Chile
Amalia Cooper
AssociateAbout
Amalia Cooper practice specializes in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and particularly in the field of venture capital, advising startups and investment funds during all financing and development stages.
She advises companies on the structure and negotiation of financing rounds, whether through equity or debt instruments, such as convertible loans and simple agreements for future equity (SAFE). Additionally, she provides guidance on the strategy and implementation of compensation plans or employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) for national and international companies, as well as on the expansion and internationalization of their businesses, either through company flips abroad or through mergers and acquisitions, both domestic and cross-border.
Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsEmerging Growth and Venture CapitalFinancial ServicesIndustrialsTechnology
Bar AdmissionsChile, 2024
EXPERIENCE
- FEN Ventures in the negotiation and preparation for investments in:
- Xeptiva Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing therapies to treat chronic diseases in pets, as part of a Series Seed round of US$2.5 million
- Diio, an artificial assistance platform, through a SAFE
- Augmental, a company based in the US, in a seed round of US$4 million, through a SAFE
- Splight, a company based in the US that has developed digital technology to increase the transmission capacity of the power grid, with an equity investment of US$500,000 and an additional investment of US$250,000 in a US$3 million seed round
- Leasity, a company that has developed software for property management, with an investment of US$391,000
- A UK-based electromobility company through an equity investment
- A US technology company, through the negotiation, structuring and execution of a secondary sale of Series A-6 Shares
- An English spin-off company in the ad-tech area, through an Advance Subscription Agreement
- A Chilean technology company that develops software and mobile applications for fault diagnosis, optimizing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce costs and maximize business performance, through a SAFE
- A US company focused on real estate project management through the use of artificial intelligence, through a SAFE
- Kunzapp LLC, with an investment of US$350,000 via a SAFE in a seed investment round, including negotiation, due diligence, and drafting of investment and ancillary documents
- Human Forest, a UK-based company, as part of their £17 million (US$21.3 million) Series A round, through an equity investment
- Vestuá, a Chilean startup, in the investment documentation for an aggregate investment of US$2.1 million via equity in the UK
- Wild Foods, a Chilean company that develops healthy food products, in the negotiation and preparation of a US$25 million Series A investment round led by Glisco Partners, a Mexican private investment organization
- SQM Lithium in the negotiation and preparation for investments in:
- Electric Era Technologies in an equity investment of US$3 million as part of a US$13 million Series A round led by HSBC Climate Tech Venture Capital Fund SCSp
- Altilium Metals Limited in a US$3 million equity investment which included a warrant to invest an additional US$9 million by December 31, 2023, in a Series A investment round, and the subsequent US$9.4 million equity investment in the same company through the execution of the warrant
- Instacrops in a SAFE and ancillary documentation for a total investment of US$1 million
- Salinity Solutions, a UK-based company that has developed a reverse osmosis water treatment technology, in the preparation of the term sheet, conducting due diligence, and drafting of the relevant documentation for a US$1.2 million investment
- Terraline, an electromobility company based in the US, in the negotiation and preparation of a US$3 million equity investment in a Series A investment round
- Movener, a Chilean electromobility company, in the preparation of the term sheet, conducting due diligence, and drafting the relevant documentation for a US$2 million investment
- A Chilean multinational business consortium operating in several countries in the Americas in the negotiation and preparation of an investment in a US entity that has developed a platform that uses artificial intelligence to allow retailers to create their advertising networks for small companies
- A last-mile delivery services platform in negotiating and preparing investment documents for an equity funding round totaling US$2 million in new capital
- Andes STR in an investment fund and WEG Capital to invest in real estate in Orlando, Florida, via short-term rent
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Education
- Law Degree, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2021
Teaching Experience
- Assistant Professor, Civil Law, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, (2021-present)
- Assistant Professor, Economic Law, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, (2018-2021)
- Assistant Professor, International Public Law, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, (2018-2021)
Connect
Phone
+56 2 2798 2658
(Work, Santiago)
