MORALES & BESA is a Chilean law firm whose main practice areas include general corporate, securities, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust & regulated industries, taxation, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy, intellectual property, project finance, governmental regulation, natural resources, environment, real estate, labor, privatization and infrastructure.

Our firm advises a large number of banks, financial institutions, and securities firms for whom we provide transactional work and advice in a wide range of areas such as initial public offerings, bond issuances, structured finance, asset trading, mergers and acquisitions, asset management, commercial lending and taxation.

Our client base is predominantly international. In addition to banks and financial institutions, we represent industrial, technology, and service corporations that typically request our advice and assistance in such diverse areas of the legal practice as privatization, project finance, tax planning, joint ventures, construction and engineering, telecommunications, oil and gas, power development, utilities regulation, insurance law, chemicals, food and drug, media and entertainment and procurement.

Our domestic clients are mostly large corporations engaged in industrial and service activities. We typically provide them with our advice and assistance in corporate finance, real estate transactions, environment law, labor law, collective bargaining, securities regulations, taxation, administrative proceedings, litigation, and arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.