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Best Lawyers Expands Chilean 2024 Awards

Best Lawyers is pleased to announce the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in Chile™ and the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Chile™, honoring the top lawyers and firms conferred on by their Chilean peers.

Best Lawyers

November 8, 2023 09:00 PM

Announcing The Best Lawyers in Chile™ 2024

The illustrious Best Lawyers^® awards have, for the 14th consecutive edition, been announced in Chile. Highlighting the top lawyers across the country for their esteemed legal acumen and accredited accomplishments, The Best Lawyers in Chile™ in an honorific that we are proud to produce each year.

A History of Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers was founded in 1983 as a resource for those seeking legal guidance and counsel. The objective was to offer a roster of lawyers who, by the valuation of their peers, were the top echelon of legal talent among their specific practice locations and specialties.

Best Lawyers awards encompass 22 global markets and partner with some of the most world-renowned publications. For 2024, we have partnered with Diario Financiero to showcase The Best Lawyers in Chile.

Best Lawyers: The 2024 Awards in Chile

The Best Lawyers in Chile 2024 edition recognizes 1,119 lawyers in 55 practice areas. Among those, 41 lawyers practicing at 28 law firms have been awarded “Lawyer of the Year.” The law firm Carey has 11 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients, the most in Chile, while Barros & Errázuriz, Claro & Cia. and Larrain y Asociados Abogados each had two recipients each.

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The practice areas among recognized lawyers are robust and comprehensive, offering legal guidance to those in Chile in a multitude of specialties. Of the 55 specialties in which lawyers have been honored for 2024, the 10 with the most recognized honorees are: Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, Tax Law, Labor and Employment Law, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Intellectual Property Law, Natural Resources Law and Project Finance and Development Practice.

Among those seeking legal counsel in Chile, users searched most frequently on the Best Lawyers website for lawyers practicing in the following: Criminal Defense, Natural Resources Law, Energy Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Insurance Law, Litigation, Real Estate Law and Technology Law.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Chile™

In 2021, Best Lawyers launched a new award, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Using the same time-honored methodology as is used for the traditional Best Lawyers awards, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch is a peer-reviewed award for lawyers whose private practice tenure falls between three and eight years.

For 2024, we are proud to announce the first edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Chile™. This inaugural edition recognizes 157 lawyers across 24 practice areas in Chile.

The top 10 practice areas with the most honorees are: Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation, Environmental Law, Banking and Finance Law, Capital Markets Law, Intellectual Property Law, Energy Law, Real Estate Law and Tax Law.

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“Law Firm of the Year” Awards in Chile

Each year, a single top firm is recognized for its work in a particular practice area nationwide. Based on several determining factors, which include individual lawyer feedback, the number of recognized Best Lawyers in a firm in the particular awarded practice area, the number of office locations a firm has, historical analysis of the firm’s “Law Firm of the Year” awards, materials submitted by firms and the firm’s overall scope and areas of practice.

The 2024 “Law Firm of the Year” recipients in Chile are:

Barros & Errázuriz
Banking and Finance Law
Real Estate Law

Bitlaw
Technology Law

Bofill Escobar Silva
Criminal Defense

Carey
Capital Markets Law

Cariola, Díez, Pérez-Cotapos
Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions

Claro & Cia.
Labor and Employment Law

Della Maggiora Eyzaguirre Abogados Laborales
Labor and Employment Law

Estudio Carvallo
Insurance Law

FerradaNehme
Administrative and Public Law

Fischer y Cía
Tax Law

Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo Abogados
Litigation

Larrain y Asociados Abogados
Natural Resources Law

Pellegrini & Rencoret
Competition / Antitrust Law

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Mining Law
Project Finance and Development Practice

Sargent & Krahn
Intellectual Property Law

Vergara Galindo Correa Abogados
Environmental Law

Showcasing Your Best Lawyers Award

Best Lawyers offers several solutions to showcase your awards through impactful marketing efforts.

Please contact sales@bestlawyers.com to learn more about how you can highlight individual lawyer and firm awards through your website, social media channels, Best Lawyers Profile Suite packages and commemorative items.

Interested in seeing Best Lawyers honorees in Chile? Use our Find a Lawyer in Chile tool to search by location and specialty. If you think a deserving lawyer is missing from this list, nominate them to be recognized in an upcoming edition.

You can also explore our Find a Lawyer page to search for lawyers in other countries and practice areas.

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Meredith K. Sugar

Taft

Recognized since 2021

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Trusts and Estates

Meredith K. Sugar

Meredith K. Sugar is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates. Meredith K., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Meredith K. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Meredith K. Sugar

Paul Garinger

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Recognized since 2025

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Insurance Law

Paul Garinger

Paul Garinger is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. Paul, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Paul is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Paul Garinger

Gerald J. Todaro

Arnold Todaro Welch & Foliano

Recognized since 1993

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Specific Focus

Professional Malpractice

Gerald J. Todaro

Jerry has been successfully trying cases since he received his law licence. His career with the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office in 1974 as an Assistant Prosecutor, where he tried over 75 cases in a three-year period. In less than two years, he was lead counsel in a death penalty case and obtained a conviction under Ohio's new death penalty statute. He entered private practice in 1977 after taking courses in gross anatomy and clinical pathology at The Ohio State University School of ...

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Laing P. Akers

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Recognized since 2024

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Laing P. Akers

Laing P. Akers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Laing P., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laing P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Laing P. Akers

Dennis J. Concilla

Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP

Recognized since 2010

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Litigation - Securities

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Securities Regulation

Specific Focus

Broker-Dealer

Dennis J. Concilla

Dennis Concilla practices securities law, business law and litigation at Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP, where he provides counsel to securities broker-dealers, investment advisors, registered representatives and banking institutions. CPM’s Securities Practice Group, headed by Dennis Concilla, is nationally recognized as a leader in the field of securities recruiting law and has represented numerous national and regional securities and investment firms. Dennis served as Legal Counsel ...

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Kathryn S. Wallrabenstein

Taft

Recognized since 2026

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense: General Practice

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Kathryn S. Wallrabenstein

Kathryn S. Wallrabenstein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Kathryn S., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kathryn S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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David A. Swift

Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP

Recognized since 1997

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

David A. Swift

Dave Swift is an of-counsel at Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP and a Family Wealth & Estate Planning Group member. He practices estate planning, estate and trust administration and also engages in the representation of tax-exempt organizations. Dave represents individuals, business owners and families concerning estate planning, tax planning and business succession planning.

David A. Swift

John A. Gambill

Taft

Recognized since 2024

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Construction Law

Litigation - Construction

John A. Gambill

John A. Gambill is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Litigation - Construction. John A., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which John A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John A. Gambill

Amy M. McKinlay

McKinlay Law Offices

Recognized since 2020

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Family Law

Amy M. McKinlay

Amy M. McKinlay is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Amy M., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Amy M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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Philip K. Stovall

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Recognized since 2026

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Philip K. Stovall

Philip Stovall is a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Business Practice Area and focuses on debtor/creditor issues, commercial and bankruptcy litigation, insolvency, workouts, and tax controversies. Phil represents debtors, creditors, and other parties in interest in commercial bankruptcy cases and in complex litigation in state and federal courts. He also advises clients with respect to out-of-court insolvency matters, including out-of-court restructurings and workouts, and in matters involving...

Philip K. Stovall
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