Mr Joaquín Rodríguez > Claro & Cia. > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

‘A one-stop-shop with exceptional professionals in each area’, Claro & Cia.‘s 36-strong practice has an enviable market reputation for cross-border M&A, tender offers for publicly-listed companies, and corporate governance work. The full-service practice covers due diligence and strategic structuring, as well as negotiations and complex acquisition agreement drafting. Its expertise also extends to domestic and international contract negotiations, distribution strategies, private equity and venture capital transactions. The team is led by cross-border M&A transaction expert José María Eyzaguirre B, who ‘has outstanding negotiation and execution skills’. Also integral to the department: regulated sector specialist Rodrigo Ochagavía is a specialist in energy, pension fund and insurance company-related M&A; Matías de Marchena is an experienced energy M&A practitioner; Felipe Larraín is routinely involved in cross-border transactions involving foreign investors, particularly public deals concerning tender offers, securities laws, and corporate governance issues; and José Luis Ambrosy, who advises on energy M&A alongside his financing and capital markets workloads. The practice further comprises Ariel Mihovilovic, an adviser on the acquisition and sale of energy sector assets; Juan José León, who assists with fund and asset manager-related M&A; cross-border deal practitioner José María Eyzaguirre F; and regulated markets expert Joaquín Rodriguez, an adviser on telecoms, energy and gas industry-related M&A. Beyond the partner level, counsel Philippa Cooper, senior associate Josefina Covarrubias and experienced associates Vicente Allende and Rafael Mackay have all been active in transactional matters over the last year.