VICENTE TAPIA I.
Senior Associate
Vicente Tapia is part of the Competition and Insolvency and Reorganizations teams at the Firm.
He has advised national and international clients in industries such as Banking, Finance, Energy, Consumer, Retail, among others, on Insolvency and Competition matters.
His practice area mainly focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on reorganization and liquidation insolvency proceedings for companies and individuals.
He has participated as a speaker at the IV Chilean Bankruptcy Law Conference (2024) and as an organizer and moderator of the INSOL International Future Leaders Programme of Chile held at Prieto’s offices (2023 and 2024).
Recognized as a Leading Associate in The Legal 500 ranking of 2024, in the area of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Restructuring.
He has been an associate at Prieto since 2022. He was a litigation lawyer at Grupo Alto (2018) and at De la Horra y Cía (2017-2019). Before joining Prieto, between 2019 and 2022, he was part of the Legal Affairs Sub-management at Australis Seafoods as a corporate and compliance lawyer.
EDUCATION
- Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Liquidation, Universidad de Chile (2023)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Governance and Compliance, Universidad de Chile (2022)
- Diploma in Economic Criminal Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2021)
- Lawyer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2016)
AWARDS
- The Legal 500: Leading Associate Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Restructuring (2024)
- Best graduate of the Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Liquidation, University of Chile (2023)
MEMBERSHIPS
- INSOL International
- Chilean Bar Association