About

Described as ‘one of the most experienced, innovative and hard-working general counsels in the industry’, as well as ‘accessible, creative and easy to work with lawyer’, Roberto Ladrón de Guevara has facilitated a number of important corporate projects during his tenure as the general counsel of MetLife. These include among others: the due diligence process and legal advice that culminated in the acquisition of Compañía de Seguros de Vida Santander by MetLife, the creation of MetLife Chile Administradora de Mutuos Hipotecarios, the M&A of La Intermericana Compañía de Seguros S.A. and MetLife, and the inception of MetLife Chile Seguros Generales. Well-respected for his transactional expertise, Ladrón is widely applauded by nominators for his ability to work under high levels of pressure associated with large transactions: ‘He is an excellent general counsel who focuses rapidly on the key issues, is very easy to work with, even when the workload is heavy and intense’, a source claims. They go on to say that ‘he is capable of adding value to the legal functions with great delivery’. Besides his strong expertise in transactional work, Ladrón’s time at MetLife is defined by fostering a culture of support and collaboration within his year. He says: ‘Building personal relations is not easy and neither is getting a team to work together. When I started my career at MetLife there was only one person working alongside me, and currently we are six. At the moment we work as a very close-knit team and constantly exchange experience with one another, which empowers each lawyer. This makes you realise that continuous exchange information and ideas gets a team to work better and more actively and proactively’. Prior to assuming his current role at MetLife in 2001, Ladrón worked as chief attorney of social security and insurance business at Santander Group, where he was in charge of providing legal assistance to AFP Summa Bansander and to Compañía de Seguros de Vida Santander.