Mr Jorge Vigil > Barros Silva Varela & Vigil > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Barros Silva Varela & Vigil Offices
El Golf 40, Floor 13
Las Condes
Chile
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Mr Jorge Vigil
Work Department
Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Project Financing
Position
Partner
Career
Jorge focuses his practice on Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and Civil and Commercial Law, providing strategic advice to a wide range of clients. He is especially active in transactions of private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, and internal reorganizations of all types of companies. Likewise, he has developed an important practice in facing and resolving disputes between partners and shareholders. Jorge advises his clients in the corporate review of Crime Prevention Models and other elements of compliance, and has been recognized as an outstanding lawyer by Leading Lawyers in the area of Corporate Governance.
Languages
Spanish / English
Memberships
Chilean Bar Association
Education
Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006.
Certificate in Tort and Contract law Universidad de Chile, 2008.
Master of Laws (LL.M), London School of Economics and Political Science, 2011.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)The ‘very practical and efficient’ corporate and M&A team at Barros Silva Varela & Vigil has significant experience in cross-border transactions, including M&A in the telecoms, agro-industrial, services, mining, energy, pharmaceutical and real estate sectors. The practice also houses experts in corporate governance and family offices. The department’s key figures are Jorge Vigil, an adviser on M&A, restructuring and contract negotiations; Rodrigo de Alencar, ‘an expert in negotiating M&A’; litigation head Fernando Barros Vial, who also advises on corporate affairs and corporate structures; and natural resources specialist Francisco Varela. The practice further includes M&A and investment fund-focused director Sebastián Barros; and senior associate Josefina Castro, who advises on compliance, corporate law and M&A.