Prieto Abogados

Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Project Finance Projects and Infrastructure

Counsel

Andrés Laymuns has been a Counsel lawyer of Prieto since 2024 and joined the firm in 2022.

He is part of the Corporate Law team of the Firm, with a strong emphasis on Mergers and Acquisitions, advising both domestic and foreign clients in different areas, including renewable energy projects, mining, food, retail, among others. He also has experience in project finance operations and in the development of renewable energy, green hydrogen, and mining projects.

He studied law at the Universidad de los Andes, earning his law degree with two distinction votes in 2006. In 2011 he was awarded a “Becas Chile” Scholarship to study an LL.M at The University of Chicago, IL. (LL.M., 2012).

Distinguished by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions.

He worked as Legal Counsel – Commercial & Innovation at Anglo American between 2021 y 2022 and before that as associate lawyer at Prieto Abogados between 2013 and 2021.

Additionally, in 2019, he served as interim legal counsel for the salmon company Nova Austral (Punta Arenas) as part of a secondment project.

Spanish and English

Law Degree from the Universidad de los Andes, 2006 LL.M University of Chicago, IL., 2012.