Latin America - Chile

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

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With 'deep and comprehensive knowledge of various jurisdictions', Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría's 23-strong M&A and corporate practice is highly focused on corporate advisory work (both contractual and commercial), as well as major investment operations, such as M&A deals, divestitures, joint ventures, spin-offs and other significant strategic transactions. The firm also houses specialists in a range of sectors, particularly energy, finance, technology, forestry and agriculture, along with infrastructure, healthcare and pharma. The group fields several experienced partners, namely: M&A, private equity and corporate law specialist Federico Grebe; Andrés Sanfuentes, who maintains a wide-ranging M&A practice; commercial transactions expert Juan Pablo Wilhelmy; and experienced corporate law, M&A and financing practitioner Alberto Pulido A. Also integral to the department, Carlos Alberto Reyes is an energy and mining-project specialist, while Nicolás Santana (a former international associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‘s New York office), was raised to partner in early 2023. At non-partner level, director Constanza Rodríguez's practice incorporates M&A, capital markets and corporate law; while principal associate Guillermo Vial focuses on corporate law, M&A, infrastructure, project finance and capital markets. Since publication, Vial has been raised to the partnership - effective as of December 2023.

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  • ‘Great for the coordination of teams in different jurisdictions and their ability to attend in a very effective way the legal challenges that arise at the same time in the Colombian, Peruvian and Chilean jurisdictions.'

  • 'Deep and comprehensive knowledge of various jurisdictions that makes it very competitive with other law firms.’

Key clients

  • Epiroc
  • Minsait Payments Systems Chile
  • Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, Bolsa de Valores
  • FIP IG Capital
  • HAL Investments
  • Inmobiliaria Algeciras Limitada and Inversiones Altair
  • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd and Sumitomo Corporation
  • MSB – Salar Blanco
  • Minera Las Cenizas
  • Kongregate Inc.
  • Vitamina Holding
  • Interchile

Work highlights

  • Advised Sumitomo Metal Mining Co and Sumitomo Corporation on the sale of their 45% stake in the Sierra Gorda Mining Project.
  • Assisted (in Santiago, Lima and Bogotá) the Santiago, Lima and Colombian Stock Exchanges with the process of integrating the three stock markets.
  • Advised Interchile in relation to ISA Inversiones Chile's capital increase and division into two different companies.

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Federico Grebe, Andrés Sanfuentes, Juan Pablo Wilhelmy, Alberto Pulido A, Carlos Alberto Reyes, Nicolás Santana