Mr Fernando Barros Vial > Barros Silva Varela & Vigil > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

The ‘very practical and efficient’ corporate and M&A team at Barros Silva Varela & Vigil has significant experience in cross-border transactions, including M&A in the telecoms, agro-industrial, services, mining, energy, pharmaceutical and real estate sectors. The practice also houses experts in corporate governance and family offices. The department’s key figures are Jorge Vigil, an adviser on M&A, restructuring and contract negotiations; Rodrigo de Alencar, ‘an expert in negotiating M&A’; litigation head Fernando Barros Vial, who also advises on corporate affairs and corporate structures; and natural resources specialist Francisco Varela. The practice further includes M&A and investment fund-focused director Sebastián Barros; and senior associate Josefina Castro, who advises on compliance, corporate law and M&A.