Category: News

We are delighted to share that our member firms have been recognized in the 2024 edition of the Chambers and Partners FinTech Guide.

• Barros & Errázuriz (Chile): Leading Firm / Band 1
• Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes (Mexico): Leading Firm / Band 4
• Miranda & Amado (Peru): Leading Firm / Band 1

We also extend our congratulations to Gabriela Dañino, from Miranda & Amado, honored as a Leading Individual in Peru.

Chambers FinTech identifies the leading payments, blockchain, cyber security and data protection specialists globally, offering an invaluable resource for start-up and scale-up FinTech businesses, incumbent tech and financial services firms, and PE/VC investors in the sector.

See all the results here: https://chambers.com/legal-guide/fintech-49

 

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/

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 29^th to November 3^rd.

This year, our delegation consists of:

• Marcelo Armas (Chair of Affinitas)
• Juan Luis Avendaño (Former Chair of Affinitas)
• Cristián Barros (Barros & Errázuriz)
• Pablo Guerrero (Barros & Errázuriz)
• Vicente Cordero (Barros & Errázuriz)
• María Olga Rivera (Barros & Errázuriz)
• Patricia Arrázola (Gómez – Pinzón)
• Ricardo Fandiño (Gómez – Pinzón)
• Pablo Mijares (Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes)
• Martín Sánchez (Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes)
• Eugenio Macouzet (Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes)
• Jóse Miguel Puiggros (Miranda & Amado)
• Roberto Mac Lean (Miranda & Amado)

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