CHILE Law and Practice Contributed by: Ricardo Rozas, Max Morgan and Stefano Perretta, JJR Abogados
JJR Abogados is a Chilean law firm based in San- tiago city and connected to the global world. JJR provides a complete range of legal services with par- ticular focus on complex matters and cases, and in practice areas that require a high degree of speciali- sation, such as international transactions, interna- tional trade, maritime law, insurance and reinsurance, telecommunications, media and technology, litigation and dispute resolution. JJR’s insurance and reinsur- ance practice incorporates vast experience in com- plex cases and in-depth knowledge on these issues. The firm aims at providing sound legal and practical
advice with a clear commercial approach, and has earned a significant reputation for its work on behalf of the London and worldwide reinsurance markets. Among others, the firm specialises in mining, energy and construction, political risks, earthquakes, liability, general reinsurance, insurance and reinsurance bro- kers’ liability, drafting of insurance terms and condi- tions, advice in connection with Chilean compulsory adjustment procedures and regulatory work. JJR’s experience includes resolving major litigation and ar- bitration cases.
Authors
Ricardo Rozas is a partner at JJR and leads its insurance, reinsurance and transport practice group. He has vast experience in marine and non- marine insurance and reinsurance, including in assisting the global
Max Morgan is a partner at JJR and is highly experienced in non-marine insurance and reinsurance, as well as in commercial, maritime and insurance litigation. He is the leader of the transportation and insurance
reinsurance market and in several flagship cases of the Chilean (re)insurance industry. He advises in all related areas, including policy coverage advice, liability defence and assessment, wordings/policy structures, dealing with Chilean compulsory adjustment procedures and the Chilean regulator (CMF), and representing foreign reinsurers. He was the first Latin-American Chair of the Maritime and Land Transport Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) (2015–2016), and currently serves as advisory board member. He is a regular speaker at different conferences around the world and author of several publications.
litigation department, and in recent years has advised and defended numerous companies, underwriters and reinsurers in arbitration and ordinary courts in cases of high relevance.
Stefano Perretta is an associate at JJR who works in the insurance, reinsurance and transport practice group, and mainly specialises in related litigation work. Stefano graduated from the School of Law of
the Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago (2008). He also holds a Master’s of Law (LLM) in International Law, Investment, Commerce and Arbitration from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, jointly with the University of Chile (2014).
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