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As a wood products business headquartered in Chile with manufacturing activities throughout the Americas, Masisa is currently the second largest company in its sector. The company has a strong Chilean legal function which never shies away from proactively advising the company on important strategic and commercial issues. According to sources, its most senior lawyer Patricio Reyes has ‘great leadership skills’ and is ‘very proactive’. One nominator describes Reyes as a ‘hands-on’ counsel and a ‘strong team player’, always encouraging his team to provide solutions that ‘make the difference’. The team’s profile is significant, featuring some of the most skilful and knowledgeable lawyers in Latin America’s wood products sector. Priscilla Jessica Duarte Mella has worked at the company for over 11 years and impresses with her work on contracts and associated legal documentation such as insurance and guarantees. Maria Silvia Latham Soriano has been at the company since 2013, and has generated immense value for the business by handling legal, judicial and corporate responsibilities across eight countries. Spending over 10 years at Masisa, Mariana Cecilia Droguett Medel is another glaring example of the team’s internal talent that makes highly valuable contributions to the business by overseeing a reorganisation processes and providing comprehensive management of contracts.