Mr Diego Noguera > DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Chile‘s experienced capital markets’ practice routinely advises on placements, securities issuances, IPOs and capital increases. The team also houses specialists in stock options, bonds, credit line registrations, and American depositary receipts. Additionally, clients benefit notably from the Santiago office’s access to the wide-ranging resources of the firm’s enviable global platform. The principal figures are longstanding capital markets and securities specialist Diego Noguera and Matías Zegers, who contributes solid investment funds’ experience to the group. The next line of advisers includes former capital markets adviser to the Minister of Finance, Jorge Timmermann (at partner level since early 2021).

The ‘extremely agile, collaborative and proactive‘ corporate and M&A practice at DLA Piper Chile consistently acts on substantial M&A transactions, including due diligence processes and post-closing actions. The 23-strong team is also experienced in corporate governance and venture capital matters; while clients additionally appreciate the group’s technology, and energy-and-natural-resources’ sector expertise. The corporate practice is led by M&A, corporate governance and venture capital specialist, Matías Zegers; while fellow partner Marco Salgado‘s track record includes several public and private M&A transactions; and Diego Noguera‘s expertise encompasses M&A, compliance, corporate governance and family wealth-related work. In 2023, Jorge Timmermann, who advises on both M&A and shareholder agreements, was appointed as the firm’s emerging growth and venture capital regional co-leader for LatAm.

DLA Piper Chile‘s five-member compliance practice is consistently mandated on regulatory compliance assessments, the creation and implementation of risk matrix compliance control mechanisms, criminal liability prevention models, and the design of compliance programmes in accordance with Law 20,393. It also prepares clients for compliance certification processes and advises on corporate compliance-related internal investigations. Clients additionally benefit from the Santiago office’s access to the firm’s global platform of over 90 offices, as well as the compliance team’s sector expertise in energy, forestry, mining, retail and publishing among other areas. The ‘very committed’ practice group is co-led by corporate and banking and finance expert, Mauricio Halpern, who can leverage his previous experience as an in-house counsel for compliance work; and corporate and capital markets’ partner Diego Noguera, a specialist in identifying potential conflicts of interest between public agencies and private entities. In addition to dispute resolution, experienced associate Andrea de la Vega advises on regulatory compliance issues.