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Provided by Juan Ignacio Correa
Litigation and arbitration, administrative law (public law), asset reorganization and family corporate governance, antitrust, real estate, and infrastructure.
Founding partner of Correa Squella since 2005, he graduated in law from the University of Chile (1984), where he also participated in academic activities in the departments of introduction to law, public law, and economic law.
He represents a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors, including national and multinational companies, state agencies, trade associations, and family groups. In his professional practice, he is known as an expert legal advisor who provides strategic and personalized services.
In the judicial sphere, he has represented high-profile cases for companies such as AFP Capital, CMPC, Telefónica, Minera Los Pelambres, Colbún, Chilquinta, State Port Companies, Chilevisión, Crillón, and Probosque, among others. He also represented trade associations such as Acoforag.
He also provides some of these clients with comprehensive services covering legal and tax structuring, their most sensitive matters, and interaction with government authorities.
Finally, he has been a director of ENAMI (2018 and 2022), appointed by CORFO, SALFA, Ladeco, ASILFA, I.M. Trust & Co., and Edyce Ingeniería. In addition, he chaired the Libertades Públicas A.G. association and was a member of the Icare Legal Circle (2018-2023).
He has also been a columnist for the newspapers Estrategia (1984) and Metropolitano (1999) and the magazines Economía y Sociedad (1984-1987) and Capital (2003-2010), venturing into the genres of literary, theatrical, and political commentary.
Finally, the following legal publications are noteworthy:
“Prueba clara y concluyente debe reconducirse a la sana crítica: comentario Caso Bullileo”, written, together with César Alarcón published on october 29, 2025, by the Centro de Competencia de la UAI (CeCo).
“Parcelaciones rurales”: propuestas para el desarrollo de las subdivisiones rústicas en Chile, en Puntos de Referencia N°624, october 2022, Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP), a collective work prepared jointly with Pablo Allard and Juan Francisco Sánchez..
“Notas sobre la sana crítica versus la prueba legal tasada en las acciones indemnizatorias por ilícitos anticompetitivos”,published on August 7, 2020, by the Centro de Competencia de la UAI (CeCo).
“Desafíos del ejercicio de la profesión legal”, en De la Maza, Íñigo, Mery, Rafael y Vargas, Juan Enrique (Editores), Big Law: Estudios de Abogados en Chile, Thomson Reuters, Legal Publishing Chile, 2016.
“Informe Anual sobre Libertades de Expresión y de Información en Chile 2003”, in CEP Magazine, N°95, winter 2004.
“Por una Modernización del Poder Judicial”, en Proposiciones para la Reforma Judicial, CEP, 1991.
“Informe Final sobre Reformas al Sistema Judicial Chileno de la Comisión de Estudios Judicial Chileno”, working papers series N°147 (december 1990), Editor, together with Felipe Vial, CEP, 1991.
Besides his professional career, Juan Ignacio Correa is also active in the literary field, publishing novels and essays such as:
“Caín” (novel), Editorial Catalonia, 2023.
“Cohesión social y convención constituyente 2021” (essay), Ediciones Cívicas-Catalonia, 2021.
“Devoradas” (novel), Editorial Catalonia, 2013.
“Al otro lado” (novel), Plaza & Janés, 2005.
Provided by Chambers
Juan Ignacio Correa is a distinguished Santiago-based practitioner who routinely represents significant clients in significant civil and commercial litigation proceedings. He advises clients on disputes relating to the real estate, mining and telecommunications sectors.
Provided by Chambers
Juan Ignacio Correa combines deep experience with assertiveness and precision. He is strategic in his legal approach and remains fully focused on achieving the best possible outcome for each case.
Juan Ignacio Correa combines deep experience with assertiveness and precision. He is strategic in his legal approach and remains fully focused on achieving the best possible outcome for each case.