PRACTICE AREAS
INSURANCE LAW
Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados’ Insurance Area has an outstanding trajectory that has been recognized by prestigious legal publications and has established itself as a leading law firm in the field of insurance at a national level.
We have a highly specialized team that provides our clients with comprehensive legal advice at all stages of insurance, including insurance policies review, participation in negotiations with insurers, audit and benchmarking processes, design and structuring c overage alternatives, risk management, and assistance in settlements and judicial claims processes.
Due to the high specialization and technical knowledge of our lawyers, we have participated in highly complex litigation and landmark cases related to events such as the earthquakes in 2010 and 2015, the floods in 2015, and the social unrest in 2019.
Area Managers
Sergio Fernández D.
Gloria Claro M.
Catherine Campbell W.
Andrés Schlack M.
REAL ESTATE AND URBAN PLANNING LAW
Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados has extensive experience in providing specialized and strategic advice to prominent companies in the real estate industry, focusing on the development of residential, commercial, infrastructure, and/or rental housing projects.
We have a multidisciplinary team that offers clients comprehensive support from the structuring phase to the commercialization of real estate projects, including the evaluation and planning process, financing management, permit and licenses procurement, study of title deeds, property acquisition, real estate management contracts, and asset commercialization and management.
Area Managers
Álvaro Costa B.
Sergio Alviña C.
CORPORATE LAW
Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados has a team of experts with a recognized record in providing comprehensive corporate advice to both national and international clients.
Our understanding of our clients’ businesses allows us to fulfill the specific legal requirements associated with a company’s operations at it various stages of its development. Therefore, we offer assistance in all common business legal needs, as well as in restructuring processes, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance programs, among others.
The high specialization of our lawyers in the Capital Markets has enabled us to provide advice on highly complex matters to family offices, fund managers, and corporations, with extensive experience in the structuring of Private Equity funds.
Additionally, our firm offers comprehensive advice to startups throughout the entire process of designing and implementing their corporate structure and venture capital.
Area Managers
Cristóbal Vergara O.
Daniela Cerna C.
Álvaro Costa B.
Sergio Alviña C.
TAX LAW
With a team dedicated exclusively to providing tax advice, Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados assists companies and individuals with tax matters, specializing in the design and implementation of tailored structures to the specific needs of our clients and aimed at achieving their strategic objectives.
Additionally, our team has extensive experience in filing requests, petitions, and defenses before the Internal Revenue Service, Tax and Customs Courts, and the General Treasury of the Republic.
Area Managers
Cristóbal Vergara O.
Daniela Cerna C.
PUBLIC AND REGULATORY LAW
At Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados, we fully understand the importance of sectoral regulation applicable to different industries. Therefore, we provide comprehensive advice to our clients in their interactions with administrative authorities, including Ministries, Undersecretaries, Superintendencies, Services, among others.
Our team has extensive knowledge in regulatory matters, allowing us to provide our clients with advice on representation and defense in oversight procedures and contentious-administrative processes, , both in their administrative and judicial stages.
We have broad experience in the aquaculture-fisheries and educational sectors, where we have represented various clients, successfully intervening in sanctioning procedures, judicial claims, protection actions, among others.
Encargados de área
Álvaro Costa B.
Sofía Vial O.
Daniel Lagos S.
LABOR LAW
Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados has specialized professionals who provide comprehensive advice to their clients in both individual and collective labor law.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in providing corporate labor advice, dispute prevention and dispute resolution, collective bargaining, union relations, labor compliance and due diligence, as well as defense and representation before administrative agencies and courts of justice.
Area Managers
Sergio Alviña C.
Victoria Muñoz S.
LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
Vergara, Fernández, Costa y Claro Abogados represents and advises its clients, both national and international, in all types of disputes, whether in arbitration or court proceedings, with the highest standards of excellence and professionalism.
Our litigation and arbitration team has extensive experience in matters related to various industries, such as construction, real estate law, stock market, corporate affairs, civil matters, bankruptcy reorganization, agricultural matters, aquaculture and fisheries law, education, insurance, and more.
Our lawyers actively participate in complex national and international arbitrations, and two of our partners serve as arbitrators, being part of the roster of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
Area Managers
Sergio Fernández D.
Gloria Claro M.
Daniel Lagos S.
Andrés Schlack M.