Santiváñez Abogados
More informationSantiváñez Abogados is well known for its focus on the energy and natural resources industry, and it advises some of the biggest players in the sector on their corporate matters, including M&A, joint ventures, regulatory issues and reorganisations. The practice is no stranger to cross-border transactions and has a particular specialism in the electricity sector, where it acts for high-profile clients. It also advises on ancillary transactional matters, such as antitrust issues. The team is led by Roberto Santiváñez and Guillermo Auler: Santiváñez is a key name for M&A, power supply and transmission contracts, and project development work, while Auler deals with reorganisations, M&A and real estate matters. Senior associate Guido Maeda is also active in the practice, and Oscar Eyzaguirre joined the firm as counsel in June 2022; he was previously an independent practitioner.
Key clients
- Blue Water Advisors
- Blue Water Worldwide
- Grupo Energía de Bogota
- Unacem Corp
- Grupo Romero Investment Ofiice, GRIO
- Union Para la Infraestructura: Fondo Sura - Credicorp
- Colorado Conveyor
- Grupo Lamosa
- Cerámica San Lorenzo
- Compañía Minera Poderosa
- Electro Dunas
- Dunas Energía
- Compañía Eléctrica El Platanal – CELEPSA
- OM Pharma
- Actual Inmobiliaria
- Coats Cadena
- San Miguel Industrias PET
- Electricité de France
- Intrepid Directional Drilling Specialists
- Corporación Financiera de Inversiones - COFIDE
- Renthalpa sac
Work highlights
- Advised Unacem Corp & Celepsa on the acquisition of a distressed power generation company with assets over $300m.
- Advised Grupo Romero Investment Office - GRIO on the acquisition of a power generation company with assets over $400m.
- Advise Union Para la Infraestructura: Fondo Sura - Credicorp to acquire, through the stock exchange, a minority equity participation in a state-owned and controlled power utility with regulatory asset value over $250m.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roberto Santiváñez, Guillermo Auler