Morales & Besa

The 20-strong team at full-service firm Morales & Besa is mandated by both national and international clients to advise on large, cross-border corporate acquisitions. Specialisms for the practice range from joint ventures, mergers and asset and share acquisitions, to corporate reorganisations; while its client portfolio includes major companies from the energy, infrastructure, mining, construction and retail sectors. The corporate and M&A practice, which also acts for investment banks and private equity funds, showcases Guillermo Morales, who advises domestic and multinational clients on private acquisitions and sales, public tender offers, mergers, and restructurings; and fellow name partner Eugenio Besa, a specialist in commercial and foreign investment transactions. Other key figures are Macarena Laso, whose practice encompasses public company mergers; Carlos Silva, an adviser on project-related M&A; and energy industry expert Juan Carlos Valdivieso, whose transactional experience includes the sale and acquisition of generation and transmission assets. In the senior associate ranks, Manuel José Eyzaguirre's wide-ranging practice includes advising public and private entities, investment funds, and high-net-worth individuals on M&A transactions; while Sebastián Streeter focuses on corporate law, transactional work and cross-border M&A, alongside his project finance practice. In a notable boost to the group, M&A and corporate practitioner Vicente Valdés was raised to partner in April 2024.