Vermehren y Companía Abogados

Vermehren y Compañía Abogados is a Chilean corporate boutique positioned at the intersection between full-service firms and narrowly focused specialist practices. Branded as a "high-complexity corporate boutique", the firm is structured to handle the most critical legal and regulatory challenges faced by companies, family-controlled groups and high-net-worth investors. Its model seeks to deliver the sophistication, depth and strategic reach often associated with larger firms, while preserving the agility, lean decision-making and direct access to senior lawyers that clients expect from a niche practice.

A defining feature of the firm is its dual service model, combining an "external general counsel" offering with a Special Counsel role for complex mandates. Acting as an outsourced legal department, Vermehren integrates into clients' governance structures, advising boards and management teams on an ongoing basis. In its Special Counsel capacity, the firm partners with major corporations and in-house legal teams to address high-stakes matters – from transformative projects to sensitive regulatory crises – providing rapid, senior-driven execution without the layers of bureaucracy typically associated with larger organisations.

The firm's operating approach is intentionally and rigorously partner-led. Clients work directly with the partners and practice heads rather than delegating the core of the work to junior teams. Internally, Vermehren is organised as a collaborative, multidisciplinary platform. For complex mandates, the firm assembles tailored "task forces" that combine expertise in tax, labour, compliance and corporate/M&A, ensuring that matters are analysed from all relevant angles.

Vermehren's core practice strengths align with the most demanding needs of its client base:

• Tax Practice: Advises business groups and family offices on fiscal planning, corporate structuring, reorganisations, high-end tax controversy and estate planning.

• Labour and Employment: Provides strategic advice on employment relations, complex collective bargaining, high-profile disputes, and compensation structures for senior executives.

• Compliance and Regulatory: Designs and implements crime prevention models (including Law 21.595), advises on corporate governance, risk management frameworks, data protection and represents clients in regulatory investigations.

• Corporate and M&A: Covers mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, project financing, and due diligence, complemented by dedicated expertise in family businesses and dispute resolution.

The firm's client base is focused on segments where legal risk, regulatory density and operational complexity converge. It routinely acts for Chilean subsidiaries of multinational groups, advising on local alignment of global policies. It also advises large national business groups and family offices in stages of expansion, professionalisation and succession planning. The firm is equally accustomed to working alongside corporate legal departments, providing second-opinion support or managing critical litigation.

Sectorally, Vermehren has built in-depth experience in industries characterised by intense regulatory oversight, including mining and natural resources, energy, retail, financial services and real estate. In these environments, the firm's integrated model translates complex legal problems into coherent, actionable strategies that support long-term business objectives.