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Chile
Competition and antitrust
Within: Competition and antitrust
Baker McKenzie Chile regularly acts in claims before the FNE and TDLC as well as in merger-control matters. The seven-strong team is also increasingly assisting with compliance issues and has particular sector-experience in areas including banking, healthcare, insurance, construction, retail and infrastructure, along with mobile telecoms, mining and ports. Rio Tinto, Fedex, PayPal and Atlantia are all clients; the team assisted the latter obtain clearance for its public takeover of Spain's Abertis, one of the first merger-control procedures approved in Chile under the country's updated 2017 legislation. Other matters include advising Essity/SCA on an approximately $500m class action damages claim derived from the tissue-paper cartel case. Rodrigo Diaz de Valdes heads the practice and Diego Ferrada is noted for high-profile merger-control proceedings. Key support comes from experienced senior associate Juan Ignacio Donoso, a former deputy head at the Antitrust Division of the FNE.
Corporate and M&A
Within: Corporate and M&A
Baker McKenzie Chile has longstanding experience in advising on regional and multinational cross-border deals in Chile, including M&A, joint ventures and other commercial transactions; additional areas of strength are corporate reorganisations, liquidations, joint ventures, privatisations, commercial contracts, and corporate governance. In private equity, the practice assists with deal structuring, regulatory advice and fund organisation. Notable clients include Renewable Resources Group (RRG), FIMBank and Hitachi; and recent highlighyd included assisting California-based asset management firm RRGwith transactions and investments across a variety of industries in Chile, including the acquisition of several photovoltaic (PV) solar development projects and the purchase of an agricultural farm. León Larrain, Jaime Munro and Fernando Castro co-lead the 13-strong practice group; Diego Ferrada is also a principal adviser, while Jorge Álvarez is a highly regarded associate.
Projects and infrastructure
Within: Projects and infrastructure
Baker McKenzie Chile is well known for its mining sector expertise; the practice has also grown more active in renewable energy projects, desalination plants, ports and roads. Clients include Mantos Copper, Macquarie Capital, Xiana Mining and Camposol; the team advised Mantos with a tender for two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the expansion of mineral processing plants. Mirco Hilgers, Jaime Munro and Diego Ferrada are the principal contacts; Francisco Nualart, Santiago Vial and Andrés Lecaros are the associates to note.
TMT
Within: Leading individuals
Diego Ferrada - Baker McKenzie Chile
Within: TMT
Baker McKenzie Chile is widely respected for its advice on complex telecoms infrastructure, big data, data security and international data flow, internet-based services, e-commerce, and IoT. The client list includes Iridium Communications (Iridium), Discovery Education, DocuSign, Airbnb, Motorola Solutions and Sony Music Chile; the team assisted Iridium with the installation of a satellite teleport, which included telecoms regulatory advice as well as customs assistance. Diego Ferrada and associate Jorge Álvarez are the principal advisers.