Mr Vicente Cordero > Barros & Errázuriz > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

‘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.

The large, specialised banking and finance team at Barros & Errázuriz has evolved from being primarily borrower-focused to representing predominantly lenders, as it does today, while maintaining an active borrower-facing practice. It particularly stands out for its energy and infrastructure project-finance expertise, and benefits notably from the firm’s ability to leverage the expertise of its real estate, energy, environmental and regulatory practices. The firm is also part of the Affinitas network, which facilitates the regular exchange of information on regional banking, finance and capital markets developments involving Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The department is co-led by project and corporate finance specialist Francisco De la Barra, and corporate and structured financing expert Enrique Barros. Also integral to the department are Bernardo Simian, whose broad practice covers financing and capital markets, and longstanding banking and finance lawyer Nicolás Balmaceda. The next line of key advisers features structured and corporate financing partner María Olga Rivera (who was raised to the partnership in March 2022), and Vicente Cordero, whose career includes several years working in New York. At senior associate level, both Valentina Villalobos and Nicole Ubal advise on project and corporate financing matters.