Acting for entrepreneurs, project managers and investors, HD Legal is home to sector experts in finance, food-tech, retail, software development and mining. The five-member venture capital team covers seed capital and early-phase development, including incorporations, start-up steps and capital raising rounds, as well as subsequent growth stages. The group is co-led by Sebastián Delpiano, whose wide-ranging expertise covers funds that invest in venture capital; and Matías Langevin, an adviser on fintech, venture capital and capital markets. In the associate group, Ignacio Ruiz-Tagle advises both fund managers and investors on investment and feeder funds, particularly as regards regulatory issues.

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Key clients

  • Valorizaciones Inmobilairias Refy
  • Wild Foods
  • Attom Capital
  • Jeeves
  • Comercializadora Sikerei
  • Mento
  • Magma Partners
  • R2 Capital
  • Levannta
  • Spotter
  • Xepelin
  • Darkstore
  • Digital Energy Markets (Splight)
  • Prometeo
  • Buda
  • Khipu
  • Biotech
  • Wild Labs
  • CLA Digital
  • Apiux Tecnologías
  • Open Trading
  • Buydepa
  • Simpli
  • XGO
  • Regum
  • Kayyak Ventures
  • Bond Up
  • Kamaleont
  • Sonner Pagos Virtual del Sur
  • Regalariza

Work highlights

  • Advised Darkstore on a credit line agreement with the BTG Pactual Venture Debt I Investment Fund.
  • Advised Xepelin, and one of its founders, on the strategic negotiation, preparation and execution of a corporate restructuring transaction of Digital Partners.
  • Advised Prometeo on the Chilean side to its recent capital raising.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sebastián Delpiano, Matías Langevin