Acting for buyers, sellers and targets, Bofill Mir Abogados' ‘team is characterised by its prompt and personalised service, business-oriented approach, and rapid responses’. The full-service, 19-strong group is consistently sought out to advise on major M&A deals, as well as joint ventures, strategic partnerships and corporate restructurings. It is particularly experienced in multinational deals including Chilean aspects; while the practice’s sector specialisms include mining, agribusiness, energy, real estate, ports and shipping. The group is additionally increasingly mandated to assist with aeronautical sector-related corporate issues. Among the department’s several experienced practitioners, firm founder and ’market leader’ Octavio Bofill has over 30 years’ experience in M&A and corporate and commercial law, as well as financing, reorganisations, insolvency and capital markets; Ana María Yuri is a longstanding corporate law expert, whose workload encompasses M&A, capital markets, real estate, construction, projects, and banking and finance; managing partner Rodrigo Saffirio ‘stands out for combining high-level, cross-border experience with unusually deep knowledge’. The second line of key advisers includes Feliciano Tomarelli, whose career includes working as an international associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s New York office; and senior associates Antonia Ballacey, Andrés de Iruarrizaga and Paula Donoso, who all focus on corporate and transactional matters.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The corporate and M&A team at Bofill Mir Abogados is highly experienced in this field.’

  • ‘Its team is characterised by its prompt and personalised service, business-oriented approach, and rapid responses. This places Bofill Mir in a privileged position compared to other law firms in the country in this area of ​​practice.’

  • ‘The corporate and M&A team members are practical, business oriented, and provide quick solutions.’

  • ‘They are distinguished by their sophistication and the complementarity of their partners, who, with diverse approaches and styles, form a highly effective team.’

  • ‘Technical depth with a strategic vision that enables innovative solutions and strong results.’

  • 'Ana María Yuri achieves excellent results with practical and effective solutions. Octavio Bofill is a market leader.’

Key clients

  • Tianqi
  • Algeciras
  • Lundin Mining Corporation
  • Altis Principal Investments
  • Talana
  • Promet
  • Epiroc
  • Enlasa
  • Avianca

Work highlights

Assisting Tianqi Lithium Co (Tianqi) with its role as a minority shareholder of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, in relation to filing requirements and claims vis-a-vis the Financial Markets Commission (demanding the enforcement of Tianqi’s rights as shareholder).
Advised Lundin Mining on its approximately $3bn agreement with mining giant BHP to acquire South America-focused Filo Corp.
Advised Altis Principal Investments on the acquisition of 35% of Oxzo (known for salmon farming-related oxygenation).

Lawyers

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Leading associates

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Paula Donoso

Practice head

Octavio Bofill; Ana María Yuri; Rodrigo Saffirio