Mr Fernando Bravo > Prieto Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Prieto Abogados Offices
Alonso de Córdova 4355 (piso 15)
Vitacura
Santiago
Chile
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Mr Fernando Bravo
Work Department
Corporate ,Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy and Natural Resources.
Position
Partner
Career
Fernando Bravo has been a partner in Prieto since the year 2005.
Head of the Corporate Area and runs the Energy Group in Prieto.
He has been legal counsel in major acquisitions and in important securities market transactions. In recent years, his professional practice has been actively focused on corporate assistance to national and foreign companies, fundamentally in the energy and industrial sectors.
He earned his degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1991 and he joined Prieto in 1992.
Mr. Bravo is professor of Commercial Law at the School of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he has been teaching courses in Corporate Law, the Securities Market, the Financial System, Commercial Contracts, Insolvency and Bankruptcy continuously since 1998.
He also is a professor in the Master and Enterprise Law Program at the Universidad de Los Andes since 2004, where he teaches courses on commercial contracts and corporate governance. He has also spoken as an academician at several seminars.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Education
He earned his degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1991 and he joined Prieto in 1992
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)The 29-strong practice at full-service firm Prieto Abogados has an enviable M&A track record in major cross-border deals, private equity transactions and joint ventures; and during 2022, the firm was particularly active in deals involving the insurance, energy, banking, utilities and sanitary sectors. The multidisciplinary M&A team additionally leverages support from the firm’s tax, labour, corporate, environmental and litigation departments. The practice is co-led by M&A, joint venture and bidding process expert, Juan Tagle; and Fernando Bravo, who routinely advises energy sector clients. A further line of experienced partners features energy and natural resources sector expert, José Andrés Pascual; the recently-promoted Isabel Wolleter, who works on both capital markets and corporate and M&A matters; and corporate law, M&A, and infrastructure and construction project practitioner, Nicolás Yuraszeck. At non-partner level, counsels Federico Rodríguez and Maite Larrañaga, along with senior associates Aníbal Larrain and Andrés Laymuns (a July 2022 returnee from Anglo American), are additional active advisers.
Chile > Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons
(Leading partners)Recent highlights for Prieto Abogados‘ ‘very responsive‘ and 23-strong energy and natural resources team include regulatory work, major M&A transactions, the construction of a large energy generation portfolio, and desalinisation projects. Its current caseload also includes the sale of a sizeable distributed generation portfolio and the acquisition, development and construction of non-conventional renewable energy projects (including the associated due diligence processes). The practice is co-led by M&A leader and energy and natural resources specialist, Juan Tagle; and corporate team head Fernando Bravo, who routinely acts for major energy sector clients. The second line of active advisers features Nicolás Yuraszeck K, who has longstanding experience in construction projects, tender processes, project finance, regulatory advice, and energy M&A; and Agustín Martorell, who acts on energy and natural resources-related projects and regulatory matters. At counsel level, Andrea Von Chrismar brings antitrust expertise to energy-related regulatory issues; and Federico Rodríguez‘s wide-ranging practice covers negotiations with developers, corporate matters, financing, and renewable generation projects.
Lawyer Rankings
- Electricity and hydrocarbons Chile > Energy and natural resources
- Leading partners Chile > Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons
- Leading partners Chile > Corporate and M&A
- Corporate and M&A Chile
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Firm Rankings
- Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A
- Projects and infrastructure
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Environment
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
- Dispute resolution: arbitration