Guillermo Chahuán

He focuses his practice on criminal investigations and trials, civil and commercial litigation, and administrative-sanctioning procedures.

He has worked as a defense attorney and as a plaintiff representing individuals and companies in investigations into economic crimes, crimes related to the stock market, crimes against integrity and public administration, crimes against public health and the environment, among others.

He intervenes in civil and commercial disputes regarding breach of contract, compensation claims and corporate conflicts, litigating both before ordinary courts and before arbitrators.

He has also taken on the defence of individuals and companies in various proceedings led by the Financial Market Commission in conflicts related to the securities and insurance markets.

EDUCATION

• Law, University of Chile ( Highest Distinction , 2008)

• Diploma in Criminal Procedural Law, University of Chile (2014)

• Master in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University ( Notable , 2018)

• Specialization Course in Compliance , University of Barcelona (2018)

• Advanced Master’s Degree in Legal Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University ( Remarkable , 2019)

TEACHING

• Professor of Economic Criminal Law at Alberto Hurtado University (since 2023)

• Visiting Professor of Criminal Law at Adolfo Ibáñez University (since 2013)

PUBLICATIONS

• Computer crimes. Dogmatic analysis and comments on Law No. 21,459 , Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch, 2024 (author and coordinator)

• Non-retroactivity of unfavorable criminal law and penitentiary law. On the increase in the conditions for accessing conditional release , in Justice as legality. Studies in honor of Luis Ortiz Quiroga, Thomson Reuters Publishing House, 2020 (co-author)

• National DNA registration system regulated by Law No. 19,970: analysis of its application budgets , in Legal Reports, Criminal Procedural Doctrine, Public Criminal Defense Documentation Center, No. 16, 2015 (co-author)

• The cause of justification of legitimate defense in the face of Chilean jurisprudential practice , in Journal of Criminal Doctrine and Jurisprudence, No. 16, University of Los Andes, year 2014 (co-author)

RECOGNITION

• Recognized in Dispute Resolution: White Collar by Chambers and Partners Latin America (since 2023) and Chambers and Partners Global (since 2024)

• Recognized in Dispute Resolution: White Collar by Legal 500 (since 2023)

• Recognized in Criminal Law by Leaders League (since 2024)

• Recognized in Criminal Defense by Best Lawyers (since 2020)

PREVIOUSLY IN

• Bofill Escobar Silva (2013 – 2021)

• Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana (2011 – 2013)

MEMBERSHIPS

• Supreme Court (2011)

• Chilean Bar Association

• Institute of Criminal Sciences of Chile

• Association for Public Liberties

LANGUAGES

• Spanish and English