Prieto Abogados

Prieto Abogados' ‘corporate and M&A team is an important ally during the negotiation and execution of contracts’. The full-service firm is home to a 17-member group that routinely advises on cross-border deals and joint ventures. In a recent 12-month period, the practice was mandated to act on transactions in the insurance, construction, real estate and energy sectors. Its experience also includes retail sector M&A, in relation to supermarkets, clothing shops, food and wine, and health and beauty stores; and advising private investment funds on the purchase of majority stakes in family-owned businesses. Among the department’s several experienced practitioners, Juan Tagle is a longstanding expert in M&A, joint ventures and bidding processes; Fernando Bravo is an energy sector specialist; Patricio Prieto L advises on insurance and reinsurance regulation; and Mario Gorziglia is tax head. The next line of key advisers includes Isabel Wolleter, who brings capital markets expertise to her corporate and M&A practice; counsel Andrés Laymuns, who ’offers effective solutions’; director Maite Larrañaga, who advises on corporate and M&A deals, in addition to insurance and capital markets; and senior associate Aníbal Larrain, an adviser to both national and international clients on M&A and joint venture transactions. In March 2025, former partner José Andrés Pascual departed to found his own firm.