Guerrero Olivos

Managing Partner: Martín Santa María

Principal Partner: Juan Enrique Allard

Number of partners: 22

Number of lawyers: 99

Firm Overview:

Guerrero Olivos is an independent leading full-service law firm in Chile with extensive experience, both in local and international markets. With more than 40 years of practice, it is well recognised for its team of experts and as a law firm built on excellence, efficiency, loyalty and integrity. The firm has been selected as Elite Firm by Latin Lawyer since 2015 and has memberships to Globalaw, TAGLaw and The Legal Alliance of the Americas.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate/M&A:

Their experienced team consistently engages in the most significant international and domestic M&A transactions in Chile. They provide a comprehensive range of corporate legal services, including business structuring, corporate incorporation, organisation, management, investor relations, financial transactions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and general corporate matters.

Banking & Finance:

They represent leading local and international banks and financial entities, advising on banking and finance regulation, financial products, project finance, corporate finance, acquisition finance, collateral structures, loans, syndicated loans, derivatives and debt offerings.

Real Estate:

Their well-known team excels in zoning, urban planning, and permitting issues. They also represent foreign and local funds in the development, sale, acquisition, and financing of real estate projects, especially AAA Class office projects in Santiago.

Energy, Natural Resources and Environment:

Their team has deep expertise in energy, environmental, water law, electric law, and project finance. They advise major energy companies on daily issues and sophisticated transactions and projects, including energy bidding processes and the structuring, development, acquisition, sale, and financing of energy projects.

Mining:

Their clients receive complete legal services, from the incorporation of investment vehicles to the constitution and protection of mining properties, easements, and other ancillary actions for mining activities, including mining litigation and negotiations with relevant authorities.

Projects:

They have extensive experience providing solutions for the complex needs of project development. Their involvement includes large infrastructure projects such as highways, airports, power plants, industrial plants, LNG regasification terminals, green hydrogen facilities, energy storage, and water desalination plants.

Public Law & Regulated Markets:

Their group of public law experts assists clients with straightforward regulatory processes and transactional matters, including litigation, strategies to prevent law infringements, permitting, public procurement, and enforcement proceedings.

Dispute Resolution:

They are experts in high-complexity litigation and arbitration, cross-border disputes, and commercial conflicts.

Venture Capital:

As pioneers in the Chilean market, they formally established a venture capital practice in 1997. Their strong department has broad expertise representing local and international clients, including investors, entrepreneurs, and various players in the VC ecosystem, such as VC investors, CVCs, start-ups, and accelerators.

Labour & Migration:

They offer services to local and foreign companies, including labour contracts, due diligence processes, social security, compliance, collective bargaining, labour-related litigation, migratory and expatriate matters, work permits, and temporary visas.

Compliance:

Their team addresses complex compliance challenges across various fields, mitigating risks of misconduct that may lead to reputational damage, civil liability, administrative proceedings, or criminal investigations. They advise clients on compliance measures and risk assessment policies across different industries.

Tax:

Their team of tax experts assists local and international corporations, individuals, and family offices. Including tax accountants and auditors, they tackle complex double taxation and structuring projects to improve their clients' overall tax footprint.

IP:

Their experienced team offers comprehensive services in trademark and patent registration, copyright, technology transfer, IP litigation, domain names, personal data, cybersecurity, drafting and negotiating exemptions, licence contracts, product distribution, patent drafting and prosecution, and protecting artistic and literary works and software.

TMT:

This group assists technology companies in development and regulations; media companies in commercial and regulatory matters, and telecom relevant players in different matters. This team works in commercial and technical tasks and has high level litigation and recognised regulatory capacity.

Competition/Antitrust:

Their team is well-versed in merger control processes, antitrust litigation, and the structuring and implementation of antitrust compliance programmes.

Capital Markets:

Their well-established group provides client services of the highest international standards, offering innovative and creative solutions for specific financial products.

Insolvency & Restructuring:

Their specialised group focuses on insolvency procedures, including liquidation and reorganisation, providing efficient assistance to both creditors and debtors. They are recognised in the market for their expertise, active involvement in all stages, and success in achieving favourable outcomes for their clients.

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.