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Affinitas’ member Firm in Chile, Barros & Errázuriz, has elected two senior associates to the partnership effective January 1, 2020. Enrique Barros, a member of the Financing & Infrastructure practice and Vicente Cordero, a member of the M&A/Corporate practice. Both of them have been with the Firm for more than 10 years and represent, together with Sergio Eguiguren, the consolidation of a new generation of partners.

“I am delighted to welcome this two outstanding lawyers to the firm’s partnership. Their election recognizes their talent and dedication to our clients and the firm for long time and represents an important step for the next decade of the firm.”
Cristián Barros, Managing Partner, Barros & Errázuriz

“I am confident that our new partners will continue to provide our local and internationals clients a top notch service, strengthen our capabilities and play an important role in the firm’s growth”
Pablo Guerrero, Head of the M&A and International Practice, Barros & Errázuriz

With these new promotions, Barros & Errázuriz is now composed by 25 partners and more than 100 lawyers, representing one of the most relevant law firms in Chile.

In light of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the four countries in which Affinitas is present are taking specific actions to mitigate the spread of the corona virus. They also have specific regulations that will impact business operations in each country.

Our member firms have reacted swiftly, are fully operational via remote working arrangements, and are informing clients about these measures and regulatory frameworks to help clients make sense of the risks face and mitigation strategies they can implement.

These reports bundle the legal considerations and implications of the response measure across 5 different practice areas. By clicking on the header, you will be taken to the corresponding page in the document.

 

• Banking & Finance
• Infrastructure & Development
• Labor & Employment
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Tax
• Energy and Natural Resources

 

*Last updated on 15 May 2020

Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes is proud to announce that two new partners leading a team of experts in the tax controversy, consulting and litigation practice have joined the Firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes is pleased to announce that two new partners leading a team of experts in the tax controversy, consulting and litigation practice have joined the Firm, effective as of May 1st, 2020.

Enrique Ramírez Figueroa and Nora Morales Rodríguez are joining the Firm as partners in our Tax practice. Previously, Enrique and Nora were partners in dierent local and international rms, such as EY Mexico and Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa, S.C.

In this manner, our Mexican member firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes will be made up of 19 partners, four of counsel and more than one hundred professionals, while the Tax practice that Manuel Tamez has led for more than fifteen years will now have 3 partners and 11 professionals.

“While the world is in pause, we continue moving forward. We refuse to stagnate. Life will go on and with Enrique and Nora we are getting ready to help our clients be better positioned to face new challenges and opportunities”

“It’s a privilege to have Enrique, Nora and their team at the Firm. We have found in them a group of people that fits perfectly well with our culture, objectives, professional ethics and our of vision of how clients should be served. As a Firm, we are in a constant search for ways to improve how to meet our clients’ needs, and by strengthening our Tax practice with professionals of Enrique’s and Nora’s caliber we are taking a step further in that direction. From a global perspective, we are facing quite complicated times, and Mexico certainly has its own challenges, but while the world is in pause, we continue moving forward. We refuse to stagnate. Life will go on and with Enrique and Nora we are getting ready to help our clients be better positioned to face the new challenges and opportunities that circumstances will put in their way,” said Pablo Mijares, one of the founding partners.