The Firm provides legal advice to individuals and companies in all kinds of civil and commercial matters, and has relevant experience a wide variety of corporate transactions, incorporation and reorganization of companies, insolvency and restructuring, M & A, agreements and counseling companies in all its legal and corporate needs.
FS Abogados has extensive experience in the life cycle of a Startup, and understands how to advise them from all their perspectives and in each stage of development (from the idea to exit). The firm has provided services to different Startups (including two unicorns) as well as to different investment funds or venture investors, and therefore is knowledgeable of the ecosystem well from both sides, entrepreneurs and investors. Finally, the venture capital industry has given way to different areas or branches such as Crowdfunding, Fintech, Proptech, Agrotech, Foodtech, etc., areas in which we have vast experience.
FS Abogados advises important clients in the mining area, providing them with support at all stages of mining activity, from exploration and prospecting to mine closure. Our experience includes all legal matters related to mining property, mining agreements and partnerships, royalties, joint ventures, negotiations, foreign investment, permitting and regulatory issues, financing, construction of mining projects, as well as their execution and operation.
We focus on providing comprehensive advice to our clients regarding their labor relations, from hiring to termination of services, contributing to the decision-making processes, committing ourselves to the strategies and exercising representation before the administrative and judicial authority.
Likewise, we actively participate in collective bargaining processes and resolution of labor and union disputes
Our services include the development of legal training; advice and conduct of internal investigations for sexual harassment, workplace harassment, anti-union practices or violation of fundamental rights; carrying out due diligence processes for the acquisition of companies; execution of internal diagnoses, verifying labor, social security and immigration compliance; foreign hiring processes; review, advice and representation in client companies, users and/or contractors in contracts and subcontracting relationships and transitory services.
In a context of climate emergency sustainability is an imperative adaptation, and for this, efficient and resilient solutions are required that go beyond regulatory compliance. This is how we provide comprehensive advice on sustainability matters, carrying out Environmental Due Diligence, Regulatory Diagnostic Reports, processing of sanctioning procedures, environmental litigation, and support in the “Sistema de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (SEIA)” and processing sectoral permits. At the same time, we provide to our clients advice on community relationship, providing practical solutions for their territorial contexts.
Our experience has allowed us to be a benchmark in both public and private conservation, leading and advising on the creation of Nature Sanctuaries, and application of the Real Right of Conservation in conjunction with the main Land Trusts in Chile.
Our experience is centered on counseling and developing real estate projects, mainly commercial and non-urban, urban matters, land use planning, administrative permitting, mergers and subdivisions of property, financing structuring, and real estate for special purposes, such as conservation and recreation.
We offer advice for the development and construction of non-conventional renewable energy projects, both on private and public land. We carry out studies of titles and regulations for the location of energy projects, processing of processes before National Assets from Concession of Expensive Uses and respective Easements.
We provide comprehensive advice on water resource management to agricultural companies, water user organizations and power generation companies. Our advice ranges from the cadaster of water resources, availability reports, processing of water use rights, regularizations, channel modifications, catchment changes, major works, basin management agreements. For its part, we advise on the Water Footprint Certification processes (eg Blue Certificate). For the above, we have the collaboration and expert advice of a team of engineers in water resources and accompany our clients throughout the process from construction to operation of various water sources.
FS Abogados advises its clients to conduct their business avoiding contingencies. However, when required, we assume the defense and representation of their interests in court, whether in ordinary, arbitral tribunals or special courts, and in all forms of civil, commercial, mining litigation, arbitration processes, termination of estates and other forms of dispute resolution.