Jorge Delpiano > Guerrero Olivos > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Fielding ‘connoisseurs of corporate procedures‘, Guerrero Olivos‘s 18-strong practice advises on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional M&A, corporate restructuring, and joint ventures; and its full-service assistance ranges from due-diligence processes through to post-closing agreements. The department also has particular strength in highly-regulated sectors, such as TMT, energy, mining, financial services, and food and drink. The nucleus of the practice comprises four key partners: Jorge Delpiano, who advises on M&A, corporate restructurings and corporate governance; mining related M&A and private equity specialist Pedro Lyon; the experienced Juan Enrique Allard, whose ‘treatment of clients is exceptional‘; and local and international M&A expert Pedro Pellegrini. Also key to the team, recently-elevated partner César Gálvez has an ‘exemplary work drive’, while Benjamín Novoa – raised to the partnership in January 2023 – focuses on financial services sector-related corporate work. Senior associate Sebastián Marambio specialises in corporate law, M&A and consumer matters.

The 17-member banking and finance department at Guerrero Olivos is regularly mandated for cross-border project and acquisition financings, as well as debt restructuring deals. Such work frequently involves structured products and syndicated lending facilities. The team particularly excels in heavily-documented New York law-governed deals that comprise underlying collateral or credit enhancements. In recent highlights, the team was especially active in cross-border refinancings involving renewable energy portfolios. The ‘sophisticated‘ practice is co-led by syndicated loan, debt restructuring and project finance specialist Miguel Coddou; Jorge Delpiano, who advises on structured and acquisition financing deals; and international financing expert Juan Enrique Allard. Elevated to the partnership in February 2022 and January 2023, respectively, César Gálvez is a banking, finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A lawyer; and Benjamín Novoa assists with energy and mining sector-related syndicated loans and project finance. Within the firm’s associate pool, Sofía Middleton specialises in syndicated loans, debt-restructuring and project finance deals, while Florencia Cortés is active in project and acquisition finance work.

The fourteen-strong capital markets practice at Guerrero Olivos ranges from debt and equity issuances, to structuring investments funds and fund managers (as well as their transactions). It also assists mutual and public investment fund managers with the registration and placement of private and public funds in the Chilean market. Among the group’s several active advisers, Jorge Delpiano assists banks and financial institutions with ongoing capital markets issues; Pedro Pellegrini is a capital markets’ transactional expert; Miguel Coddou advises on domestic debt offerings, international securities issuances and senior guaranteed notes, along with capital markets regulatory work; and Pedro Lyon is a specialist in assisting foreign investors with trading in local securities. César Gálvez, who was raised to the partnership in early 2022; senior associate Sebastián Marambio and associate Diego Rodríguez also all advise on capital markets matters.