About this office:
Claro y Cia. is one of the oldest and most prestigious full service large law firms in Chile. It was founded in 1880 when the lawyer and legal scholar Luis Claro Solar was admitted to the Bar, and for over a century has served its clients by providing the highest quality legal advice and representation. The pursuit of our clients' interests, a deferential client service and a legal advice built in a subtle understanding of the relevant business or market context are paramount to us.
Statement of Practice Summary:
General Practice; Civil Law; Commercial Law; Admiralty Law; International Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Foreign Investment; Environmental Law; Transfer Of Technology; Antitrust; Administrative Law; Mergers And Acquisitions; Mining Law; Aviation Law; Labor And Employment; Securities; Banking Law; Finance; Litigation; Trademarks; Patents; Industrial Designs; Intellectual Property; Energy; Arbitration; Construction Law.
Year Established: 1880
Representative Clients:
Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A.; AEI; AES Gener S.A.; Air Liquide - LCC Inc.; Apple Computer, Inc.; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Chile); Banco de Chile; Banco del Estado de Chile; Banco Itaú; Banco Santander-Chile; BNP Paribas; British American Tobacco; BBDO; BHP Billiton; Biomar Group; BNY Mellon Asset Management; Capgemini; Citibank, N.A.; Citicorp Venture Capital; Citigroup, Inc.; Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores S.A.; Credit Agricole; Credit Suisse; Cristalerías de Chile S.A.; DCN International; Deutsche Bank; EF Education First; Elecmetal; Feld Entertainment; Fidelity Investments, Inc.; GE Capital; Hal Investments B.V.; Henkel Chile; Hydro Quebec; Inchcape plc; Inter-American Development Bank; International Finance Corporation; John Deere; Intersystems Corporation; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Kinross Gold Corporation; KPMG; Laboratorios Chile; Lan Airlines; Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Lesaffre Group; MBIA Insurance Corporation; McKinsey & Co.; Mercedes Benz do Brasil Ltda.; Minera Los Pelambres; Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsui & Co. Limited; Molibdenos y Metales S.A.; Molinos Río de la Plata S.A.; Nexans; Nextwave Wireless Inc.; Nintendo of the Americas; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.; Recycla; Sam Zell Group; Sara Lee Corporation; Scania; Société Générale; Sociedad Anónima Viña Santa Rita; Sprint Nextel; Starbucks Coffee Company; Synthon; Thales Group; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; The Royal Bank of Scotland; TransCanada Pipelines; Santista Têxtil S.A.; Tyco International Ltd.; United International Pictures; Votorantim; Wachovia Corp.; West LB; XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd.
Languages: Spanish, English, French and German.
Law Firm Affiliations: LEX MUNDI: a Global Association of Independent Law Firms