Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil has a team particularly dedicated to providing general corporate advice to its clients, both domestic and foreigners who settle and operate in the country, offering legal assistance in all aspects related to the operation of the company, its contractual relations, reorganizations, acquisitions, transformations and, in general, in all the challenges that arise in the day-to-day operation of a company.
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Project Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance
- Shareholders’ Disputes
- Compliance
- Venture Capital
Barros Silva Varela & Vigil provides specialized advice on mergers and acquisitions, in all phases of the process, including preliminary negotiations, due diligence processes, and the preparation of all documents related to the transaction, such as promise to purchase and sale agreements, merger agreements, share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures, etc.
- Negotiation of contracts
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Due diligence
- Financing
- Corporate governance
- Antitrust
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil has represented clients in bilateral or syndicated loans, local and international public and private equity and debt offerings and placements, securitizations and project finance.
- Project finance
- Issuance of domestic and international bonds
- Syndicated financing
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil has extensive experience in advising mining companies, both Chilean and foreign, in all stages of the project and its implementation, including the exploration phase, the ramp-up of activities and full operation, until the end of its useful life with the closure of the mine.
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil advises domestic and foreign players in the energy generation, transmission and distribution market. Members of this team have participated in the development, construction, operation and financing of hydroelectric, solar photovoltaic, wind and thermoelectric power plants, among others.
This working group represents clients in corporate, regulatory and judicial matters, advising them on financings, mergers, acquisitions, energy supply agreements, in their relations with authorities and in disputes and litigation of this area.
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil has a team specially dedicated to regulatory matters and administrative proceedings before the General Comptroller of the Republic, the Constitutional Court, ordinary courts of justice, the Public Procurement Court and various superintendencies, in tariff regulation, sanctioning proceedings, legislative advice, among other areas of public law.
- Bidding and public contracting
- Administrative litigation
- Administrative sanctioning
- Litigation in public law matters before various courts (Supreme Court)
- Permits before authorities
- Filings before State agencies
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil advises clients in all aspects related to environmental care, including all aspects related to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), relationship and negotiation with communities, litigation, administrative disputes, due diligence processes, land regulation and environmental liability and permitting.
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil has an experienced team of lawyers dedicated exclusively to advising clients in all stages of the development of real estate projects.
- Building and construction permits
- Administrative litigation
Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil offers its clients a wide range of tax advice. This extends to the design and tax planning of the most diverse activities, in order to undertake, develop and exploit them in the most efficient way possible.
Our firm has extensive experience in proceedings before the tax authority, representing its clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax and Customs Courts, and the superior courts of justice.
BSVV provides specialized advice in the prevention and resolution of complex disputes in commercial, civil, economic, constitutional, securities, corporate governance, consumer (class actions) and international trade (antidumping, safeguards and countervailing measures) matters in the most diverse markets and activities.
The team has extensive experience in litigation before the courts of justice, Constitutional Court, national and international arbitration, and proceedings before special agencies such as the Financial Market Commission (CMF) and the Anti-distortion Commission (National Commission in charge of investigating the existence of distortions in the price of imported goods).
We also assist our clients in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and mediation.
