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Last Thursday, March 17, our team participated in an online Workshop on Stereotypes and Co-responsibility organized by the Diversity Committee of Morales & Besa in co […]

At Morales y Besa we are committed to diversity and inclusion and we constantly seek to generate new instances that allow us to make visible and reflect within the firm a […]

The Leaders League international directory for Latin America announced the results of its research in Chile for the areas of litigation, arbitration and compliance.

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Andrea Díaz started her legal career at Morales & Besa some 14 years ago, concentrating her practice in capital markets transactions and regulation. Dur […]

Our partner Myriam Barahona, recognized by IFLR1000 – legal ranking specializing in corporate and transactional matters – as a “Leading Lawyer”; has been included in the […]

Macarena Laso, partner of the Real Estate and Construction, Projects and Infrastructure and Corporate M&A practices is the new managing partner of Morales & Besa, […]

Directory of Women Experts | We are pleased to announce that our most experienced female lawyers, members of the Chilean Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados), have been […]

The 2022 edition of the global guide of the legal directory, Chambers and Partners, highlighted Morales & Besa in the International & Cross-Border Capabilities se […]

Leaders League published today the results of its 2021 ranking for the transactional and corporate areas, and Morales & Besa has once again been highlighted for its l […]

Morales & Besa once again leads the capital markets debt league table 2019 prepared by the English publication, Latin Lawyer. The recognition comes double, as the fir […]

We are proud to inform  that IFLR selected Morales & Besa among the five shortlisted firms in the National Firms of the Year category in Chile. In addition, the Capit […]

Latin Lawyer recently announced the list of the Elite 2020 firms, which includes 9 Latin American countries and the Central American region. In Chile, 7 law firms were re […]

Now in the middle of the 2020 version of our Summer Program, we want to thank the interns who have been with us part of January and February, Kimberly Valle and Bruno Mon […]

We are very proud that our firm has been highlighted, for the eighth consecutive year, as Leading Light 2019 for our commitment to pro bono work. The focus of this year’s […]

The publication LatinFinance, which specializes in financial and economic issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, presented the “Deal of the Year 2019” awards in 26 ca […]

We would like to thank the first interns of the 2020 Summer Program, who have been with us during December and January, Carla Díaz, Claudia Acevedo and Mauricio Kaplan.
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The award ceremony for the Chambers Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) was held yesterday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Morales & Besa received the Highly Come […]

Today, the results of the Best Lawyers ® ranking were published and, with enthusiasm, we inform you that, in summary, the results are as follow:

19 lawyers f […]

For the second  year in a row, our partner Guillermo Morales, was invited to participate at the “Latin Lawyer Live 2nd Annual Capital Markets Conference”, an instance […]

Since June, our Director Lorena Barrientos, has participated in representation of our Diversity Committee, from AmCham Chile’s 2019 Mentoring Circle on Diversity and […]

We invite you to join us for a presentation by James Anaya, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Colorado (USA), on Masters in law (LLM) programs and specializ […]

Morales & Besa announced the promotion of María José Henríquez to partnership at the firm effective January 2020. Her appointment follows a distinguished legal ca […]

Our partner Myriam Barahona was recently recognized as Best Lawyer in Finance in Latam by “Americas Women in Business Law Awards” led by the Euromoney Legal Media Group.
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We are very happy to announce that partner Myriam Barahona received the “Best Finance Lawyer in Latin America” ​​award in New York last night by “Euromoney LMG Americ […]

In the context of the 18th Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions IBA Conference in New York, partners Eugenio Besa and Myriam Barahona and senior associate Guil […]

Our lawyers Lorena Barrientos, director, and Rebeca Zamora, senior associate, are participating for a chair at the Consejo General de la Orden of the Chilea […]

We want to congratulate and recognize Isabel Cabeza, associate Pro Bono 2018, for her commitment and dedication with our Pro Bono advice. M&B, through the Pro Bono Co […]

Irene Schlechter, Corporate Director of Inclusion and Diversity at Codelco, was invited as a speaker to the third sesion of  the Diversity Committee’s “Conversa […]

We want to congratulate our Capital Markets team for their outstanding position in the Latin Lawyer capital markets league table 2018, which considers all the transaction […]

Partner Edmundo Varas received special thanks from the World Justice Project (WJP) for his role as a Contributing Expert in their WJP Rule of Law Index® 2019. The Wor […]

Adi Altschuler, Director of International Programs of the Northwest Pritzker University School of Law, visited our offices invited by our partner Michel Diban, alumni of […]

Morales & Besa is the Chilean firm with the highest number of nominations for the Latin Lawyer of the Year Award, with three leading transactions in their respect […]

Within our Summer Internship Program, this month  Cristóbal Melo and Matías Guerrero, both law students, joined our firm.

We wish you the best in t […]

We are very proud to announce that our firm has been recognized again as an elite firm by Chambers’ Global Guide in its 2019 edition. In addition, we have a […]

We are very proud to inform that Morales & Besa, among other 5 Chilean firms, has been recognized for the seventh year in-a-row as a Leading Light for our commitm […]

Lorena Barrientos, M&B’s Director, participated again as judge for the “Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition” (Jessup) organized by the Americ […]

Great enthusiasm and an interesting debate between the audience and panelists, was given on Thursday, January 10 during the second day of our Ciclo de Conversac […]

After 11 years off carreer at Morales & Besa, Lorena Barrientos has assumed the position of Director to the firm, from where she will continue supporting and contribu […]

We want to greet our clients and friends and wish you all an excellent 2019,

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In the framework of our Summer Internship Program, this month Natalia Cortés and Sebastián Rosende, graduates from the Universidad de Chile  and Universidad de los Andes, […]

