Garrigues Chile

Garrigues Chile offers expert multidisciplinary advice, providing support to both local clients and international investors on entering and pursuing their business activities in the Chilean market. Over the last months, Garrigues’ immediate positioning as one of the leading firms in Chile has been clear, having advised on some of the highest level projects and matters, and acted as legal counsel to top-tier international and domestic clients, who are industry leaders in Latin America.

Garrigues’ team in Chile now comprises 40 professionals, all highly respected in the local legal services market and with extensive expertise in the area of international investment.

The firm has five offices in Santiago de Chile, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Garrigues has the largest network of own offices in the region among the major European law firms. It also has its own offices in Spain (in 18 cities), Belgium, China (Beijing and Shanghai), Portugal, Poland, Morocco, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Senior contacts
Luis Felipe Merino – partner: he specializes in corporate law and in mergers and acquisitions, providing recurring advice on cross-border deals to foreign clients investing in Chile and to local clients investing abroad. He also has broad expertise in advising energy companies on the development of electricity generation projects, using both conventional and renewable energy sources.

Oscar Ferrari – partner: he mainly focuses on providing tax advice to a range of Chilean and foreign clients on the development of their businesses or projects in Chile and abroad, and on corporate and asset restructuring processes, mergers, acquisitions, project finance and tax litigation, in both the administrative (before the Chilean Internal Revenue Service) and judicial (before the Tax and Customs Courts, Appeal Courts and Supreme Court) jurisdictions. He also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate law and foreign investment.

Pedro Garcia – partner: he specializes in capital markets and banking and finance, providing recurring advice to both local and international financial institutions in complex and cross-border financial transactions. He is also very experienced in providing advice in infrastructure and energy projects, both to developers and lenders.