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Contreras & Cía specializes in criminal law, with a particular emphasis on high complexity criminal litigation and design and delivery of compliance programs. We provide clients with the highest degree of professionalism, loyalty and responsibility when undertaking the business entrusted to us. The exclusive dedication and full commitment of every member of our legal team is guaranteed, ensuring a comprehensive counselling service in line with the context and particular needs of each and every one of our clients.

We provide clients with the highest degree of professionalism, loyalty and responsibility when undertaking the business entrusted to us.

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EXPERTISE

Our main area of ​​practice is focused on highly complex criminal litigation. At the same time, we provide our services for the design and implementation of compliance programs in accordance with the requirements of Law No. 20,393. We also have relevant experience and excellent results in the filing and processing of actions seeking constitutional protection.

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    Criminal litigation

    Our key field of expertise is high-complex criminal litigation, be it as Defence Attorneys or as Complainants in criminal cases of any nature. We possess experience in financial and tax-related crimes, offences by public officials, sexual and violent crimes, cybercrime, environmental crimes and workplace accidents, legal person’s criminal liability, among others.

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    Compliance

    We also provide services for the design and implementation of compliance programs in line with requirements set in place by Law No 20.393, as well as compliance and control programs for the prevention of corruption and money laundering, in line with both national and international requirements, such as those established by the Financial Analysis Unit.

    We offer a comprehensive service so as to provide clients with results which meet their particular needs, designing compliance programs that are in line with the company’s business model.

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    Habeas Corpus

    Our firm has prior experience and excellent results in the lodging and handling of Habeas Corpus and other constitutional recourses before the different Appeals Courts of the country, and the Supreme Court, regarding actions – or inactions – which affect or endanger the personal freedom or security of any individual (Habeas Corpus); or that affect or endanger any of the Constitutional Rights protected by Article 20 of the Constitution (Constitutional Protection Recourse – rights such as life, property, intimacy or honour, among others)

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TEAM

Sergio Contreras Paredes

Sergio Contreras Paredes

Partner

A professional career that has focused on providing legal counselling for both natural and legal persons, pertaining to all manner of criminal proceedings, as well as the handling of corporate crises, both ex-ante and ex-post. Has also successfully partaken in several highly complex and high-profile trials as Defence Attorney.

Law degree from Universidad de Chile with additional certificates in Substantive Criminal Law, Criminal Proceedings Reform and Medical Criminal Liability, all from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Master in Criminal Law and Criminal Proceedings from Universidad Alberto Hurtado.

Associate at Figueroa & Coddou, 2006 to 2008. Later, from 2008 to 2015, was Partner at Coddou y Cía, and, from 2015 to2018, was Director of the Criminal Law Department at the firm Philippi, Prietocarrizosa, Ferrero DU & Uría. From 2009 to 2011, was Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile.

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Catalina Honorato Bezanilla

Catalina Honorato Bezanilla

Partner

Professional career focused on criminal litigation and compliance.

Law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and recipient of the Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz award for best Constitutional Law student, with additional certificates in Corporate Labor Law from Universidad de Los Andes, Compliance Control from Thomson Reuters and Financial Criminal Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica. Attended the Focalized Programs of Finance & Accounting at the Universidad de Los Andes Business School

Teacher of Public Procurement certificate courses at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile since 2018

From 2011 to 2018, was an associate attorney at Philippi, Prietocarrizosa, Ferrero DU & Uría.

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Xiomara Troncoso Pérez

Xiomara Troncoso Pérez

Partner

Professional career focused on criminal litigation.

Law degree from Universidad de Chile, certified in Modern Problems of the Criminal Law System from Universidad de Chile, and Financial Criminal Law from Universidad Católica.

From 2013 to 2015 was an associate attorney at Coddou & Cía, and held the same position at Philippi, Prietocarrizosa, Ferrero DU & Uría from 2015 to 2018. From 2010 to date, has worked as an assistant professor for the Public Interest class at Universidad de Chile.

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Conall Morrison

Conall Morrison

Associate attorney

Professional practice focused principally on criminal litigation.

Graduate from the Universidad de Chile Law School.

From 2016 to 2018, was a paralegal at Philippi, Prietocarrizosa, Ferrero DU & Uría.

Andrés Caro Contreras

Andrés Caro Contreras

Associate attorney

Professional practice focused principally on criminal litigation.

 

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