Julián López
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime
Band 1
About
Provided by Julián López
Practice Areas
Penal and Civil Litigation
Career
Mr. López has more than 31 years of experience in criminal, civil and commercial litigation. After getting his LL.M. degree at Harvard Law School in 1996, he got deeply involved in the implementation of the criminal procedure reform in Chile that started in 2000. Since then, he has been widely recognized, both academically and professionally, as an expert in Chilean criminal procedure and ranked as one of the best criminal layers in Chile by different market research publications.
Mr. López is also a professor of Criminal Procedure and Trial Litigation at the University of Chile Law School since 1998. He has been elected twice as one of the 19 members of the Board of Directors of the Chilean Bar Association; and has been involved in the most important white-collar criminal cases of the country.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Prominent partner Julián López has forged a formidable reputation as one of Chile's leading practitioners in the white-collar crime sphere. He is regularly retained by a range of local and international clients for his expertise in high-profile contentious criminal mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Julián López is outstanding, one of the top criminal lawyers in Chile. He has a profound understanding of the law and is able to explain complex issues simply, building trust with his clients."
"Julián López is a thorough lawyer with broad knowledge of the market."
"Julián López is outstanding, one of the top criminal lawyers in Chile. He has a profound understanding of the law and is able to explain complex issues simply, building trust with his clients."
"Julián López is a thorough lawyer with broad knowledge of the market."