Mr Cristián Herrera > Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos Offices

AV. ANDRÉS BELLO 2711, 19TH FLOOR
LAS CONDES
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Mr Cristián Herrera

Work Department
Corporate, M&A, Foreign Investment and Infrastructure.
Position
Partner – Corporate, M&A, Foreign Investment and Infrastructure.
Career
Partner since 2005. He heads one of the Corporate, M&A groups of the firm. He serves as legal counsel to large companies, both local and foreign, engaged in different fields of business, covering mainly corporate and foreign investment matters. He also has a strong practice in M&A transactions and in infrastructure-related works (bidding process, M&A transactions, etc.).
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
International Bar Association
Chilean Bar Association
Education
U.C. Berkeley, USA (LLM, 1999).
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (LLB, 1994).
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Corporate and M&A
The ‘very complete’ 44-strong practice at Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos is consistently sought out for its expertise in joint ventures, private equity and venture capital deals, as well as the acquisition of private and public companies. It also houses specialists in mergers and spin-offs, along with corporate restructuring transactions; and boasts a recent transactional track-record that is particularly strong in the mining, energy, infrastructure, insurance, media, and banking (/financial service) sectors, among others. The practice group houses a core group of highly in-demand partners; namely senior figures Francisco J Illanes (‘a leading lawyer in the local legal environment‘ who also has extensive international experience); corporate law expert Sergio Díez; M&A specialist Gerardo Varela
; and Cristián Herrera, who advises on corporate/M&A, foreign investment and securities regulations; while Juan Pablo Matus and recently promoted Tomás Vidal ‘both demonstrate great technical knowledge‘. Corporate, natural resources and mining law specialist Carlos Pérez-Cotapos
; mining contracts expert Gonzalo Grez; and Andrea Saffie are also integral to the practice, as is José Luis Letelier, who has longstanding corporate law, M&A and foreign investment expertise. At senior associate level, María Francisca Salas and Sergio Balharry are active M&A advisers.
Chile > Projects and infrastructure
The 20-strong team at Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos‘ has a strong track record in greenfield energy, telecoms and mining projects, as well as being active in infrastructure and real estate matters. Being full-service, the practice’s infrastructure expertise includes planning, development and construction issues, as well as M&A and financing. The group is jointly led by seven partners: mining expert Carlos Pérez-Cotapos; managing partner Juan Pablo Matus, who advises on corporate matters, M&A and real estate law; Cristián Herrera whose broad practice includes infrastructure projects; natural resources and mining co-leader Gonzalo Grez; regulatory law head Gonzalo Jiménez; Rodrigo Sepúlveda, who acts on the financing of electricity distribution and generation projects; and commercial, corporate and real estate specialist Tomás Vidal (a partner since 2020). Associates Verónica Cuadra, Daniela Fierro and Cristóbal Herrera are also key team members.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer and advertising law
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Environment
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- TMT
- Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
- Compliance
- Data privacy
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime
- Public law
- Venture capital
- Insurance
- Tax
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbon