Ms Andrea Abascal > Bofill Mir Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Bofill Mir Abogados Offices
Av. Andrés Bello 2711, 8th floor
Las Condes, Torre Costanera
7550611 Santiago
Chile
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Ms Andrea Abascal
Work Department
Life Sciences, Administrative law and M&A.
Position
Partner.
Career
Andrea has dedicated her career to administrative law and M&A, focusing on regulated markets such as life sciences, healthcare, food, medical devices and cosmetics, among others.
She has extensive experience advising local and international clients in administrative processes, public bids, health care summaries, market entry, clinical studies and life sciences M&A processes, among others.
Education
– Law Degree, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar (2010).
– Admitted to practice, Excelentísima Corte Suprema, Chile (2011).
Master in Administrative Law, Universidad de los Andes (2021).
– Health law and bioethics course of the LLM in health law, ethics and policy, University of Toronto (2015).
– Law certificate in Administrative Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2017).
– Law certificate in regulatory affairs of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and biologics market, Universidad de Chile (2014).
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Life sciences
(Next Generation Partners)June 2023 saw the arrival of practice head Andrea Abascal and much of the life sciences team from Jara Del Favero Abogados, since when, ongoing growth has seen Bofill Mir Abogados establish itself as a leading player in the sector. Acting for local and international clients across the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, medical devices, food, veterinary, agro-industrial and hygiene industries, among others, the practice group (which is ‘focused on finding solutions for innovative businesses’), fields specialists across an array of relevant practice areas, with an emphasis on providing comprehensive advice while attending to the regulatory particularities of differing market segments. The practice handles matters throughout the lifecycles of both businesses and products across the lifescience-related areas, including market entry, public bids and other administrative contracting procedures, and administrative sanctioning procedures and judicial claims, More broadly, it also handles product registration and marketing authorisations, food product advertising and labelling, personal data protection and clinical studies, along with consumer rights’ protection, life sciences-related M&A, the design of pharmaceutical campaigns, compliance issues clinical study review and matters of antitrust and intellectual/industrial property. Practice head Abascal (who also heads up the firm’s public law and regulated markets practices) advises on the regulatory aspects of food, medical devices, pharmaceutical laboratories, cosmetics, biotechnology, and agricultural and livestock services. She is supported by a strong second tier of advisors includes public law director Cristián Franetovic; and senior associates Rocío Vergara (crime prevention programmes, corporate policies & internal investigations); Anamaría Verdugo (regulated markets and life sciences); Pablo Nogueira M (regulatory and administrative law; litigation), and Jorge Tisné N (corporate and commercial law, data privacy and regulated markets). Up-and-coming intermediate associate Andrés Sepúlveda, who ‘demonstrate(s) great analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as experience and knowledge in life sciences regulation‘, is also noted. On the IP-side of the practice the team can also call on Manuel Bernet whose experience includes advising pharma and technology companies on matters ranging from joint ventures and licensing to unfair competition.
Chile > Public law
The eight-strong team at Bofill Mir Abogados advises on a range of public law issues, including contentious constitutional and administrative proceedings. It also has notable regulated markets expertise in environmental, mining, energy, water, customs and telecoms law, as well as in relation to public transport, public procurement, health services, gaming, and land use and development. The team is co-led by director Cristián Franetovic, an expert in administrative and regulatory law, administrative litigation, regulated markets and environmental affairs; and administrative law, regulatory and corporate/M&A practitioner Andrea Abascal, a July 2023 partner hire from Jara Del Favero Abogados. Senior associate Pablo Nogueira‘s sector experience includes the gaming, aviation and pension industries.
Chile > Compliance
(Next Generation Partners) (Firms to watch)Bofill Mir Abogados expanded its compliance practice with the June 2023 recruitment of Andrea Abascal (as partner) and Rocío Vergara (as associate) from Jara Del Favero Abogados; particularly active on behalf of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, the group assists with establishing, updating and implementing crime prevention programmes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Life sciences Chile
- Next Generation Partners Chile > Compliance
- Next Generation Partners Chile > Life sciences
- Public law Chile
- Firms to watch Chile > Compliance