We are a chilean law firm specialized in mobility and immigration.

Our mission is to provide a personalized service of excellence, based on solid ethical principles and a deep knowledge of the new Chilean immigration legislation, with a focus on the client's needs, a sense of urgency and collaborating so that migration is orderly and responsible.

As former immigration policy advisors to the State of Chile, our founders actively participated in the technical discussion of the New Migration Law in the National Congress (Law No. 21,325), and in the design of the most relevant regulatory changes in immigration matters in the country in recent decades. They have also stood out in the publication of books, analysis and participation in seminars and national and international academic activities.

Our law firm are associated with Employee Mobility Solutions, a North American company with more than 30 years of experience in international mobility, present in more than 100 countries in the world, allowing us to be part of an international network for the benefit of our clients.

We invite you to meet us.

OUR TEAM

José María Hurtado

Partner

jmhurtado@hurtadoybonito.cl

José María Hurtado Fernández

Lawyer from the Universidad de los Andes. He has been an adviser on Migration Policy at the Ministry of Interior and Security and a legislative adviser to the Undersecretary of the Interior, integrating the team that carried out the discussion and drafting of the new Migration Law, being one of the co-editors, of Law No. 21,325.

He is co-author of the book Chilean Immigration Law, published by Editorial Jurídica de Chile (2017, 2nd ed.) and a university professor on the subject. He is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.

He was also adviser to the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare on matters of pension reform and labor market and Head of its International Relations Office, being responsible for the preparation of legal reports for the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Mijail Bonito Lovio

Partner

mbonito@hurtadoybonito.cl

Mijail Bonito Lovio

Lawyer from the University of Chile and the University of Havana. Master of Laws in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from the American University Washington College of Law. Diploma in Advanced Studies in Human Rights at the same university. He also has a Diploma in International Business Law and Foreign Trade from the University of Chile and a Master's in Government Management from the Autónoma University.

He was adviser in charge of migration policies in Chile's Ministry of Interior. While holding this position, he participated in the drafting and discussion of the new Migration Law. He was head of the Chilean delegation in the last round of negotiations of the Global Compact for Migration at the United Nations headquarters and representative of the Ministry of Interior in bilateral meetings with the authorities of Haiti, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba, on migration issues, and in sessions before the Human Rights Inter-American Commission.
He is currently a professor of Law and Public Policy at the Autónoma University of Chile.

Fernando Dazarola

Associated

fdazarola@hurtadoybonito.cl

Fernando Dazarola Leichtle

Lawyer from the University of Chile with a Diploma in Management from the Alberto Hurtado University.

He has fulfilled multiple functions related to the public sphere for more than 20 years. In these tasks, he has specialized in the operation of public institutions and Public Law, with special emphasis on matters related to Justice, Social Security, Probity and Transparency and Administrative Law in general.

Among other responsibilities, he was advisor to the National Budget Office (2007-2010) and Legal Coordinator of the Ministry of Finance (2014-2015). He has participated as a legislative advisor, both for government agencies and parliamentarians.