On June 24, Latin Lawyer published the “Deal Report 2019: M&A league table” where Barros & Errázuriz leads with 14 deals, adding up approximately USD 1.5 billion.

According to their data, last year 59 transactions were closed among 33 chilean law firms.

The article also includes the opinion of lawyers from the Mergers & Acquisitions area of ​​the leading firms, there Carlos Ducci -Parter in Barros & Errázuriz-, explains that a consequence of the pandemic would mean a divestments by companies looking to shed non-essential assets, which will entail to various Mergers & Acquisitions agreements in the market in the last two quarters of the year. Senior associate Vicente Cordero explains that although there was a notorious drop in operations in the energy and infrastructure sector as a result of the pandemic, his projection is that these will rebound again during the second half of 2020. In addition, he mentions that private investment funds will take great importance in the market.