DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Firm Profile

‘Strengths – professionalism, VC knowledge, agility and willingness.‘

‘Excellent service – proactive and efficient. These lawyers know a great deal about venture capital.‘

‘Matías Zegers inspires a lot of confidence.‘

‘Matías Zegers knows a lot about venture capital and has great judgement when handling complex negotiations.’

‘Associate Pilar Ay is very efficient and responsible.‘

‘Pilar Ay is brilliant!‘

‘DLA Piper Chile provides us with global intelligence on our business with legal materials and alerts, adding a lot of value to our business.‘

‘Energy and natural resources (electricity and hydrocarbon) is a highly regulated market that requires specialist advisers to ensure that projects can be carried out. These legal advisers are constantly up to date on all modifications made in this area and provide prompt responses.‘

‘The law firm has adapted very well to the new times, especially taking technology into consideration. Covid-19 has not been a pretext to decrease the quality and delivery time of the work.‘

‘Balance between experience and youth, specialists, excellent availability, clear answers, good legal advice, and commitment to the company and its protection.‘

‘Ability to understand problems and seek appropriate solutions.‘

‘Commercial and strategic support beyond pure legal advice, favouring fluidity during the negotiation of contracts in favour of the client.‘

‘We worked with Diego Peña, who, thanks to his knowledge of the electricity market, manages to recognise opportunities for the use of artificial intelligence and big data.‘

‘Diego Peña is very capable and has the ability to understand problems, seeking solutions that make the business viable without neglecting the responsibilities of the client.‘

‘The firm’s banking and financing operation is very good and with a pro-business approach.‘

‘Associate Natalia Cox is very talented and completely available to discuss all relevant topics. She has good content management and is on top of everything, which makes her a lawyer with a very active approach.‘

‘Natalia Cox has great communication with the client and her experience makes her very autonomous.‘

‘This firm brings together lawyers who are very well versed in all the legal and economic aspects of the capital markets – they also have in-depth knowledge of the way companies work locally and their needs. Other advantages are the timeliness and quick and comprehensive solutions.‘

‘The lawyers of this firm are characterised by a deep knowledge of the matters on which they work, as well as their flexibility and timeliness – highly thorough in their work and delivery of high-quality products.‘

‘The team at DLA knows current capital market practices very well.‘

‘Proactive and the response times are world class.‘

‘The firm has the virtue of incorporating young talent from its teams and developing them properly, but without neglecting the main contact with the senior partner. Regarding innovations, it makes good use of social networks to communicate valuable information; and regarding billing, it is flexible and open to achieving fixed-fee modes, which shows that the long-term relationship with the client is important to the firm.‘

‘Matías Zegers is a professional who is very active and responds quickly. He always give us various proposals to resolve our issues.‘

‘Matias Zegers has high levels of professionalism, and very quickly responds to our concerns, always giving us various solutions to the issues we raise.‘

‘Marco Salgado has an extraordinary vision of where trends are going and he is able to anticipate them, thereby generating value for his clients.‘

‘Marco Salgado has the ability to put himself in a client’s shoes and co-build solutions.‘

‘Extensive knowledge not only of local laws, but also regional and European ones.‘

‘Versatility in the lawyers’ communications and good interaction with expert practitioners from other countries (but within the same firm) facilitates multi-country analyses, even if centralised through a single-contact person.‘

‘A team with solid technical management of its matters.‘

‘Associate Lisa Hondl is recommended for her knowledge, sense of urgency, versatility, agility, availability and good communication skills.‘

‘Lisa Hondl is a specialist who commits to personalised attention.‘

‘Speed and deep knowledge put at the client’s service in a very transparent and easy-to-incorporate way.‘

‘Luis Parada and associate Diego González form a great team. What makes them unique is their understanding of our company’s business model and based on that, their design of a special strategy for each litigation or conflict.‘

‘Luis Parada has vast knowledge of labour law, and reads the interests of our counterparts very well during negotiations.‘

‘Diego González has a very close relationship with us. He always shows willingness to help with day-to-day requirements, and has solid knowledge of labour law and good negotiation techniques, which have achieved favourable agreements for us.‘

‘Luis Parada is the best partner an in-house attorney can have. He quickly integrates the culture of a company with the legal regulations, giving informed and considered advice.‘

