Aninat Abogados’ ‘venture capital team is characterised by fast, effective and secure solutions’. Particularly active on behalf of fintech start-ups at all stages of growth, the eight-member practice advises on the corporate structures for financing rounds and exits, corporate governance, internationalisation processes and stock option plans. It also assists with tax, labour, regulatory, data protection and IP issues. The practice is co-led by María Eugenia Sabbagh, who ’demonstrates extensive experience in the execution of different venture capital investment structures’; and senior counsel Cristián Reyes, an adviser to innovative technology and fintech companies. The group also includes Martin Mois, who focuses on innovation, IP, IT, data protection, consumer protection and corporate law.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The venture capital team is characterised by fast, effective and secure solutions to the investment and collaboration requirements that clients have.’
  • ’It is worth highlighting the efficiency of the legal instruments offered in addition to their interpretative clarity, thus avoiding conflicts and adverse interpretations during the execution of operations.’
  • ‘Indicates useful points to avoid possible conflict.’
  • ‘María Eugenia Sabbagh demonstrates extensive experience in the execution of different venture capital investment structures, making recommendations according to each assignment and with response times that allow progress according to the times stipulated by the parties.’

Key clients

  • Chile Ventures Administradora de Fondos de Inversión Privado
  • Strong by Form
  • Shippter
  • Urbana Grow
  • OFI TI
  • Yumit
  • Neocrop Technologies
  • VirtualPOS
  • Upago
  • Fincar
  • Nutrix

Work highlights

  • Advising Strong by Form, a tech start-up, on its structuring process, first investment round, and a recent seed round.
  • Advising Chile Ventures on an ongoing basis.
  • Advised Chile Ventures on the investment by Private Investment Fund Next in the equity of Nutrix, a Swiss HealthTech (with subsidiaries in Chile and Poland).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

María Eugenia Sabbagh, Cristián Reyes