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Bernardita Doren

Counsel

Bernardita Doren, gets me good results. She has a great affinity with the business (beyond the legal), which means she feels like one of the team.
client quoted in Legal 500 Latin America, (2024)
About
Bernardita Doren practices real estate and corporate law, focusing on real estate transactions and advising Chilean and foreign clients on acquiring real estate for development projects (hotels, industrial and infrastructure, among others).

Her advice extends to financing processes, negotiation and structuring of real estate transactions, negotiation of short-and long-term lease agreements, and title studies and their regularization to comply with urban planning legislation.

Furthermore, Bernardita advises local and foreign clients on due diligence processes related to real estate assets in the context of mergers and acquisitions. She also assists clients in administrative proceedings and procedures before competent sectorial services in real estate matters.
Bar AdmissionsChile, 2009

EXPERIENCE

  • CarbonFree Technology Inc. during all stages of the development of photovoltaic power plants, from the due diligence processes in a greenfield stage to the acquisition, execution of the EPC and O&M agreement, and the operation stage of the power plants
    • Performed due diligence for more than 60 projects and counseled the client in the acquisition of more than 40 power photovoltaic plants in the last few years, many of which are now operating and comprise approximately 360 megawatts (MW) of generation
  • Selina Operations Chile SpA during negotiation of long-term lease agreements for hotel facilities in Chile and a joint venture agreement to open and operate hotels under the Selina brand in Chile
  • Real Estate Developments of Cordillera S.A. in the study of the titles, purchase of land, development of real estate projects of room in ski center Farellones, El Colorado, and its commercialization, with an investment of approximately US$8 million
  • 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
  • Electromobility company in negotiating and drafting of a sublease agreement in the context of its arrival into the Chilean market
  • Horticultural seeds company in the regularization of water rights before the relevant authorities
  • Global coffee company in review of its lease and sublease agreements for its branches in Chile
    • 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
    • Included advice in the review of real estate titles, drafting documents and coordination between both parties
  • 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
  • Private equity investment firm in the negotiation and closing of an agreement to terminate a joint venture established in Chile 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

  • 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
    • Included advice in the review of real estate titles, drafting documents and coordination between both parties
    • Prepared the acquisition contract for the new property, incorporating a staggered payment schedule tied to the phased delivery of portions of the land
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Education
  • Law Degree, Diego Portales University Law School, 2008
  • Diploma in Corporate Governance, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Law School, 2010

  • Certificate in US Law and Methodologies, New York University, 2014

Awards

Legal 500 Latin America

  • Recommended, Chile: Real Estate, (2021-2025)

Memberships

  • Chilean Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados A.G.)

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