Elisa Elgueta

Associate

Elisa Elgueta is a member of our firm’s Public Law and Regulated Markets | Civil Litigation and Arbitration groups.

Elisa focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, including antitrust and regulatory matters. She has experience advising and representing clients in complex disputes before national and international courts.

Practice Areas

Free Competition, Civil Litigation, Arbitration, Regulatory Litigation, Highly Complex Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Intellectual and Industrial Property Litigation, Constitutional Litigation, Administrative Litigation, Reorganization and Liquidation.

She has participated in complex disputes before Chilean and foreign courts, including international arbitration before ICSID and Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in New York. Her experience includes defending companies in investigations for violations of competition regulations and disputes in regulated sectors.

Education

Lawyer, Potificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2020).

Master of Laws, Harvard Law School (2024).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Albagli Zaliasnik, Associate (2025 to date).

Gibbons P.C., Associate(2024 – 2025).

Pellegrini & Rencoret, Associate (2022 – 2023).

Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo, Associate (2020 – 2022).

Teaching experience and memberships

Member of the Harvard Law School Antitrust Association, Harvard Law School (2023–2024).

Assistant Professor of Western Literature and Political Institutions, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2022–2023).

Civil Law Teaching Assistant, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2022–2023).

Procedural Law Teaching Assistant, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2022–2023 and 2017–2020).

Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2017–2020).

Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2016–2018).

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE 

Representation of an energy company in international arbitration before ICSID in a foreign investment dispute.

Representation of various companies before the Free Competition Defense Tribunal in contentious and administrative proceedings.

Participation in an international reorganization proceeding under Chapter 11 before the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Representation of companies in the infrastructure, construction, and transportation sectors in highly complex civil and commercial litigation.

Participation in domestic and international arbitration proceedings related to regulatory, contractual, and commercial disputes.

CONTACT Elisa

eelgueta@az.cl