Full-service market-mainstay Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos fields an eleven-member banking and finance group that is consistently sought out by major financial institutions to assist with structuring cross-border financial and structured finance transactions. The team also has notable expertise in energy mining and infrastructure-related project finance; acquisition and corporate financings; and restructurings of international and domestic corporations. It additionally comprises specialists in secured financing involving agriculture producers and fish farming operations, as well as trade finance and derivatives. Fintech is a notable growth area for the firm, while the department additionally assists banks and financial institutions with their interactions with local regulators. Recent highlights for the team include advising Aquaship Group, as borrowers and guarantors, on a senior facilities agreement executed in January 2024 with the mandated lead arrangers, as well as the coordinator, facility agent and security agent. The group’s key practitioners are senior partner Francisco Javier Illanes, whose track record includes numerous high-end finance, banking and capital markets matters; Rodrigo Sepúlveda, an expert in project finance and syndicated loans; and Juan Antonio Parodi, who has extensive experience in financings, refinancings, syndicated loans and infrastructure-related project finance. At associate level, senior Sergio Balharry and intermediate Teresita Fernández both handle banking, finance and capital markets, along with corporate M&A.
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Kernmandanten

  • DNB Bank
  • Rabobank
  • Natixis Hong Kong Branch
  • BCI Asesoría Financiera
  • Scotiabank Chile
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • Inter-American Investment Corporation
  • Banco Itaú Chile
  • Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
  • Banco del Estado de Chile

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advised Aquaship Group, as borrowers and guarantors, on a senior facilities agreement executed in January 2024 with DNB Bank, Nordea Bank, Filial I Norge, Coöperatieve Rabobank, and Sparebank 1 (as mandated lead arrangers) and DNB Bank (as coordinator, facility agent and security agent).
  • Advised Rentas y Desarrollo Baker (as borrower) and Scotiabank Chile (as lender) on the redenomination of an existing loan.
  • Acted as special Chilean counsel to Cooke Aquaculture Chile and Atlantis Chile on an incremental assumption agreement.

Anwält*innen

Hall of fame

Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.

Francisco Javier Illanes

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Führende Associates

Führende Associates sind regelmäßig an zentralen Mandaten des Teams beteiligt und erhalten positives Feedback von Wettbewerbern oder Mandanten.

Praxisleitung

Juan Antonio Parodi; Rodrigo Sepúlveda; Francisco Javier Illanes