Jara Del Favero Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Firm Profile

Jara Del Favero Abogados > The Legal 500 Rankings

Chile > Real estate Tier 3

The experience of Jara del Favero Abogados’ real estate team includes planning, financing, title opinions, and land purchases. Other key areas range from regularisation issues involving rural and urban areas, to building permits, construction, sale agreements, and leases. The group is co-led by Sven Herlin, who maintains a significant real estate projects practice, in addition to advising international real estate companies that invest in Chile; and Julio Trucco (whoo was promoted to partner in January 2023), an adviser on real estate projects, business structuring, due diligence, M&A and contracts.

Chile > Banking and finance Tier 4

Jara Del Favero Abogados' team is active in corporate finance and structuring transactions, both at domestic and international levels. The department’s key figures are Felipe Ovalle, whose practice covers corporate finance, structuring work, and infrastructure and concessions; Sven Herlin, who assists with the raising of financing for real estate projects and technology companies; Alvaro Caviedes, a specialist in bond offerings; and Christian Schiessler, who was raised to the partnership in July 2022 and focuses on both banking and finance and capital markets work.

Chile > Corporate and M&A Tier 4

Jara del Favero Abogados' sizeable corporate and M&A practice routinely assists companies with their ongoing corporate affairs, restructurings, corporate development planning, M&A, and cross-border transactions. Specialised in commercial and corporate law, Sven Herlin leads the firm’s real estate and M&A offerings, and Felipe Ovalle heads up the financing, corporate, infrastructure and labour practices. Also key to the team, Alvaro Caviedes' experience includes both M&A issues and corporate governance work. In January 2023, real estate and corporate law practitioner Julio Trucco was raised to partner, while associate Marina Junge ​​-who also advises on commercial, corporate and real estate law- is also noted. Regulated markets’ specialist Andrea Abascal left he firm in June 2023.

Chile > Tax Tier 4

Jara del Favero Abogados’ ‘very good team’ provides tax advice to HNW families on an ongoing basis. The group routinely assists with the restructuring of family assets and the reorganisation of corporate family structures, including the analysis of business transfer transactions and tax contingencies. The department also advises on tax compliance, in addition to defence-side work before Chile’s tax authorities and courts of law. Tax and corporate practice leader Rafael Valdivieso assists international companies looking to invest in Chile on tax issues; and at associate level, both senior Martín Hudson and Andrés de Iruarrizaga maintain active tax practices.

Chile > Dispute resolution: litigation Tier 5

Chile > Data privacy

Chile > Environment

Chile > Labour and employment