Aninat Schwencke & Cia

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Aninat Schwencke & Cia is one of the largest full-service Chilean law firms, with extensive international experience in corporate/ M&A, litigation, antitrust/competition, arbitration/ADR, banking & finance, bankruptcy/ insolvency/ restructuration, capital markets/securities, construction, consumer rights, contracts/civil responsibility, estates & trusts, foreign investment, government contracts/ procurement, international trade, international distribution contracts and licensing, investment funds, joint ventures, labour and employment, natural resources/mining/water rights, outsourcing, private equity & venture capital, public works concessions, project finance, real estate/zoning and land use regulation, telecommunications and tax law.

The firm’s lawyers are a select group of respected professionals with accomplished careers in complementary areas of expertise. Attorneys are recruited from top Chilean and international law schools. They are fluent in several languages and have practised law in Latin America, United States and Europe, in law firms such as Cleary Gottlieb, Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell and Linklaters. This international perspective enables the firm to maintain strong working relationships with major law firms around the globe.

Aninat Schwencke & Cia provides both public and private clients in Chile with representation at the highest standards of the profession. The firm adheres to these same standards in its pro bono work with non-profit organisations, which allows the firm to provide useful services in its community as well as gain greater experience and perspective for the firm’s own practice.

As part of ongoing effort to recruit and retain the most talented legal professionals, the firm has a research department which supports the lectures and conferences of partners and associates as well as their legal research projects. In 2011 the firm created funds and scholarships for graduate and specialised legal studies, both for members of the firm and prominent students of top law schools in the country. Additionally, in order to deepen the international outlook of the firm and strengthen our ties to the alma mater of four of our partners, this year the firm inaugurated a six to nine month internship programme for Columbia Law School graduates.

While remaining deeply committed to the firm’s Chilean roots, the firm’s attorneys often counsel a wide variety of clients in international business transactions. Whether the firm’s work is local or global, public or private, the firm guarantees its clients personalised attention from a wide range of international and creative minds.

The firm has a well balanced mix of local and foreign clients, among which some of its most representative include Acon Investment Private Equity Fund, Agro Frío (fruit producer and exporter), AGSA Construction, American Science and Engineering Inc, Amarant Mining, American Bridge, Athelera, Austral Capital Private Equity Fund, Balfour Beatty Group, Banco Falabella, Banco BBVA, Ben David (fruit producer and exporter), Buena Vista Capital, Burson-Marsteller, Chauser Foods, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA (CAF), Compañía de Aceros del Pacífico (CAP), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Cranberries Austral Chile SA, Eagle Burgmann, ENAMI, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP), Esval (water and sanitation), Fitch Ratings LLC, Gesaworld, Grey, Hill & Knowlton, Imicar (corrugated cardboard packaging), Inder Fund, Inria (Institut Nacional de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique), In Store Media (Harvard Group subsidiary), Internet Securities, JWT, Kemifar, Larraín Vial, Metálica Consultores, Morgan Stanley, Ogilvy, Oster, Parque del Sendero, Precursor Private Equity Fund, Resort Condominiums (RCI), Salfacorp (construction), Sauber Energy, Siemens, SOBOCE, Solventus, Talde Private Equity Fund, Tiger Global Fund, Tres Mares Group, Verfrut (fruit producer and exporter), Viña Bisquertt, WPP Group, Wunderman, Young & Rubicam.

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