Barros Silva Varela & Vigil

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About

Barros Silva Varela & Vigil is a Chilean multi-service law firm described as a new generation of lawyers that has grown rapidly over the past ten years and has participated in major transactions and matters in the country. The firm offers comprehensive, client-tailored legal strategies across corporate, M&A, natural resources, mining and energy, public law and environment, competition/antitrust, real estate, litigation and arbitration, labour and employment, tax, project finance and restructuring; it reports 11 partners, 47 associates and provides services in Spanish, English, Portuguese and German.

Practice areas

CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsNatural Resources, Mining & EnergyPublic Law & EnvironmentCompetition/AntitrustReal EstateLitigation & ArbitrationLabour and EmploymentTaxProject FinanceRestructuring

Office

Chile

Santiago

19 lawyers

Lawyers at this firm

Claudia Ferreiro

Partner · Public Law

Esteban Carmona

Senior Associate · Public Law

Felipe Riesco

Partner · Public Law

Fernando Barros

Partner · Litigation

Fernando Barros Vial

Partner · Litigation

Francisco Rivadeneira

Senior associate · Public Law

Francisco Varela

Partner · Mining & Natural Resources

Jorge Vigil

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Josefina Castro

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

José Ignacio Vial

José Ignacio is part of the Public, Regulatory and Environmental Law team where he advises on the development of legal strategies for the environmental assessment of projects of different nature in the Environmental Impact Assessment System, as well as in the framework of other procedures, both administrative and judicial. In addition, he also advises projects on compliance with environmental and sectoral regulations. · Environmental Law

José Joaquín Silva

Partner · Real Estate

José Manuel Bustamante

José Manuel has a vast experience and recognition in the Chilean legal market. He has acted as counsel for multiple companies in antitrust matters, litigation and arbitration in the most diverse markets, including the dairy industry, salmon, energy, mining, construction and infrastructure, telecommunications, retail, consumer, medical supplies, supermarkets, cement and steel, among others. He has also represented public companies and industry associations in litigation matters. His activity includes international arbitration, where he has participated in proceedings subject to ICC rules. In addition to his activity in investigations before the National Economic Prosecutor's Office, proceedings before the Court for the Defense of Free Competition and control of concentration operations, Bustamante has a recognized leadership in antitrust compliance matters, having pioneered the development of prevention programs for companies in Chile 20 years ago. · Competition / Antitrust