Carey's full-service practice handles the gamut of public law mandates, including administrative and constitutional law work, regulated markets-related matters, and administrative and constitutional litigation. In relation to litigation, the team acts before the ordinary courts, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, as well as the Constitutional Court, the Public Procurement Court, the Transparency Council and the General Comptroller of the Republic. The department is also home to experts in constitutional rights, public procurement, public concessions, sanctioning procedures, regulatory compliance, state-owned company-related regulations, and legislative and regulation enactment. The team is co-led by Camilo Lledó, a January 2024 returnee from Chahuán Letelier Lledó; and senior counsel Patricio Zapata. Lledó is an administrative, constitutional and regulatory law specialist, whose practice covers concessions, public procurement and litigation before Chile’s administrative bodies; and Zapata’s career includes serving as a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Transparency and Probity. At associate level, Carolina Baeza advises national and international clients, public entities and state-owned enterprises on public law issues; José Ignacio Millañir is experienced across administrative, constitutional and regulatory law; Sergio Cifuentes acts in constitutional litigation; and Martin Canessa's workload encompasses concessions and public procurement work. Former senior associate Juan Ignacio Alarcón departed in December 2023 for the Undersecretary of Crime Prevention.

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.

With ‘complete knowledge of administrative and judicial regulations and jurisprudence’, Barros & Errázuriz’s eight-strong public, administrative law and economic regulation team is highly focused on constitutional and administrative law. Representative examples include tariff-setting administrative processes, contentious administrative proceedings, and administrative sanctioning procedures involving the natural gas, telecoms, electricity, health, education and water sectors. The firm is also home to experts in administrative contracts, government liability, public procurement and maritime concessions. The public law team is additionally experienced in government agency-related contentious matters before Chile’s common tribunals, Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court, and Comptroller General’s Office. The team’s principal figures are renowned arbitration expert José Tomás Errázuriz; and David Cademartori, ‘an extremely qualified lawyer’, whose track record covers administrative proceedings, as well as civil and administrative litigation. In the firm’s senior associate ranks, Alberto Sánchez is a ‘very skilled lawyer’, and Martin Gutiérrez assists with administrative and judicial procedures. Other public law associates to note are Marissa Baldazzi, Cristián Dorador and Cristóbal Millar, while of counsel Juan José Romero focuses on constitutional and administrative law, public works concessions, international trade remedies, and general economic regulation. Former associate Valeria Donoso departed the firm during 2023 for the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism.

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.

The public law and government department at FerradaNehme leverages the firm’s expertise in administrative law, economic regulation and litigation for complex public law work, including environmental and urban planning issues. Recent mandates encompass urban transportation concessions, applications for administrative permits, defence-side lawsuits, and disputes over public works concessions. Highlights include representing Transelec in two illegality claims before the Court of Appeals of Santiago against sanctioning resolutions. The team is co-led by public and environmental law expert Josefina Court, a regulatory and environmental law specialist whose track record includes serving in the Legislative Office of the Presidency of Chile (under different administrations); and José Tomás Correa, who focuses on advising public agencies and private companies on administrative law issues and sanctioning procedures, as well as the regulated markets. Correa’s dispute resolution experience includes representing clients before Chile’s administrative agencies and the General Comptroller of the Republic, as well as before the country’s high courts of justice (including litigation before the Constitutional Court). At director level, Fernanda Skewes routinely acts for public sector clients (including public administration agencies, municipalities and state-owned companies), as well as private sector entities, particularly in relation to real estate, electricity, forestry, mining, casinos, transportation and public works.

The public law and regulated markets team at full-service firm Guerrero Olivos is ‘simply outstanding for its analysis, proposals and understanding of the issues’. The 11-strong group acts for private, publicly listed, and state-owned companies from the mining, oil and gas, power, public utilities and aquaculture sectors. The client base also covers the financial services, real estate, construction and telecoms industries. The department advises on the full spectrum of administrative and constitutional law issues, ranging from defence-side public law litigation, judicial reviews, and public bids and public procurement matters, to representing clients before various regulatory bodies and assisting with administrative procedures to obtain or extend approvals. The practice is co-led by Eduardo Cordero, a constitutional and administrative lawyer who advises regulated and non-regulated entities on regulatory procedures and transactional work; and administrative litigation and public procurement specialist José Gabriel Undurraga, whose experience includes advising Antofagasta Minerals on project-related public law issues. The group further includes senior counsel Rosa Fernanda Gómez, an expert in administrative law penalties, along with urban, environmental and municipal law; and senior associate and regulatory and public law practitioner, Roberto Burgos, who frequently advises on public procurement, litigation and transactional mandates that feature administrative law issues.

