DLA Piper Chile

Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Emerging Growth and Venture Capital; Private Equity

Associate

Vicente Sáenz de Santa María concentrates his practice in corporate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and venture capital. He advises companies and investors on financing rounds. This includes Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A and Series B, in Chile and abroad, through equity or debt instruments, such as convertible mutuals or simple agreements for future equity (SAFE) contracts, and on the strategy and implementation of compensation plans for workers, consultants, or employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

Vicente also advises companies and startups on expanding and internationalizing their businesses, either through company flips abroad or through domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Regarding M&A, his practice includes structuring, drafting, and negotiating share purchase and sale agreements, asset purchase and sale agreements, and shareholders' agreements, among other corporate documents, and assisting and leading due diligence processes.

In corporate governance best practices, Vicente has advised leading companies, such as open corporations of significant national and international relevance, in preparing corporate governance codes, manuals, and policies, boards and committees, directors' responsibilities, evaluation procedures, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, among other things.

Spanish, English

Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2018

LL.M., University of Sydney, Law School, 2025