‘Specialist advisers who ensure that projects are completed, with lawyers who are constantly up to date on all developments in this area and provide prompt responses.‘

‘The law firm has adapted very well to recent times, especially in relation to technology. COVID was not used as a pretext to decrease the quality and delivery times of the work.‘

‘Good balance between experience and youth – specialists with excellent availability, clear answers, good legal advice, and commitment to clients and their protection.‘

‘Commercial and strategic support beyond pure legal advice, favouring fluidity when negotiating contracts in favour of the client.‘

‘Highly qualified group with a level of response according to the needs of the client. For our project we had to coordinate the advice of the DLA Chile office with our lawyers in New York and the communication was very fluid.‘

‘They had incredible flexibility when coordinating calls or meetings with clients in different jurisdictions at the same time. Finally, I would highlight the team’s understanding of cutting-edge products in the M&A world.‘

‘Ease of communication, availability and a very good level of English facilitated negotiations with our foreign clients and other affiliates.‘

‘Diego Peña was very professional at all times and provided us with very personalised advice according to the complexity of the transaction.‘

‘DLA Piper Chile’s public law team stands out for responding quickly and concisely to very specific industry requirements.‘

‘Capable of proposing solid solutions and answers to complex and novel problems.‘

‘Practicality, speed ​​of responses and excellent quality.‘

‘Senior associate Paulina Farías is a lawyer who has great knowledge of various regulations, which allows her to draw interesting conclusions when facing problems that are not easy to resolve.‘

‘A very good understanding of the real estate business, which allows the team to perceive legal issues in a dynamic way that favours our business.‘

‘Rodrigo Álvarez and counsel Bernardita Doren get me good results. They have a great affinity with the business itself (beyond the legal), which means they feel like one of the team.‘

‘Creative in finding alternative solutions, and it is a plus to find lawyers who explain in a professional and simple way, even the most complex issues.‘

‘Great expertise, soft skills and experience in the field.‘

‘The last few years have been very changeable and the ability to adapt to that is key. I think this firm has achieved it with availability, technology and a lot of flexibility in adapting to the environment and client needs.‘

‘The pluses seem to me to be high levels of preparation and professionalism, availability and a team that can deliver a comprehensive service.‘

‘The tax area team has benefited from the incorporation of new partner Amory Heine. This will undoubtedly be a great contribution in relation to the training of younger lawyers in the firm.‘

‘Amory Heine is very assertive and clear in her advice and recommendations. She is empathic when facing problems and seeks to solve them as soon as possible.‘

‘Amory Heine has great experience and local knowledge that mixes well with the firm’s global capabilities. Other partners here also have longstanding experience and great willingness, and clients have access to support from a firm that is global, but that has very similar response times to local firms.‘

‘We started the relationship because of Amory Heine’s great tax experience, as well as the ability to integrate other partners from areas such as venture capital.‘

‘A young and highly technical team that is well prepared and provides personalised advice.‘

‘Excellent office with excellent professionals who identify the needs of clients – and most importantly resolve them.‘

‘Personal, unconditional attention and professionalism at its best.‘

‘The DLA Piper Chile competition team stands out for being highly committed to its clients. They are concerned with fully understanding our business in order to generate strategies that are consistent with its particularities.‘

‘The team adapts to our ways of working, allowing us to collaborate in a very fluid way.‘

‘Counsel Sofía O’Ryan stands out as a young professional with a bright future.‘

‘Sofía O’Ryan is a lawyer who has solid knowledge not only of competition matters. but also of how antitrust law institutions in Chile function, which allows her to provide fundamental strategic advice. In addition, Sofía is constantly up to date on the latest developments at an international level, which helps us to project possible future scenarios. She also gives us practical advice that we can easily implement.‘

‘Projects and energy is a highly-regulated market that requires specialist advisors to ensure that projects can be carried out. Legal advisors must be constantly updated on all modifications made in this area and provide prompt responses. These are factors which should be considered by potential clients.‘

‘The law firm has adapted very well to the new times, especially taking technology into consideration. Covid-19 has not been a pretext to decrease the quality and delivery time of the work.’

‘Balance between experience and youth, specialists, excellent availability, clear answers, good legal advice, commitment to the company and its protection.‘

‘Commercial and strategic advice beyond the pure legal field favouring fluidity in the negotiation of contracts in favour of the client.‘