in the academy as in dispute resolution related to public law.'
- 'Competence and speed of attention.'
Key clients
- Empresa Nacional de Petróleos
- Australis Mar
- Antofagasta Minerals
- Colmena Golden Cross
- Mowi
- Chilquinta
- CGE
- Banco BCI
- Mutual de Seguros de Chile
- Aguas Andinas
- Asociación de Locatarios de Alonso de Córdova
- Telefónica
- Banco Falabella
- Casa de Moneda
- Salmones Blumar
- CCU
- Novaguas
- Bodegas San Martín
Work highlights
- Defended energy distribution, transmission and generation company Chilquinta against public law litigation before the Superintendence of Electricity and Fuels, which imposed a very large fine on the company (based on the number of consumers affected by a storm-related service outage.
- Assisted the mining arm of London Stock Exchange-listed company, Antofagasta, with an administrative sanctioning procedure before the General National Mobilisation Directorate of the Chilean Ministry of Defence, as well as with administrative procedures initiated by the National Forestry Corporation.
- Assisted health insurance institution Colmena Golden Cross with high-stakes public law litigation, which concerned a constitutional action filed against several health insurance companies (in relation to health plan price increases).
Lawyers
Rising stars
Leading individuals
Leading partner of Guerrero Olivos’ public law and regulated markets group. He specializes in constitutional and administrative law and regulated industries. He assists regulated and non-regulated entities, in straightforward regulatory processes and transactional matters (M&A, energy projects, banking and finance, mining, transport, sanitary, TMT, pharmaceutical, real estate, port and customs, among others).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Eduardo Cordero, José Gabriel Undurraga