Fielding ‘a team with high-level knowledge of regulatory matters’, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría's nine-strong public law department is well known in the market for litigating high-stakes administrative law matters before the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals and Public Procurement Tribunal. The group’s caseload additionally includes bids for concessions and public procurement matters, as well as advising clients on the successive constitutional reform processes the country has undertaken. The team also recently assisted various real estate companies with the resolution of land use restriction issues. The regional firm’s full-service practice is led by José Luis Lara, who advises public and private entities on administrative and constitutional law, along with public procurement matters. The team further includes senior counsel Guillermo Zavala, who assists with the public law aspects of environmental law, antitrust, regulatory matters, public procurement, customs, and municipal and urban law. In the firm’s associate ranks, recently-promoted principal Matías Larroulet focuses predominantly on administrative law, regulatory work, telecoms and administrative litigation; and senior Florencia Portales, who ‘understands the more pressing needs of companies’, advises on administrative litigation, public procurement, and administrative and constitutional law. Former counsel Jorge Femenías departed the firm in September 2023 to co-found a new boutique.

Acting for both foreign and local companies, Allende Bascuñán & Cía's expertise covers regulatory matters, litigation, public contracts and procurement. The five-member public and regulatory law team advises in relation to the mining, agriculture, food production, social security administration, energy and public utilities sectors. The ‘one who stands out’, group head Felipe Bascuñán Montaner routinely handles negotiations related to public bids, and also defends industrial and agricultural sector-related companies before the regulatory authorities and courts. The practice also includes senior associate Diego Miranda, who acts for national and international institutions on regulatory, administrative and constitutional law matters.

Displaying ‘exceptional mastery of government processes’, Barros Silva Varela & Vigil’s public and regulatory law practice provides strategic advice on the development of projects and business activities that require State authorisation. Its expertise further covers related litigation and relations with local communities. The team is co-led by former Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Felipe Riesco, whose practice encompasses administrative regulations, sanctioning procedures and litigation; and Claudia Ferreiro, who ‘excels in her legal knowledge’ and regularly defends clients before State agencies. In the senior associate group, José Ignacio Vial is an experienced litigator, while Esteban Carmona specialises in administrative proceedings and appeals.

Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos' eight strong regulatory law department is comprised of experts in the relations between private companies and governmental agencies and institutions. The team is particularly involved in environmental matters and energy projects, but its mandates also cover gas distribution, water regulations, telecoms, retail, medical devices, and urban planning and zoning. The team is co-led by Gonzalo Jiménez, who advises on infrastructure project-related environmental impact studies, concessions and permits; and Martín Astorga, whose wide-ranging practice includes sanctions proceedings before Chile’s administrative authorities. The public law practice of senior associate Verónica Cuadra covers administrative and constitutional law, public procurement issues, and sanitary, environmental, water and energy law.

DLA Piper Chile's seven strong regulated markets team advises on the gamut of administrative public law issues, in relation to clients’ interactions with regulatory bodies. Active in both the public and private sectors, the full-service firm handles the public law aspects of a range of industries, such as technology, public infrastructure, construction, real estate, energy, education, media, and food and beverages. The local practice is co-led by Felipe Bahamondez, whose experience covers administrative procedures, public bids and litigation; and Diego Peña, an adviser on clients’ energy and infrastructure project-related interactions with Chile’s administrative bodies. Senior associate Felipe Massardo assists with bidding processes, public works concessions, sanctioning procedures and litigation.

