Pilar Paredes
AssociatePilar Paredes focuses her practice on corporate law, advising Chilean and foreign clients primarily concerning mergers and acquisitions, strategic and private equity transactions, capital markets, and FinTech.
In M&A, she has participated in numerous complex purchase and sale operations involving both public and private companies, spanning various industries such as technology, telecommunication, agribusiness, financial services, and investments.
Her experience extends to cross-border transactions, where she has represented clients on both the buy and sell side operations including the negotiation of majority and minority stakes. Her involvement spans from initial structuring to post-closing matters. She negotiates and drafts critical documents such as stock purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, and other essential M&A documentation.
In Capital Markets, Pilar provides guidance on a range of matters including initial public offerings (IPOs), private and public placements; securities issuances, mergers, divisions, and shares exchange of publicly held companies. Pilar’s expertise also extends to bond issuances, credit line registrations, amendments to bond issuance agreements, prepayment of bonds, ADRs and stock options, among others, provided to issuers, underwriters, and financial advisors. Her comprehensive understanding of regulatory frameworks and market dynamics ensures that clients receive tailored solutions that align with their strategic objectives.
Pilar is also active in the Venture Capital and FinTech markets, offering advice to venture capital firms and entrepreneurs in establishing and managing investment funds and startup vehicles.
EXPERIENCE
M&A
- Talana (Linq SpA): Advised the client, a Chilean start-up that developed and commercializes a software for software to digitize and automate the processes related to employee management within companies, in the acquisition of 100% ownership of Key Clouding (Tescloud SpA), a Chilean company that offers software solutions to streamline and simplify the selection of talent, improving recruitment processes within companies.
- Talana: Advised the client on the sale of the majority ownership to Endurance Investments, who bought through a public investment fund created specifically for this investment.
- Inversiones SB (Grupo SB): Advised on the acquisition of all issued shares of Medipharm, a long-term leasing agreement for Medipharm’s plant, and a commercial agreement for the sale of Medipharm’s products in Salcobrand’s pharmacy chain.
- Apollo Global Education (USA): Advised on the sale of 100% of IACC shares and the transfer of control of UNIACC.
- Zurich (Switzerland): Advised on the purchase of the life insurance portfolio of Euroamerica Seguros de Vida S.A. and 100% of the shares of the Euroamerica Administradora General de Fondos S.A. (USD $155 million).
- Atiaia (Brasil): Advised on the sale of two hydroelectric projects located in the south of Chile to CWE.
- Waterlogic: Advised in the acquisition of Aquafree, Chile’s largest point-of-use water dispenser company.
- Blue Digital Servicios de Marketing S.A.: Advised on the acquisition of 60.26% of the client’s shares by Philippe Lapierre Chateau, Alejandro Cañas Fernández, Pablo Castro Adriasola, and Inversiones La Candelaria Limitada
Capital Markets
- Colegium SpA: Advised on the sale of assets and accompanying documents by which Colegium SpA acquired the main assets of Incremental SpA. With this, Colegium adds Radar Escolar platform to its services, strengthening even more its position as a provider of digital services to educational institutions.
- LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.: Advised the client on the modification of two bond line agreements before the Financial Market Commission, previously approved at a bondholder meeting.
- Quiñenco: Advised the client with consolidated assets of approximately US$63.7 billion, on the issuance of local bonds for approximately UF4,000,000.
- Quiñenco: Advised in the issuance and registration of two lines of bonds for UF 10,000,000 each before the Financial Market Commission, securities and banking regulator.
- Quiñenco: Advised on the issuance and registration of two series of bonds for UF 3,000,000 and UF 5,000,000, respectively.
- English
- Spanish
LL.M., The University of Sydney, 2023
J.D., Pontifical Catholic University of Chile School of Law, 2017
