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Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil

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Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil

Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil

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56 2 2307 0900

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Barros Silva Varela & Vigil 

Website: www.bsvv.cl
Tel: +56 2 2307 0900

Contacts:
Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions:
Jorge Vigil, Rodrigo de Alencar
Public, Regulatory and Environment Law: Felipe Riesco, Claudia Ferreiro
Real Estate, Urban Planning and Construction Law: José Joaquín Silva
Mining, Energy & Natural Resources: Francisco Varela
Project Financing: Fernando Barros
Litigation & Arbitration: Fernando Barros
Labour & Employment: Roberto Lewin
Tax: Francisco Varela

Managing Partners: Fernando Barros, Francisco Varela
Number of partners: 8 (Fernando Barros, Rodrigo de Alencar, Claudia Ferreiro, Roberto Lewin, Felipe Riesco, José Joaquín Silva, Francisco Varela, Jorge Vigil)
Number of associates: 33 (the firm promotes gender equality)
Languages: English/Spanish

Firm Overview:
Barros Silva Varela & Vigil represents a new generation of lawyers committed to providing services at the highest standards. In 10 years they have established themselfs as a multi-service law firm, participating in the most relevant and sophisticated transactions and matters in the country.

Barros Silva Varela & Vigil is the fasteste growing Chilean law firm, formed by more tan 60 professionals. Half of them are women.

The firm seeks to ensure that their internal structure is oriented towards outstanding service, aimed at providing practical solutions to complex issues, The firm carefully select the assignments that undertake, and seek to establish rules to ensure that the issues are handled by specialists, providing the best service and advice.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Real Estate, Urban Planning and Construction:
The firm has an experienced team of lawyers dedicated exclusively to advising clients in all stages of real estate development projects.

Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions:
The firm has a team specially dedicated to provide general corporate advice to its clients, both national and foreign, who set up and operate in the country, offering legal assistance in all aspects related to the operation of the company, its contractual relationships, reorganisations, acquisitions, transformations and, in general, in all the challenges that arise in the day to day operation of a company. BSVV also provides specialised advice on mergers and acquisitions, in all phases of the process that these types of agreements involve, from the preliminary treaties or negotiations and the complete legal audit or due diligence process.

Public, Regulatory and Environment:
BSVV advises clients in all aspects related to the Environmental Impact Assessment System, the relationship and negotiation with communities, litigation, administrative disputes, due diligence processes, territorial regulations and environmental responsibility and obtaining permits. BSVV also has a team specially dedicated to regulatory matters and administrative procedures, before the Office of the Contraloría General de la República, the Constitutional Court, ordinary courts of justice, the Public Procurement Tribunal and various Superintendencies, in tariff regulation, sanctioning procedures, legislative advice, among other areas of public law.

Project Financing:
The firm has represented clients in bilateral and syndicated loans; public and private offers and placements of capital and debt, local and international; securitisations and project financing.

Labour & Employment Law:
BSVV provides specialised advice to national and foreign companies on all types of legal issues related to human resources and labour relations, addressing collective bargaining processes, labour disputes and litigation and relationships with the authorities.

Mining & Natural Resources:
BSVV has a large experience in advising mining companies, both Chilean and foreign, in all stages of the project and its implementation, to the exploration phase, the start of its activities and full operation, until the end of its useful life with the site closure.

Energy:
The firm advises national and foreign market actors in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy. The members of this team have participated in the development, construction, operation and financing of hydroelectric, solar photovoltaic, wind and thermoelectric power plants, among others.

Litigation & Arbitration:
The firm has a team of lawyers specialised in the resolution of civil and commercial conflicts before the Ordinary Courts of Justice, Courts of Appeals and Supreme Court.

Tax Law:
BSVV offers its clients a wide range of tax advice. The firm has extensive experience in proceedings before the tax authority, representing its clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax and Customs Courts, and before the superior courts of justice.

International Work:
The firm has advised several international companies in their implementation process in Chile. BSVV has extensive experience in this area, and their client portfolio includes Spanish, North American, Australian, Chinese, Brazilian and Philippine companies, among others.

Clients:
Among the firm's relevant clients are large real estate companies, national and foreign energy projects developers, and companies from different sectors such as construction companies, chemical plants and investment funds.

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Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil rankings

Latin America Guide 2024
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Chile
Corporate/M&A
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Jorge Vigil
5
Jorge Vigil
5
Band 5
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
1 Department
Department
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
2
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
2
Band 2
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Francisco Varela
4
Francisco Varela
4
Band 4
Environment
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Environment
4
Environment
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Claudia Ferreiro
3
Claudia Ferreiro
3
Band 3
Felipe Riesco
4
Felipe Riesco
4
Band 4
Labour & Employment
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Roberto Lewin
5
Roberto Lewin
5
Band 5
Public Law
1 Department
Department
Public Law
3
Public Law
3
Band 3
Real Estate
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Real Estate
4
Real Estate
4
Band 4
Lawyers
José Joaquín Silva
4
José Joaquín Silva
4
Band 4
Marcela Horzella
Marcela Horzella
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