Mr Luis Alberto Letelier > Barros & Errázuriz > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Barros & Errázuriz Offices
AV. ISIDORA GOYENECHEA 2939, 10TH FLOOR
LAS CONDES
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Mr Luis Alberto Letelier
Work Department
- Capital Markets
- Compliance & Corporate Governance
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Investment Funds and Mutual Funds
- Private Equity
Position
- Partner, Barros & Errázuriz.
Career
- Partner, Barros & Errázuriz (1996).
- Foreign Associate, Simpson, Thacher y Bartlett LLP, New York, United States (2003).
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
- Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Chairman, Chilean Association of Investment Fund Administrators (ACAFI, spanish acronym for Asociación Chilena Administradoras de Fondos de Inversión).
- Member of the Capital Markets Advisory Council of the Ministry of Finance
Education
- Law School, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile, 1997
- LL.M., American University, Washington, D.C., United States, 2003
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Capital markets
(Hall of Fame)The sizeable capital markets practice at full-service law firm Barros & Errázuriz routinely advises companies looking to obtain resources through the issuance of securities and public offering of bonds and shares (both in the domestic and international markets). The ‘very good‘ firm is also recognised for both its provision of regulatory advice to the Chilean authorities and its highly active investment funds practice. The team is led by debt and equity issuance specialist Luis Alberto Letelier, who is flanked at partner level by widely-respected capital markets’ transactions expert Cristián Barros; Víctor Barros, whose expertise covers all aspects of bonds work; and experienced regulatory practitioner Javier Díaz. Within the senior associate ranks, Juan Ignacio Galdámez is admitted to practice in both Chile and New York; Fernando Campino advises issuers and securities’ intermediaries (as well as those of investment funds); and Francisco Vial is experienced in securities’ regulations. Former senior associate Cristián Risopatrón left for Salfacorp in March 2022.
Chile > Corporate and M&A
‘On an equal footing with top-tier law firms in New York‘ according to one client, Barros & Errázuriz‘s sizeable team regularly advises on private acquisitions, sales, cross-border takeovers of listed companies, corporate restructuring programmes, and acquisitions of controlling and minority interests. The practice is co-led by corporate department head and renowned M&A expert, Pablo Guerrero and Bernardo Simian, whose practice takes in both M&A and foreign investment. Other key partners include tax leader Fernando Barros; managing partner and capital markets specialist Cristián Barros; and corporate law, foreign investment, M&A and joint venture practitioners Emilio Vásquez and Carlos Ducci. Sergio Eguiguren, Vicente Cordero and Luis Alberto Letelier are also all experienced M&A advisors, while dispute resolution leader José Tomás Errázuriz additionally advises on corporate law. Experienced in the acquisition and sale of companies, Lucas Marinovic was promoted to partner in March 2022, and counsel Daniela Peña assists with corporate law, M&A and restructuring work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Consumer and advertising law
- Corporate and M&A
- Data privacy
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
Firm Rankings
- Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons
- Environment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Venture capital
- Compliance
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Insurance