Ms Andrea Saffie > 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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Ms Andrea Saffie

Work Department
Corporate, M&A, Family Offices and Holdings and Foreign Investment
Position
Partner – Corporate, M&A, Family Offices and Holdings and Foreign Investment
Career
Partner since 2020. Her main areas of practice are Civil, Corporate and Commercial Law. She practices in Mergers and Acquisitions, in the family business area, and covers the following industries: services; casinos; oil; agro-industrial; hotel; paper and forestry; investment funds and family offices. Andrea has participated in numerous and important transactions, advising international clients during the whole acquisition process, development and financing process.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
International Bar Association
Education
Universidad de Chile (LLB, 2008)
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)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 > Venture capital
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos‘ seven-strong team advises entrepreneurs and emerging private companies at every stage of growth. Its expertise includes corporate governance, service contracts and shareholder agreements. The group is also experienced in related legal areas, such as new technologies, IP, data privacy and corporate law. The start-up and VC teams are co-led by Rodrigo Lavados, whose practice covers software licenses, trade marks, technology transfer contracts, and technology-related projects; and Andrea Saffie (promoted to partner in 2020), whose sector expertise encompasses investment funds and family offices. Senior associate Ernesto Eckholt‘s experience includes the structuring, formation and operation of venture capital.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A - Chile
- Next Generation Partners - Chile > Corporate and M&A
- Venture capital - Chile
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- 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