Barros & Errázuriz

Full-service law firm Barros & Errázuriz fields ‘a group of young partners and associates who really understand the world of venture capital’. The eight-strong venture capital practice acts for start-ups and investors at all stages of business development. Its expertise covers assistance with growth and finance stages, as well as exits; and the department comprises sector specialists in AI, technology, retail, media, entertainment, fintech Insurtech, and food and beverages. The firm is also home to B&E Impulsa, a mentoring and legal services programme through which it assists promising start-ups with launching, developing and growing their businesses. The team can also claim close relations with several incubators, accelerators and investors, such as business accelerator StartUp-Chile and the Chilean Fintech Association. Examples of recent mandates includes acting for Sundes, a Chilean hospitality-tech start-up, on its seed financing round. The team is co-led by Sergio Eguiguren, who advises and mentors domestic and international entrepreneurs at different stages of development, in addition to advising on M&A, structured and corporate financing, company purchases and sales, and general corporate matters; and corporate law expert Lucas Marinovic, who is ’an outstanding partner’. The team further includes counsel Magdalena Munita, who advises on the tax side to venture capital work.