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Barros & Errázuriz recognized at The Legal 500 Chile Awards 2023

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We are delighted to announce that our Chilean member firm, Barros & Errázuriz, has earned five awards at The Legal 500 Chile Awards 2023, recognized as the world’s leading legal directory.

The awards include:

  • Capital markets firm of the year
  • Tax Firm of the year
  • Deal of the year: Finance
    • $3.7bn super-priority debtor-in-possession (DIP) loan financing granted to LATAM Airlines Group – Counsel to Qatar Airlines (as lender)
  • Deal of the year: M&A
    • The sale by OMERS Infrastructure Chile Holdings and Enagás Chile of 80% of their shareholding in GNL Quintero to EIG Global Energy Partners and Fluxys for $1.165bn.
  • Banking and finance rising star of the year:
    • Nicole Ubal

Congratulations to our outstanding team!

For more information, visit: https://www.legal500.com/events/chile-awards-2023/winners/

Affinitas delegation to participate in IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023

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A multi-disciplinary team from Affinitas will be attending the IBA Annual Conference in Paris 2023, taking place at the Palais de Congrès de Paris from October 29th to November 3rd.

This year, our delegation consists of:

If you are in Paris from October 29th to November 3rd, and wish to meet with our team, please contact Natalia Chu at nchu@affinitaslegal.com to arrange introductions.

Affinitas firms awarded top rankings in IFLR1000 2023

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Affinitas firms have earned multiple top rankings for their practices and lawyers in the recently published IFLR1000 2023. This guide is a top-tier international legal directory that highlights both legal firms and their lawyers based on their transactional work. Barros & Errázuriz, Gómez-Pinzón, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes and Miranda & Amado achieved a total of 24 practice area rankings and 51 leading lawyers.

The IFLR1000 2023 rankings included the following practice areas at Affinitas firms:

Barros & Errázuriz (Chile):

  • Banking and finance | Tier 2
  • Capital markets: Equity | Active
  • Project Development | Tier 2
  • Capital markets: Debt| Tier 1
  • M&A | Tier 1

Gómez Pinzón (Colombia):

  • Banking and Finance | Tier 1
  • Capital markets: Equity | Active
  • Project Development | Tier 2
  • Capital markets: Debt | Tier 1
  • M&A | Tier 1
  • Project development: Mining | Notable

Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes (Mexico):

  • Banking | Tier 1
  • Capital markets: Equity | Tier 1
  • M&A | Tier 1
  • Project Finance| Tier 1
  • Investment Funds | Tier 1
  • Project development | Tier 1
  • Restructuring and insolvency | Active

Miranda & Amado (Peru):

  • Banking | Tier 1
  • Project development | Tier 2
  • Project Finance | Tier 2
  • Capital Markets: Debt | Tier 1
  • M&A | Tier 1
  • Project development: Mining | Tier 3

For more information, visit: https://www.iflr1000.com/Stub/NewGlobalRankings