In regard of the development of entrepreneurship and innovation, M&B once again collaborated with Startup Grind Santiago – Chile, a global community that seeks to gen […]

Izabel Siqueiras do Val, international intern, arrived directly from São Paulo, Brazil, to our firm at the end of September and for three months she has been part of […]

Our partner Guillermo Morales played a prominent role at the “Latin Lawyer Live Capital Markets” conference held in São Paulo, Brazil on November 27th. In this opport […]

Today was the ceremony of “Academic Excellence Awards” of the Law School of the University of Chile and Morales & Besa granted again the “Morales & Besa Law F […]

Our expert in free competition matters, María José Henríquez, participated as a panelist in the forum “Recent Challenges to the Law of Free Competition” at the Universida […]

Morales & Besa has joined  the Alianza por el Género, an initiative led by the Fundación PROhumana , as part of our commitment to meritocracy and divers […]

Morales & Besa has been nominated again for  “Firm of the Year” – Chile at  the Chambers Latin America Awards 2018. The nomination is based on the research conduc […]

Our firm has been highlighted again by Chambers and Partners Latin American Guide 2019 as a leading firm in the Chilean legal market.

Congratulations to all […]

On July 5 our partners Guillermo Morales, José Miguel Carvajal and Michel Diban received Steven M. Richman, President of the American Bar Association -ABA- International […]

Corporate lawyer Edmundo Varas K. has focused his practice mainly in commercial, financial and corporate matters.

After serving for 11 years as an associate at the fir […]

With an outstanding participation, Morales & Besa was again present in the 7th edition of the UC Labor Fair, where a large number of students and graduates in Law had […]

For the third year in a row, Morales & Besa joined the initiative of the Student Center of the Faculty of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, through […]

With great enthusiasm, on April 9th, was held the Inter-Law Firms Golf Championship, Copa Inxap, organized by the Morales & Besa in benefit of the Firefighters Founda […]

On March 21st, a delegation of students from the Law School of the University of Chicago, which included students from first, second and third years, as well as students […]

On March 11th, the partner of Morales & Besa Fernando Arab Verdugo will assume as Undersecretary of Labor of the government of Sebastián Piñera Echenique. Fernando Ar […]

The partner of Morales & Besa, Myriam Barahona, along with senior associates Andrea Díaz, Lorena Barrientos and María José Becker, participated, together with partner […]

M&B Partners Myriam Barahona and Francisca Pérez have been recognized, along with 12 other national lawyers, in a corporate-financial ranking of Leaders League.

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The Pro Bono team of Morales & Besa has been recognized once again as Pro Bono’s Leading Light at Latin American level.

This recognition was given to 55 law firms […]

During September, Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, two of the most prestigious international lawyers’ guides on the market, published their lists of outstanding […]

As a way to promote Pro Bono work among its partners and associates, in Morales & Besa it is already a tradition to reward the associate that stood out during the yea […]

On Tuesday, August 8, in the city of Iquique and in front of more than 120 important entrepreneurs in the area, Fernando Arab, partner of Morales & Besa, led the semi […]

In order to recognize the effort and dedication of those students and graduates who stood out for their academic performance, Universidad de Chile’s Law School held t […]

After two months since the new Labor Reform Law came into effect, debate and some concern have already been generated within companies, especially those that will have to […]

For the second year, Morales & Besa joined the initiative of the Student Union of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Law, with the financing of 38 […]

The prestigious publication International Financial Law Review (IFLR), which highlights innovation and excellence in the legal world, selected Morales & Besa as the ” […]

With great enthusiasm, last April 10th Chilean Law Firms took place the organized Golf Championship, Volvo´s Cup, that Morales & Besa organized in benefit of “Fundaci […]

Last Tuesday, April 4, three days after Law No. 20,940 entered into force, Fernando Arab, partner of Morales & Besa, presented at the seminar “Kick Off of Labor Refor […]

Morales & Besa was highlighted in the “recommended” category in Chile, according to the GCR 100 ranking on antitrust and free competition, published in the latest edi […]

The final of the eleventh annual Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition (Jessup) was held on Wednesday, January 25th. This competition was sponso […]

On December 15 and 16, at the Pro Bono Foundation, the pre-selection of the projects eligible for the Pro Bono Challenge, a competition which aims to encourage law studen […]

Morales & Besa volunteers attended an exciting Christmas celebration with the children of El Manzano Jardin Infantil, in Lo Barnechea.

During the party, which incl […]

For the fifth consecutive year, the Morales & Besa team has been featured as Pro Bono Leading Light by Latin Lawyer and The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Ju […]

On Friday December 9th December Que Pasa and Idealis published the fourth version of Leading Lawyers Chile, the only ranking of lawyers made by lawyers in Chile. The resu […]

As a way of delivering our expert vision to our clients, Rodrigo Ropert, senior associate of Morales & Besa and expert in environmental matters, opened a space for co […]

Pro Bono Foundation held its traditional annual dinner to thank and acknowledge the volunteer work of law firms, legal departments and lawyers and to appreciate all the w […]

With great enthusiasm, a group of volunteers from Morales & Besa spent the day helping Hogar Misión de María, by delivering donated furniture, clothing, toys and diap […]

Morales & Besa partner Macarena Laso, participated as a panelist in the Commercial Real Estate Law Forum organized by International Council Shopping Centers (ISCS), o […]

Morales & Besa together with the British Chilean Chamber of Commerce and political consultants Hernán and Blanca Larraín held a seminar analysis on the national and i […]

Morales & Besa was present at the 1st Labor Fair of the Law School of the University of Chile, where a large number of students and graduates had the opportunity to m […]

Morales & Besa has been recognised as a leading firm in Chile by prestigious international legal publication IFLR1000 2017. Our Capital Markets practice has been rank […]