Clyde & Co hires LatAm insurance vet with Lloyd’s pedigree for lead role

Global insurance-focused law firm  Clyde & Co has hired an insurance, reinsurance and claims settlement expert as a partner to lead its Chile insurance practice.

Felipe Hoetz (Pictured) has more than 25 years of experience and is the legal representative in Chile for the Lloyd’s of London insurance market. He joins from Acuña, Hoetz & Cifuentes, where he spent more than eight years as a partner.

Felipe is a board member of the Ibero-Latin American Centre for Insurance and Reinsurance Arbitration and Mediation (ARIAS LatAm) and is vice-president of the Reinsurance working group of the Ibero-Latin American Committee of the International Insurance Law Association (CILA-AIDA). He has previously acted as president of the Chilean Association of Insurance Adjusters (ALOSI) and has chaired the International Federation of Adjusting Associations (IFAA).

Alejandro Quintana, partner, Clyde & Co Chile, said: "With Felipe joining Clyde & Co Chile, we move a step closer to building a leading insurance practice in Chile and across Latin America. This is tremendously important for the growth and future of the firm in the region.”

Hoetz commented: "Joining Clyde & Co to lead the Insurance and Reinsurance area is a great challenge and honor. Clyde & Co is one of the world's leading law firms with an exceptional reputation in insurance, an area that we will seek to position as number one in Chile and expand in Latin America.”

Lee Bacon, president of Clyde & Co's Latin America Strategy Group and member of the board of directors of Clyde & Co Chile, added: "Felipe’s hire is a fantastic start to 2023 for Clyde & Co Chile and an important step in our growth strategy in the country and region more broadly. We’re pleased to gain Felipe’s wealth of insurance expertise and to add someone of his caliber to our Latin America team.

“Felipe is renowned for his work internationally and fits in with our desire to bring on board leading practitioners in our core sectors, so that clients can benefit from our globally integrated firm.”

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