Mr Arnaldo Gorziglia > Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados
El Golf 40
5th floor, Las Condes
Santiago de Chile
Chile

Work Department

Corporate M&A Law / Project Finance / Project Development and Infrastructure / Corporate Restructuring and Capital Markets

Position

Founding Partner of Arteaga Gorziglia and co-head of the Corporate Group.

Career

Mr. Gorziglia has developed over 30 years of experience in corporate and business law, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and infrastructure projects. He has participated in the financing of important toll roads, hospitals,  ports and airports in Chile.

Director of Fondo de Infraestructura S.A. between 2018 and 2023. Arbitrator in commercial and infrastructure disputes.

Professor of Commercial Law at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile since 2000.

Worked in Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York (1998-1999), Bingham Mc Cutchen LLP (1998).

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Member of the International Bar Association – IBA.

Education

Lawyer. Master of Laws (LL.M.), Duke University, U.S.A. (1998). Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, graduated  in 1994. Accounting and Financial Contracts, Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile (2006). Law Firm Management, ESE Business School 2015. Accounting and Finance ESE Business School 2018.

Lawyer Rankings

Chile > Banking and finance

(Firms to watch)

Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados‘ 11-strong banking and finance department – which is notably active in Chile’s energy and infrastructure sectors – is co-led by project finance specialist Arnaldo Gorziglia; and director Cristián Carpentier, who advises on restructuring agreements, corporate bonds, financial transactions, and project finance.

Chile > Corporate and M&A

(Leading partners)

Arnaldo GorzigliaArteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados

Delivering ‘solutions that work’, Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados‘ 14-strong group has notable cross-border M&A experience in the infrastructure, energy, natural resources, real estate and retail sectors. The team additionally advises on M&A transactions involving digital companies, such as e-commerce businesses and app-related start-ups. The practice’s principal figures are Arnaldo Gorziglia, who has longstanding experience in cross-border M&A transactions for private and public corporations; commercial, corporate and business law expert Ignacio Arteaga; and energy law specialist Luciano Cruz, who is ‘appreciated for his willingness and quick legal assistance’. At director level, Cristián Carpentier‘s wide-ranging workload encompasses M&A transactions involving high voltage transmission lines, as well as renewable and conventional power plants.

Chile > Projects and infrastructure

With an ‘ability to understand commercial contexts’, Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados‘ 10-strong projects practice covers the development, construction, financing and operation of wind and photovoltaic farms, as well as hydropower generation and thermoelectric power plants. The team also advises on associated matters such as high-voltage transmission lines. The department is led by infr1astructure project specialist Arnaldo Gorziglia, who is flanked by commercial, corporate and business law expert Ignacio Arteaga; and energy law practitioner Luciano Cruz. The practice further includes project finance, restructuring and capital markets group associate director, Cristián Carpentier.