Manuel Grez

Manuel Grez

Associate
Santiago
About

Manuel Grez concentrates his practice mainly on real estate and corporate law. He advises Chilean and foreign clients on the development of housing, hotel, infrastructure, and industrial projects and provides support in the preparation of title studies, negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, and long- and short-term leases, among other things.

Manuel also participates in due diligence processes in relation to all types of real estate and corporate assets, including obtaining permits and sectorial authorizations, communication with authorities, and analysis of compliance with applicable urban planning regulations, adjusting to the specific needs of each client to provide comprehensive advice.

 
Areas of FocusReal EstateMergers and AcquisitionsConsumer Goods, Food and RetailIndustrials
Bar admissionsChile, 2024

EXPERIENCE

  • A global provider of wireless and transmission towers and indoor and outdoor distributed antenna system (DAS) networks in multiple transfers of properties in various areas of Chile to a real estate entity created to acquire these assets
  • An electromobility company in negotiating and drafting a sublease agreement in the context of its arrival into the Chilean market
  • A horticultural seeds company in the regularization of water rights before the relevant authorities
  • A coffee company with a global presence reviewed its lease and sublease agreements for its branches in Chile. This process included analyzing contracts and property titles, complying with urban planning regulations, and identifying and mitigating operational risks
  • A company that carries out several real estate projects in the sale of a piece of land located in the Metropolitan Region, where a data processing center will be developed. The advice included a review of real estate titles, drafting documents and coordination between the parties
  • An important local real estate developer in preparing an analysis of the possible need to submit its real estate development project to environmental assessment and an assessment of the risks derived from the start of the construction works
  • A private equity investment firm on the negotiation and closing of an agreement to terminate a joint venture established in Chile together with a prominent Chilean family by way of a settlement agreement providing for the spin-off of their businesses through the rescue of real estate assets, subsequent corporate acts and a series of guarantees to ensure the execution of such agreement
  • A key player in the U.S. berry production and marketing industry, on an investment to establish a joint venture in Chile through the acquisition part of the share capital of a local company and the purchase of a property exceeding. The process included due diligence on the real estate assets, reviewing titles, land use, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, we prepared the acquisition contract for the new property, incorporating a staggered payment schedule tied to the phased delivery of portions of the land
 
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Education

  • J.D., Pontifical Catholic University, School of Law, 2021

  • Course, Taxation of Real Estate Activity, Adolfo Ibáñez University, 2025

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Chile launches digital platform for drafting and approving territorial planning...

5 September 2025 .2 minute read

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Chile issues new guidelines for implementing the law on streamlining construction permits

6 June 2025 .3 minute read

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Chile: Summary of Urban Development Division Circulars issued by the Ministry of Housing...

3 April 2025 .2 minute read

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+56 2 2798 2667
(Work, Santiago)