Morales & Besa names Rodrigo Delaveau as counsel
Rodrigo Delaveau has joined the firm as counsel and leader of the Public and Constitutional Law practice area
Chilean law firm Morales & Besa has announced the appointment of Rodrigo Delaveau as counsel, becoming head of the Public and Constitutional Law practice, effective 7 March 2022.
Guillermo Morales, founding partner of the firm, noted the importance of this appointment “because we are being joined by a renowned professional and an excellent person who will help us consolidate a practice group that over the years and the evolution of the country has been growing and that we believe will continue to grow. We believe that advising our clients on matters of constitutional law and public law will be enriched by the presence of a constitutional lawyer of Rodrigo Delaveau’s stature. He shares our hallmark and vocation for excellence in highly complex matters. His incorporation reinforces our will to reflect this hallmark and vocation in our public and constitutional law practice, an increasingly relevant area for our clients”.
“To be able to join a firm of the stature of Morales & Besa, with a recognised prestige and proven reputation in the legal market -both nationally and internationally- is a real source of pride. [I will seek to expand and deepen the already extraordinary service that Morales & Besa provides to its clients, incorporating the nowadays highly demanded perspective of Public Law, where reports on highly complex law, specialised advice, as well as litigation, transactions and other matters where the regulatory framework constitutes a fundamental piece” Rodrigo affirmed.
Rodrigo Delaveau (pictured) has more than 20 years of experience, working in legal practice, law firms and in-house legal counsel in both public and private institutions. He studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he also obtained a Master in Public Law. He obtained the degrees of JSD and LLM from the University of Chicago and was a recipient of the Russel Baker Scholarship for doctoral study and the Coase Sandor Institute for Law & Economics courses offered by the International Program of the University of Chicago Law School. He is currently Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School and Professor of Constitutional Law at the law schools of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile and Universidad de Los Andes. He is an expert in Constitutional Law, Economic Analysis of Public and Regulatory Law, with experience in Law Reports and Public Litigation. He was a member of the Commission appointed by the Chilean Chamber of Deputies for the drafting of a new Bill of Procedure for the Recurso de Protección. He was elected Alternate Minister of the Constitutional Court of Chile in 2019 and a year later he was appointed co-representative of the Court before the Venice Commission, as well as manager of the agreement signed between the Constitutional Court and the Comparative Constitutions Project.
