The capital markets team at full-service firm DLA Piper Chile undertakes placements, securities issuances, IPOs and capital increases, as well as stock options, bonds and American depositary receipts. The principal advisers in the Santiago office are: Diego Noguera, who advises companies on the domestic and international placement of securities; office managing partner Matías Zegers, who brings expertise in M&A, corporate governance and venture capital to the practice; and Jorge Timmermann, a former capital markets adviser to the Minister of Finance whose experience also includes advising on the issuance of bonds and commercial papers (predominantly on behalf of issuers).