The ‘proactive, committed and responsible’ 10-member public and administrative law department at full-service practice Prieto Abogados covers public law disputes, sanctioning proceedings, transactions-related regulatory reviews, and interactions with authorities; the team’s recent caseload includes public law matters involving healthcare, telecoms, infrastructure, and  environmental sector clients. The group is led by the ’very innovative’ counsel Juan Pablo Riesco, who acts for both national and international companies on regulatory and administrative matters. Partner-level support is provided by Fernando Samaniego, whose disputes practice covers proceedings before administrative and regulatory authorities; and Agustín Martorell, a recently-promoted partner who is increasingly active in administrative, public and regulatory law-related work.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The Prieto team stands out for being proactive, committed and responsible.'
  • 'Empathetic and has developed very satisfactory communication skills.'
  • 'Very adequate cost-benefit ratio according to clients' needs.’
  • 'Effective communication, emotional intelligence, integrity, and creativity.'
  • 'Juan Pablo Riesco is very innovative.'

Key clients

  • Consalud
  • Inacap
  • Metro
  • SBA
  • Cofradía Náutica Del Pacífico
  • Alimentos y Bebidas Chile
  • Delivery Hero
  • Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros
  • Autoplaza
  • Plaza

Work highlights

  • Represented Consalud in its appeal for protection against the Superintendency of Health's promulgation of an administrative act that changed the rules allowing modification of the base prices of health insurance plans.
  • Successfully assisted Inacap with its Supreme Court appeal to annul the Undersecretary of Higher Education's Resolution 2607, which affected the enrolment capacity that IP Inacap and CFT Inacap could offer to thousands of students throughout Chile.
  • Advising Delivery Hero on the implementation of new business models, which includes assisting with obtaining permits and licenses.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Juan Pablo Riesco