Carey y Cía. appoints Director of Criminal Law Department
July, 2011 - Santiago, Chile
The attorney Marcelo Sanfeliú was appointed as new director in Carey y Cía., Chile´s largest law firm with over 140 professionals.
Marcelo Sanfeliú, who will assume on August 1th, is member of Carey y Cia.’s Litigation Group and Head of its Criminal Law practice group. He handles all matters of criminal law and specializes in anti-corruption and money laundering cases.
Mr. Sanfeliú studied law in the Universidad Diego Portales, and was admitted to the bar in 1997. He was the first public prosecutor named in Chile in 2000, following the reforms of Chile’s criminal procedure. This way, he served as the Head District Attorney of La Serena, IV Región de Coquimbo, simultaneously serving as First Assistant to the Regional Attorney General.
Since 2006, Carey y Cía. has a criminal law practice, specialized in economic and white-collar crimes, cyber crimes, intellectual property violations, infringements to the telecommunications law, the protection of sensitive company information and crimes against property in general among others.
The firm provides preventive advice to its clients in all the prosecutors’ offices throughout the country, with extensive experience in oral litigation, acting either as plaintiff or defense attorney.
