MBC Abogados

The firm: MBC Abogados provides specialized consultancy, focused on each client’s needs, integrating legal knowledge with experienced partner experience in the financial, commercial, real estate and tax fields.

An expert lawyer team provides strategic accompaniment and commercially focused legal advice both in Chile and abroad to several industries and individuals, in practice areas relating to real estate, tax, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, financing and venture capital, among others.

With over 11 years of experience, MBC Abogados understands the context in which its clients operate, reaching a deep understanding of their challenges in order to deliver a value-offer based on trust and excellence.

We work continuously to build diverse and dynamic teams quickly adapting to our clients’ different needs. We constantly seek to promote equal opportunities for all our lawyers, aiming to further develop their potential.

Carolina Menichetti, partner: Her practice focuses on real estate development and financing, corporate and individual restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, sale or purchase of assets and companies’ negotiations, joint ventures, public and private investment funds structuring, shareholders agreements, options, capital and debt issuances, derivatives.

Founding partner of MBC Abogados in 2010. She previously worked at Carey in the M&A and capital markets group (2003-2008) and at Barros y Errázuriz in the tax group (2008-2010).

Carolina is currently a member of the International Steering Committee of the Women in the Profession (WIP) Program and Member of the Board of Experts, Commission of Women Lawyers, Chilean Bar Association.

Ignacio Bolelli, partner: His practice is focused on real estate project financing and development, corporate reorganizations, merger and acquisition of companies, private negotiations for the purchase or sale of assets and companies, joint ventures, public and private investment funds structuring, shareholders’ agreements, options, capital and debt issuance, derivatives.

Founding partner of MBC Abogados in 2010. He previously worked as General Council of Grupo Patio SpA (2005-2010), and former vice-president of Miradas Compartidas Foundation, for people with intellectual and mental disorders (2013-2016).

Ignacio acts as legal advisor to several board of directors.

He is chairman of the Legal Committee for Latin America of ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centres). And is also alternate Director of the Chilean Chamber of Shopping Centres and member of the Legal Committee of the Chilean Shopping Center Association. 

Benjamín Salas, partner: With extensive experience in real estate development and financing, corporate and individual restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, sale or purchase of assets and companies’ negotiations, joint ventures, public and private investment funds structuring, shareholders agreements, options, capital and debt emissions, and project finance.

Benjamín joined MBC in 2014 and has been a partner since 2019, continuing his outstanding career with the firm and his commitment to the company’s growth.

He previously worked at Cariola, Díez, Pérez Cotapos & Cia. (2012-2014) and at Larraín, Rencoret y Urzúa (2010-2012).

Maria Teresa Cremaschi,  partner: Partner of MBC Abogados since 2021, where she arrived to create and lead the tax group. She has specialized in cross-border transactions, M&A and business restructuring, providing advice to local and international important companies on tax matters.

She previously worked as partner in Barros y Errázuriz (2000-2021), and as lawyer in Ernst & Young (1998-2000).

María Teresa is currently Director of Casa Moneda, Director of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law, Director of Fundación Oncológica Cecilia Bolocco, Member of the Executive Committee of Icare’s Círculo Legal and Member of the Board of the Expert Female Lawyers Commission, Colegio de Abogados de Chile (Chilean Bar Association).