Matías Zegers

Partner

DLA Piper

Matías Zegers serves as Managing partner of DLA Piper Chile, leading the Corporate and M&A practice group of the firm. He is also a member of the DLA Piper´s Americas Executive Committee.

Matías focuses his practice on Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and Venture Capital. He is considered one of the most experienced lawyers in Corporate Governance and Venture Capital in Chile and the region, having been consistently recognized by multiple rankings and publications.

In M&A, he has advised clients in multiple purchase and sale operations of public and private companies, both domestic and foreign. He has also participated in Public Offers of Acquisition of Shares of diverse corporations, privatization of electric and sanitary companies in Latin America, and exits of multiple technology companies.

In Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship matters, he has advised clients in landmark transactions, many of them the first to be closed in Chile and the region. Also, he has significant experience in investment funds and designing innovative solutions to fund venture capital, structuring financing products, and applying for public funds, among others. As one of the leading Chilean attorneys in Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, Mr. Zegers has been a pioneer in assisting multiple tech and biotech companies in almost all the relevant verticals of the industry, both start-ups and scale-ups.

Matías is a reference at the regional level of good Corporate Governance practices, advising leading national and regional companies in matters such as manuals and policies, boards and committees, directors’ responsibilities, and their evaluation, among others.

Matías has developed an extended academic career. He is a tenured professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile´s Law School and Founder and Executive Chairman of the Centro de Gobierno Corporativo UC. He is also a member of the OECD´s Latin American Roundtable in Corporate Governance and several of its task forces and director of the Fundación Carlos Vial Espantoso.

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