Partners

Humberto Alarcón Corsi
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Humberto Alarcón Corsi

Founding Partner

Graduate in Legal Sciences from the Law School of the Universidad de Talca (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2000.

Master's Degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from the Universidad de Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra (Spain).

Master's Degree in Evidential Reasoning from the Universidad de Girona (Spain).

Member of the Court of Appeals of Concepción, 2023.

Author of the book "Compilation of Crimes in Chilean Legislation and Jurisprudence" by Thomson Reuters.

Currently a Criminal Law Professor at the Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción campus (Chile).

He has served as a professor in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs at several universities throughout Chile, including teaching at the Public Criminal Defender’s Training Academy and the Judicial Academy. He has also worked as a litigation instructor in Chile and internationally.

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Álvaro Araya Fuentes

Founding Partner

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Law School of the Universidad de Concepción (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2001.

Master's Degree in Law from the University of Concepción (Chile).

Advocacy Trial Practice, National Criminal Defense College, Mercer Law School, Estados Unidos.

He has served as a professor in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs at several universities throughout Chile, including teaching at the Public Criminal Defender’s Training Academy. He has also worked as a litigation instructor in Chile and internationally.

He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Álvaro Araya Fuentes

Senior Associates

Humberto Alarcón Corsi
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Natalia Esparza Salas

Senior Associate Attorney.

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad de Concepción (Chile) with highest honors.

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2014.

Master of Laws (LL.M.), from the University of Pennsylvania (United States), as a Fulbright and CONICYT (now ANID) scholar.

Advocacy Trial Practice, National Criminal Defense College, Mercer Law School, Estados Unidos.

Diplomado en Docencia Universitaria, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.

Curso de actualización en derecho penal económico, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.

She is currently a professor of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Department of Procedural and Criminal Law at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, and serves as the Coordinator of the Master’s in Criminal Law program at the same institution.

He is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

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Diego Muñoz Guzmán

Senior Associate Attorney.

Graduate in Law from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2013.

Master's Degree in Criminal Law and Compliance from the Universidad Castilla-La Mancha (Spain).

Master's Degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain).

Postgraduate Diploma in Economic and Corporate Criminal Law, University of Chile.

Postgraduate Diploma in Criminal Law: Attribution and Procedure, Universidad de los Andes.

Author of the book "Compilation of Crimes in Chilean Legislation and Jurisprudence" by Thomson Reuters.

Currently teaches Criminal Law and Corporate Criminal Law courses at the Faculty of Law, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción campus.

He is fluent in Spanish and English.

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Associates

Humberto Alarcón Corsi
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Gonzalo Garrido Muñoz

Associate Attorney

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad de Concepción (Chile). Awarded "Humberto Bianchi” for best undergraduate thesis in Procedural Law.

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2020.

Master's Degree in Criminal Law from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (Chile).

Master's in Pedagogy for Higher Education (in progress), Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception

Diploma in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Alberto Hurtado University

Diploma de Experto en “La Prueba Testifical desde el Razonamiento Probatorio y la Psicología del Testimonio”, Universidad de Girona.

He is currently a professor at the Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile).

He is fluent in Spanish and Italian.

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Ignacio Rodriguez Alfaro

Associate Attorney

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad de Concepción (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2020.

Master's Degree in Criminal Law from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (Chile).

Postítulo en Derecho Penal Parte Especial por la Universidad de Concepción.

Curso de actualización en Derecho Penal Económico, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.

Diplomado en Derecho Penal Económico, Universidad de Concepción.

He is currently a professor at the Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile).

Álvaro Araya Fuentes
Humberto Alarcón Corsi
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Javiera Herrera Alarcón

Associate Attorney

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad de Talca (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2019.

Currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Procedural Law from the Universidad de Los Andes (Chile).

Diplomado en Prevención y Protección contra la Violencia, Universidad de los Andes.

Diplomado en Derecho Procesal Civil, Universidad de los Andes.

Diplomado en Derecho Procesal Penal, Universidad de Los Andes.

Curso de actualización en derecho penal económico, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.

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Simona Enríquez Gonzalez

Associate Attorney

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2024

Diplomado en Derecho Penal, Universidad de los Andes

Contributor to the book “Compilation of Crimes in Chilean Legislation and Jurisprudence” published by Thomson Reuters.

He is currently a professor at the Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile).

He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Álvaro Araya Fuentes
Humberto Alarcón Corsi
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Sofia Palavecino Parada

Associate Attorney

Graduate in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile).

Lawyer, Supreme Court of Chile, 2024

Management and Consulting

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Óscar Alarcón Corsi

Administrator

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Pamela Cánovas Contreras

Operations and Communications

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