Rodrigo Ochagavía

Our banking and finance team is known for designing and structuring sophisticated and innovative financial products and banking transactions that have become the standard in the Chilean markets.

Our services include advice and assistance to lenders, borrowers, underwriters and agents in the development and implementation of all types of banking and financing transactions, both at the local and cross-border level, including syndicated loans, leveraged buyouts, asset and project financings, leasing, structured products, derivatives, securitization, financial guaranties, investment funds, insurance and reinsurance.

We are widely recognized for keeping up to date with the latest market trends, in Chile and in the international sphere, our creativity and constant evolution in coming up with bespoke solutions for our clients’ needs, and offering the highest quality of service and work product. This, together with our permanent coordination with the other teams of the firm to provide a comprehensive and catered response to each situation, has made us the preferred firm for the leading international banks and financing institutions participating in the Chilean market.

We also represent borrowers, sponsors, private funds, lessors and lessees, insurers and insureds, export credit agencies, governmental and international organizations in their banking and finance dealings in Chile, with the capability and experience of providing advice in the negotiation and execution of agreements subject to New York and English law, among others, working closely with the local law firms of each jurisdiction.

Our practice covers as well a wide range of matters related to bank regulation, bank insolvency and liquidation, and the creation, merger and registration in Chile of local and international banks and financial institutions.

Since its founding in 1880, Claro & Cia. is one of the most prestigious law firms in Chile. Our seal is an innovative, reliable and highly qualified style.

With a diverse group of lawyers, Claro & Cia. is prepared to take part in all the areas in which legal advice is required, offering its clients a comprehensive support for the realization of their projects. Its practice in banks and financing, in aspects of corporate, reorganizations and acquisitions (M & A) in securities markets, Chilean and global, as well as its recognized experience in litigation and arbitration, are particularly emblematic and remarkable. In all of them, and in the others that its offers to its clients as part of its integral service, its professionalism, creativity and solidity characterize it.

Claro & Cia. represents clients with interests in very diverse areas, such as: Administrative and Constitutional, Transportation, Free Competition, Litigation and Arbitration, Banking, Project Financing, Mining, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Insurance, labor, criminal and administrative sanctions, intellectual property and new technologies, international trade, economic regulation, tax law, telecommunications, sports and entertainment, real estate development, tourism, hotels and casinos, among others.