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Michel Diban

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Cuatrecasas

Cuatrecasas

Chile

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Corporate and M&A

Cuatrecasas' ‘level of sophistication and total focus on client needs make it a great practice’. The 18-member team covers a broad range of of transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, distressed deals, commercial agreements, and asset and business transfers. The department also assists with licensing, corporate restructuring (including due diligence procedures), and contract drafting and negotiation. It additionally has a notable focus on private equity and venture capital investments The corporate and M&A practice is led by Roberto Guerrero V, who also coordinates the Santiago office’s capital markets and banking and finance practices; while Michel Diban is an ’excellent, sophisticated lawyer with extensive knowledge of the market and M&A trends’. The group further includes domestic and international M&A expert Macarena Ravinet, whose expertise encompasses the telecoms, food and retail sectors, as well as corporate restructuring, corporate governance and private equity; venture capital and energy M&A specialist, Josefina Yávar; and Tomás Kubick, who assists with joint ventures, associations, shareholder agreements, and asset purchases and sales. In the firm’s associate group, Pilar Illanes advises national and international clients on M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance plans. In mid-2025, Alfonso Ugarte, an experienced adviser on corporate and M&A mandates in the infrastructure sector, returned to the Santiago from the firm’s New York office; while former principal associate Franco Dalmazzo departed the firm in August 2024.
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Partner

Career

Michel Diban has developed his career advising clients on complex transactions, focusing on M&A transactions, particularly in the energy, technology and infrastructure sectors. In recent years, he has led advisory services for acquisitions, sales, mergers and restructurings of Chilean and international companies, both in Chile and other jurisdictions of Iberian America and Europe, such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Spain.

With a Bachelor of Laws (magna cum laude) from Universidad de los Andes de Chile and an LLM from Northwestern University in Chicago, Miguel Diban lectures in the Master of Laws at Universidad de los Andes and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the corporate law and M&A categories in specialized rankings.

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  • ‘Excellent team that provides a comprehensive and personalised service.’ ‘The team's level of sophistication and total focus on client needs make it a great practice.’ ‘100% focus on client needs. ‘ ‘The Cuatrecasas team is personally committed to transactions. Direct support 24/7, with active participation from the partner going forward. Furthermore, the experience and knowledge transfer from the partner to their associates are clearly evident.’ ‘Extensive experience, management and control of complex transactions by Michel Diban, as well as the support and regional contacts that only an international firm like Cuatrecasas can offer.’ ‘Michel Diban - excellent, sophisticated lawyer with extensive knowledge of the market and M&A trends. A pleasant experience working with him.’ ‘Aside from his remarkable experience, Michel Diban embodies a unique characteristic among law firm partners, in that he always works for the good of the transaction, without letting egos interfere.’ ‘Michel Diban is truly a pro-business lawyer, who never lets himself be swayed by opposing counsel who try to impose conditions, nor does he take things personally. He has a clear vision of what is truly important and he actively works toward that end.’

Key clients

  • EdgeConneX EQT Partners Merieux Nutrisciences Corporation Sonnedix GFT Cap Jedimar Inversiones Cintac Artefact Ibermática Grupo Sable Inversiones Benjamín Transición Energética Alkeymia Accel-KKR

Work highlights

Advised EdgeConneX and EQT Partners on the sale to Sixth Street of a minority participation in EdgeConneX