‘Very focused on serving and understanding the client’, Fleischmann & Román Abogados‘ seven-member public law practice is notably experienced in public contracts. The boutique firm particularly focuses on public works and concession matters, most notably in relation to the construction of penitentiaries, hospitals, airports, highways, public roads and desalination plants. Name partner Hernán Fleischmann Chadwick advises on projects and clients’ relations with public authorities; while Orlando Palominos specialises in arbitration -particularaly as regards public concessions- and construction disputes involving local authorities. The career of associate Cristián Repetti Aravena includes time at the Ministry of Public Works, while construction and infrastructure practitioner Francisca Rochet Vásquez is a May 2023 partner hire from DS Abogados. Former partner Juan Diego Rabat left the firm in mid-2024.

Garrigues Chile‘s ‘public law team is highly qualified’: it routinely advises concessionaires involved in public infrastructure projects and also assists with the bidding processes for public road concessions in urban areas. Additionally, it regularly defends against penalties imposed by the Ministry of Public Works and advises on compliance with health authority regulations. The department is led by of counsel Claudio Moraga, whose practice covers public procurement issues, administrative procedures and public-private partnerships. In the associate pool, principal Sebastián Hassi advises public works concessionaires on road works and related public transportation facilities; senior Carla Martini ‘stands out for her ability’; and Carolina Palma advises on public tenders.

‘Concentrating on the issues that are important to clients’, Lembeye’s public law team specialises in the regulatory aspects of the energy, mining, telecoms, media, transportation, gambling and health services sectors. Its expertise ranges from obtaining permits, authorisations and concessions, to defence-side administrative punitive proceedings, tenders and compliance measures. The group is led by Guillermo de la Jara, who acts in contentious administrative disputes before Chile’s higher courts of justice, and special courts and decision-making bodies, including the Constitutional Court. The associate to note, Lukas Hudson, acts in punitive administrative proceedings before state administrative agencies.

Baker McKenzie Chile’s public law team primarily acts for clients from the healthcare, insurance, infrastructure, construction, mining, pharmaceutical, and defence and aerospace sectors. The group has amassed notable experience in state contract-related investment protection issues, as well as public procurement work. Focused on contentious matters, group head Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés is a longstanding constitutional, public and administrative law expert, who is also the firm’s Latin America dispute resolution group head. Litigation and arbitration associate Felipe Soza is experienced in public works concession agreements, constitutional actions, administrative sanctioning procedures, and public contracting and procurement.

The eight-strong team at Bofill Mir Abogados advises on a range of public law issues, including contentious constitutional and administrative proceedings. It also has notable regulated markets expertise in environmental, mining, energy, water, customs and telecoms law, as well as in relation to public transport, public procurement, health services, gaming, and land use and development. The team is co-led by director Cristián Franetovic, an expert in administrative and regulatory law, administrative litigation, regulated markets and environmental affairs; and administrative law, regulatory and corporate/M&A practitioner Andrea Abascal, a July 2023 partner hire from Jara Del Favero Abogados. Senior associate Pablo Nogueira's sector experience includes the gaming, aviation and pension industries.

Fielding ‘experts in complex litigation’, boutique legal practice Colombara Estrategia Legal has extensive experience in public law and contentious administrative matters. The first firm in Latin America to incorporate in Meta's "Metaverse" as sopposed to having physical offices, its public law department is co-led by founding partner Ciro Colombara, whose track record includes litigating before the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, and the Constitutional Court; and Aldo Díaz, whose broad disputes practice encompasses administrative litigation. The practice further includes litigation director and administrative law specialist, Anna Albano.

Prieto Abogados' 11-strong public and administrative law team regularly acts for clients from the healthcare, education and construction sectors on both complex advisory and litigation matters. It also recently assisted a pension industry client with an administrative sanctioning procedure. The group is led by counsel Juan Pablo Riesco, who assists with administrative, judicial and regulatory issues. The practice further includes litigation and arbitration head Fernando Samaniego, as well as environmental team leader Agustín Martorell.

Riquelme, Silva & Fuentes' five-member team is well known for public law disputes and public contracts, particularly in relation to the construction of public works and associated concessions. The practice is particularly focused on advising clients on their relations with Chilean state, as well as litigation at all levels (including before the Supreme Court and Constitutional Tribunal). Rodrigo Riquelme Yáñez acts in claims and litigation before administrative and technical panels, such as the Technical Review Board on Public Works Concessions; and Camilo Silva Correa is an engineering and construction sector specialist.