Maria Eugenia Sabbagh

Practice Areas

Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Family businesses and holdings, inancing,

Capital markets, Entrepreneurship.

Career

During her professional career, she has specialized in advising individuals and local and foreign companies in various areas of corporate, commercial and financial law, corporate relations, mergers and acquisitions and business and asset reorganizations. María Eugenia has recently focused her practice on entrepreneurship matters, leading the Venture Capital and Private Equity area of the firm, advising both Investment Fund Managers and investors as well as Startups, in all stages of their development.

Previously, she worked as Director of the corporate area of Aninat Schwencke y Cía, advising domestic and foreign clients in corporate matters, especially in mergers and acquisitions, financing, contracting, corporate relations and corporate governance, among others.

She was a Senior Associate at Mena Alessandri, and before that at Recabarren y Asociados, where she advised individuals and legal entities in estate planning and tax matters in general, being in charge of the implementation and corporate aspects of the clients.

MAría Eugenia ia a member of the Chilean Bar Association AG. and a member of the Commission of Women Lawyers of the Chilean Bar Association AG.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Chilean Bar Association AG.

Member of the Commission of Women Lawyers of the Chilean Bar Association AG.

Member of the ProBono Foundation.

Director of the Procultura Foundation.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English

Education

Experience

Assistant Professor of the Course on Extracontractual Civil Liability and the Course on Breach of Contracts, both of the Chair of Professor Carlos Pizarro Wilson at the Law School of the University of Chile.

Assistant of the Commercial Law Course taught by Professors Rodrigo Álvarez Zenteno and Nicolás Cubillos Sigall at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.