Santiváñez Abogados has long been best known for its focus on the energy and natural resources industry, where it advises some of the biggest players in the sector on their corporate matters, including M&A, joint ventures, regulatory issues and reorganisations. The firm's 2024 merger with the former Martinot Abogados has swelled the firm's ranks to some 50 lawyers with notably increased capacity in the competition, bankruptcy, IP and real estate sectors, amongst others. Overall, the corporate practice retains its primarily orientation towards the electricity sector, where it acts for high-profile clients on significant matters including cross-border transactions. The team is led by Roberto Santiváñez and Guilhermo 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. Yanira Becerra brings additional strength on the real estate front, while senior partner Luis Fernando Martinot brings experience in a broad swathe of practices and deep expertise in competition matters. Counsel Oscar Eyzaguirre -who has extensive in-house experience in the financial sector- is also active in the practice.