Mr Vicente Sáenz de Santa María > DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Chile‘s ‘very complete team’ advises on the full range of venture capital work, including financing rounds, corporate ventures, exits, employee benefit plans, and international expansions. The Santiago office’s recent workload includes advising early and growth-stage investment company Fen Ventures on a series of investments; and assisting Chilean chemical company SQM on the incorporation of its corporate venture capital arm. The seven-strong practice, which is notably active in relation to technology companies, is co-led by office managing partner Matías Zegers, who ‘stands out for his knowledge of venture capital’; and Jorge Timmermann, who also serves as the firm’s LatAm emerging growth and venture capital co-head. Zegers routinely advises on complex venture capital funding issues; and Timmermann’s experience includes assisting venture capital firms and entrepreneurs with establishing investment funds and start-up vehicles, and applying for state-driven funding opportunities. In the firm’s associate group, José Ignacio Marín advises companies on financing rounds, as well as the expansion and internationalisation of businesses; and Vicente Sáenz de Santa María assists companies and investors with financings through equity and debt instruments; Pilar Ay, a company and investor-side venture and debt financing expert, is currently on secondment at the firm’s Palo Alto (US) office.