Mr Fernando Barros > Barros & Errázuriz > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

‘Always thinking about the deal’s completion’, Barros & Errázuriz‘s 47-strong group has a significant market reputation for high-profile private acquisitions, listed companies’ cross-border takeovers, acquisitions of controlling and minority interests, divestitures and corporate restructuring programmes. The full-service corporate and M&A department, which regularly leverages the expertise of the firm’s tax, antitrust, banking & finance, competition, energy and real estate specialists, is co-led by highly-rated M&A experts Pablo Guerrero and Bernardo Simian. The practice also comprises Fernando Barros, who, in addition to leading the firm’s tax offering, advises on investment projects, corporate structures and business strategies; managing partner Cristián Barros and Luis Alberto Letelier (both advisers on M&A and capital markets); and Emilio Vásquez and Carlos Ducci, who are experienced in corporate law, foreign investment, M&A and joint ventures. The next line of key partners includes Sergio Eguiguren, whose workload encompasses M&A and general corporate advice; experienced corporate law practitioner Lucas Marinovic; and Vicente Cordero, who in addition to being ‘a strategic contributor to the completion of transactions’, has relocated to head-up the firm’s New York office, which is due to open its doors this month (October 2024). In the firm’s senior associate team, Jorge Covarrubias advises on M&A and general corporate matters; Mary Anne Homann‘s workload includes assisting local clients with everyday corporate issues; and Felipe Ríos is experienced in M&A and corporate law.