Magdalena Fabres F.

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Magdalena Fabres is a member of the Corporate Practice of Arteaga Gorziglia. She specializes in advising domestic and foreign companies in commercial and financial transactions; in the purchase and sale of companies; and in corporate and commercial matters in general. She also has extensive experience in digital law, data protection and cybersecurity.

  • Advised an Australian investment fund in the bidding process for the Santiago Los Vilos highway.
  • Advised Sembrador Capital de Riesgo S.A., manager of the private investment fund Fondo IV, in the sale of its hazelnut business comprising El Olmo SpA and Santa Cristina SpA to Ontario Teacher.
  • Advised Grupo Inmobiliario La Reina in the sale of a shopping center to Credicorp Capital Asset Management.
  • Advised Grupo Costanera in the renegotiation of the concession contracts with the Ministry of Public Works for its concessions of the Costanera Norte and Vespucio Sur urban highways.
  • Advised Australian multinational Ixom in the sale of all its businesses, operations and assets in Latin America. The sale included Ixom's operations in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia.
  • Advised the local family office DDRío Inversiones, in a partnership with an agro-industrial group for the exploitation of a hazelnut agricultural project in the Maule Region in Chile.
  • Advised group of foreign banks and life insurance companies as lenders in the accession to the financing of UK-based IMD Group, its acquired subsidiary Transmisión y Almacenamiento A Más S.A. (A+V), and in the granting of securities under Chilean law in connection with the financing.
  • Advised Colbún in the issuance and placement of bonds for USD$500 MM over a 10-year period, and in the acquisition of Colbún bonds already issued.
  • Advised Frontal Trust in the acquisition of the San Cristobal Tunnel and Américo Vespucio Norte concessions from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. The value of the transaction was USD$770MM.
  • Advised the financial institution Coopeuch in the acquisition of all the assets of a fintech for the development of a prepaid digital card business.
  • Advised Sociedad Concesionaria Costanera Norte S.A. (owned by the Italian infrastructure company Atlantia and the Canadian pension fund CPPI) in the financing of complementary works for the Costanera Norte Highway in the city of Santiago, for a total amount of USD $400 MM.
  • Advised a group of foreign lenders in the accession to the financing and granting of securities by the Chilean subsidiary of Benchmark Holdings PLC, in the framework of a financing transaction involving a bond issue in Norway and a credit facility from the United Kingdom. The value of the transaction was USD$ 100 MM.
  • Advised Inversiones FQC 2 Ltda. in the purchase from Sonda S.A. of the 49% shareholding that Sonda had in the Chilean company Transacciones Electrónicas Dos S.A., which in turn owns Acepta.com S.A., a company that provides technological solutions in various fields such as electronic invoicing and identity authentication.
  • Advised Walmart in the acquisition of online retail startup Cornershop. Cornershop operated in Chile, Mexico and other Latin American countries. The transaction involved jurisdictions in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Peru and Argentina.
  • Advised Walmart on the sale of its financial business to Banco de Crédito e Inversiones.
  • Advised Parque Arauco in the competitive bidding process and subsequent acquisition of an operational shopping center in Santiago, owned by Falabella.
  • Advised Walmart in a corporate and tax reorganization of its financial business (Presto), in the context of the sale of the business to a financial institution.
  • Law clerk to the Hon. William G. Young, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2022-2023).
  • Assistant in the courses of Commercial Law (2015-2021) and Constitutional Law (2014-2016) at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Assistant in the Negotiation course (2023) at Boston University School of Law, Boston, USA.
  • Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Chile since 2025: Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Privacy and Data Security Law.

Agribusiness
Food and Beverages
Cybersecurity
International Trade
Compliance and Anti-corruption
Consumer Protection and Advertising Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Infrastructure and Project Development
Licensing, Franchising and Distribution
Logistics and Transportation
Maritime and Port
Capital Markets
Fishing and Aquaculture
Private Equity
Data protection
Telecommunications, Media and Technology
Venture Capital

Training

  • Lawyer. Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Law Degree (2016).
  • Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Business Practice, LL.M Leadership Program Scholar, Boston University School of Law, Boston, USA (2022).
  • Certification in Information Privacy/Europe (CIPP/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) (2023).

Languages

English, Spanish
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