Garrigues Chile

Recent mandates for Garrigues Chile's 14-strong banking and finance team cover both the acquisition of financial assets and project financing, including advising on the financing for the construction and operation of a seawater desalinisation plant. The international law firm’s Santiago office also maintains robust restructuring and corporate lending practices; its lender-side client base includes Banco de Chile, Banco Santander-Chile, HSBC, Itaú Corpbanca, and Scotiabank Chile. Highlights for the team include advising the lenders on the execution of a term loan and delayed draw loan facility (under New York law) between Aligned Data Centers International (as debtor) and ODATA's companies (as guarantors) for the acquisition of ODATA by Aligned Data Centers. Jointly heading up the department, Pedro García Morales focuses on corporate loans, project financing, structured finance, debt restructuring, and regulatory matters; and Jaime de Larraechea has longstanding experience in financing and capital markets. The practice further includes Antonio Morales, an expert in domestic and international debt restructuring and project finance. 2023 saw movement at senior associate level with Maria Fernanda Jara (corporate finance and securities) returning to the firm in June, following a stint in New York with Milbank; the departure of Ignacio Vargas to undertake his LLM in August; and the arrival of Sebastián Nieme (project finance and debt restructuring transactions) from Morales & Besa in November.