Fontaine & Cía.

What Fontaine & Cía. does

Fontaine & Cía. is a Chilean professional services law firm founded in 1987 by Arturo Fontaine Aldunate, continuing a family legal tradition that began with Arturo Fontaine Calvo in 1904. The firm is headquartered in the Las Condes district of Santiago at Av. Apoquindo 2827, Piso 11, and operates as a private partnership controlled by members of the Fontaine family. Its team consists of approximately 37 lawyers organized across 13 distinct practice areas, including Comercial y Corporativa, Inmobiliaria, Financiamiento y Mercado de Capitales, Tributaria, Laboral, Litigios, Seguros, Salud, Derecho de Aguas, Derecho Público y Regulatorio, Concesiones e Infraestructura, Cumplimiento Normativo, and the newly launched Protección de Datos.

The firm generates revenue through professional services billed primarily on hourly fees, retainers, and project-based fees, with pricing varying by matter complexity, attorney seniority, and client requirements. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, anchored on partner-led business development, professional referrals, international referrals through the Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW) network, legal publications, and LinkedIn visibility. Its customer base is exclusively enterprise and spans real estate, construction, insurance, healthcare (ISAPREs), retail, industrial, and real estate investment funds, with a stated primary focus on real estate and construction matters. The firm holds Tier 1 ranking in Real Estate from Legal 500 2026 and additional recognition in Financing, Labor, and Tax, and has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as a leading Chilean real estate practice for over a decade. In 2026 the firm launched a dedicated Data Protection practice ahead of Chile's Ley 21.719 taking effect in December 2026, and entered a partnership with AKLOE and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez to conduct the country's first national readiness study on the new data protection law.

Name

Fontaine & Cía.

Legal name

Fontaine & Cía.

Website

https://fontaineycia.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fontaine & Cía. is a Santiago-headquartered Chilean law firm founded in 1987 with approximately 37 lawyers serving enterprise clients across 13 practice areas, anchored by Tier 1-ranked Real Estate, Tax, Financing, and Labor advisory for real estate, construction, insurance, and corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Condes

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed primarily through hourly fees, retainers, and project-based fees. Services span multiple practice areas including real estate, corporate, tax, labor, litigation, and regulatory advisory.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fontaine & Cía. is a full-service Chilean law firm delivering professional legal advisory services across 13 distinct practice areas. The firm specializes in real estate, corporate, tax, labor, litigation, financing, infrastructure concessions, compliance, water rights, public/regulatory, data protection, healthcare, and insurance law for enterprise clients in Chile, supported by an international network for cross-border matters.

Product overview

Fontaine & Cía. is a full-service Chilean law firm offering legal advisory across 13 distinct practice areas rather than a technology product platform. The firm operates as a unified legal services practice organized into practice-specific departments: Comercial y Corporativa, Concesiones e Infraestructura, Cumplimiento Normativo (Compliance), Derecho de Aguas, Derecho Público y Regulatorio, Financiamiento y Mercado de Capitales, Inmobiliaria, Laboral, Litigios, Protección de Datos, Salud, Seguros, and Tributaria. All services are delivered through its team of lawyers without any separate productized or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Comercial y Corporativa Comprehensive corporate legal advisory covering business formation, transformation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, and cross-border investment structuring, including a specialized Fintech practice.
• Concesiones e Infraestructura
• Cumplimiento Normativo (Compliance)
• Derecho de Aguas
• Derecho Público y Regulatorio
• Financiamiento y Mercado de Capitales
• Inmobiliaria
• Laboral
• Litigios
• Protección de Datos

Quantifiable outcome

• Recognized in 4 practice areas by Legal 500 2026 with Tier 1 ranking in Real Estate
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AKLOEminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint partnership with digital transformation consultancy AKLOE and academic support from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI) to conduct the first national study measuring Chilean companies' readiness for the new Personal Data Protection Law (Ley 21.719). The study uses the Prismart measurement platform.
• Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner providing methodological rigor to the national study on data protection readiness, developed in conjunction with Fontaine & Cía. and AKLOE.
• Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational network of 100+ law firms across 50+ countries. Fontaine & Cía. is an active member, participating in the Executive Committee. The network enables the firm to provide international legal services to clients through trusted member firms in various jurisdictions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría: Major Latin American full-service firm with deep Chilean operations, comparable practice breadth across real estate, corporate, finance and regulatory matters. Competes for the largest enterprise and cross-border mandates.
• Bofill Mir & Alvarez Jana Abogados: Chilean full-service firm of comparable size covering corporate, real estate, litigation, and regulatory practices. Direct competitor for mid-cap enterprise clients in Santiago.
• Carey y Cía. Chile's largest full-service law firm with comparable multi-practice depth including a leading real estate practice and recognized Chambers and Legal 500 rankings. Most directly comparable full-service Chilean peer competing for the same enterprise and real estate mandates.
• Morales & Besa: Santiago-based full-service firm with comparable corporate, finance, and real estate practices serving enterprise clients. Similar size tier and recognition profile in Chilean legal directories.
• Claro y Cía. Established Santiago-based full-service firm with strong corporate, finance, and real estate capabilities. Direct competitor for Chilean enterprise clients and recognized in similar legal directories.
• Barros & Errázuriz Abogados: Leading Santiago-based full-service firm with strong real estate, corporate, and finance practices competing for the same Chilean enterprise and developer clients. Comparable mid-to-large size and similar reputation-driven GTM motion.
• Albagli Zaliasnik (AZ): Chilean full-service firm of comparable scale covering corporate, real estate, regulatory, and dispute resolution matters. Direct competitor for enterprise clients in the Santiago market.
• Aninat Abogados: Santiago-based firm with comparable corporate, M&A, and finance practices serving enterprise clients. Similar partnership-driven model and reputation-driven client acquisition.

Broad incumbents

• Baker McKenzie (Chile): Global full-service law firm with significant Santiago presence offering corporate, finance, and real estate capabilities. Competes for cross-border mandates where global footprint is required.
• Garrigues (Chile): International Iberian-Latin American firm with Chilean operations covering corporate, finance, tax and regulatory matters. Competes for enterprise mandates with cross-border Iberian-American dimension.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fontaineycia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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