MBC Abogados

Managing Partners: Carolina Menichetti, Ignacio Bolelli, María Teresa Cremaschi, and Benjamín Salas.

Number of partners: 5

Number of other lawyers: 25

CONTACTS:

Real Estate: Ignacio Bolelli

Corporate: Carolina Menichetti

Banking & Finance: Benjamín Salas

Tax: María Teresa Cremaschi

Firm Overview:

MBC Abogados provides specialised consultancy focused on each client's needs, integrating legal knowledge with experienced partners' expertise in the financial, commercial, real estate, and tax businesses.

An expert team of lawyers provides strategic accompaniment and commercially focused legal advice both in Chile and abroad to various industries and individuals in practice areas related to real estate, tax, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, financing, and venture capital, among others.

With over 14 years of experience, MBC Abogados understands the context in which its clients operate, gaining a deep understanding of their challenges to deliver a value proposition based on trust and excellence.

The firm works continuously to build diverse and dynamic teams, quickly adapting to its clients' different needs. The firm constantly seeks to promote equal opportunities for all its lawyers, aiming to further develop their potential.

Main Areas of Practice:

Real Estate:

MBC Abogados is one of the most relevant real estate law firms in the country, representing some of the most important players in the industry: real estate managers, real estate investment funds, real estate developers, among others.

It has a highly experienced team to advise on the most appropriate legal strategies for the development of residential, industrial, and commercial real estate projects, providing comprehensive service in the field of real estate.

Tax:

MBC provides expert local and international tax law advice on corporate, personal, and family wealth taxation.

The firm's tax law practice covers local and international business restructuring, as well as local and international investment structuring, family wealth and business advisory, general tax consultancy, taxpayer defence before tax and administrative authorities, among others. The team has extensive experience advising its clients on the most diverse and complex tax issues. Additionally, its lawyers frequently participate as speakers in seminars related to this field.

Corporate/M&A:

A specialised team provides advice on all matters related to corporate law, in every organisational stage of its clients' businesses, such as corporate structuring and restructuring, corporate incorporation or other association vehicles, corporate organisation, corporate governance, shareholders' agreements, compliance, among others.

The firm has extensive experience advising companies of all sizes and industries, such as retail, healthcare, investment funds, real estate, food and beverages, hospitality, among others.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

MBC has participated in important purchase, sale, or merger processes, both national and international, incorporating experience which allows the firm to provide expert advice on all legal aspects related to mergers and acquisitions, such as due diligence processes, purchase and sale negotiations, mergers, ancillary agreements, among others.

The firm has extensive experience in complex transactions, including share purchase agreements, capital emissions, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and all matters concerning commercial relations between the different parties involved in a project.

Investment Funds:

The firm provides legal advice to clients on investment fund formation and/or placement, both public and private, aimed at raising investor funds for all kinds of investments.

It also provides legal advice to public and private investment funds on their investment operations.

Financing:

The firm provides legal advice to clients on all types of banking and financial transactions. It has a specialist team dedicated to highly complex transactions, covering all practical fields, such as bilateral or syndicated loans, mortgage loans, leasing or leaseback transactions, bond issuance, refinancing, granting of guarantees, and others.

The firm has been part of important financial transactions both nationally and internationally, advising its clients on the design and implementation of financing structures for their projects in different areas.

Venture Capital:

The firm's venture capital department is distinguished by providing dedicated and innovative legal advice to investors and start-ups, accompanying their growth process in a sustainable manner.

The firm's legal advice focuses on corporate structuring, including financing rounds, fund applications, corporate restructuring, internationalisation, and sale processes, among others.

Languages:

English, Spanish.

Clients:

Industry Sector:

■ Real Estate

■ Aerospace & Defence

■ Charities / Not for Profit

■ Commercial & Professional Services

■ Consumer Product Manufacturing

■ Financial Services

■ Food & Drink Producers

■ Health Care

■ Investment Funds

■ Private Clients / Individuals

■ Travel & Leisure