Jorge Bofill

Jorge Bofill is considered one of Chile’s top litigation attorneys. He has represented clients before Chilean and foreign courts including World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington D.C. and the International Chamber of Commerce. His experience includes advising on out-of court dispute resolution and conducting internal corporate investigations at the behest of the owners or boards of corporations.

background

• Mr. Bofill advised the Senate on the Criminal Procedure Reform that created a new institutional framework in the field and Law No. 20,393 that introduced the criminal liability of legal entities into Chile, among other ad honorem legislative collaborations.
  
• Mr. Bofill was a member of the Presidential Commission for drafting a new Criminal Code and has advised the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office on matters of antitrust.

Education

• Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, J.D.
• Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, LL.B.

Acknowledgments

• Ha ocupado y mantenido los primeros lugares en su ámbito de trabajo en todos los rankings de las publicaciones más prestigiosas, incluyendo Chambers & Partners (del 2009 al 2016), The Legal 500 (2014), Latin Lawyers, Leading Lawyers de Qué Pasa-Idealis (2015), entre otras.
• Distinguished for his 'excellent professional career' by his Alma Mater's Student Center, in the 115th aniversary of Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
• Nominated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as the only Latin American on the six-person panel in charge of reviewing the UN’s internal justice system. Other members included Hina Jilani, Navanethem Pillay, Leonid Skotnikov, Bob Hepple and Chris de Cooker. 
• Founding member of Libertades Públicas (Civil Liberties) AG.

Languages

• German and English.