Morales & Besa

Morales & Besa was founded in 1992 by a group of distinguished professionals in the areas of corporate, financial and tax law, with the purpose of achieving the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and quality of service.

Since then, our commitment has been to build a top-tier firm and to provide excellent service to both local and international clients, primarily companies, banks and financial institutions, state-owned entities and enterprises, and even the government of Chile, among others services.

Practices

• Administrative litigation
• Banking & finance
• Capital markets
• Competition/antitrust
• Compliance
• Corporate
• Criminal law
• Energy
• Environment
• Intellectual property
• Labor
• Litigation and arbitration
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Mining and natural resources
• Projects & infrastructure
• Public law
• Real estate & construction
• Reorganization and insolvency
• Tax
• Technology and data
• Venture capital and innovation

Philosophy

At Morales & Besa, we provide our clients with the full range of services in labor and employment law, advising all types of employers, both in the public and private sector, including foreign employers. The areas on which we commonly provide advice are:

• Structuring of documentation and review of individual and collective employment agreements.
• Advice on human resources.
• Layoffs and restructurings.
• All legislation related to social security, pensions, health and labor accidents.
• Conducting, negotiating and documentation of collective bargaining processes.
• Compliance with labor regulations.
• Workplace health and safety practices.
• Representation in all types of labor lawsuits.
• Administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings.
• Labor and social security audits.
• Daily advice on labor and social security matters, union matters and labor relations.
• Advice on immigration matters, including advice on visas and work permit requests and hiring of foreign employees.

Tax Practice

At Morales & Besa we are experienced in the design of innovative tax solutions required by complex business structures, especially as a result of foreign investments and participation in the Chilean market.

The quality of advice given by our tax lawyers stands out. We support our clients on everything from standard matter, through to complex international financial business structures. Our services include tax support on local and multinational transactions, acquisitions and mergers, joint ventures, due diligence, corporate restructurings and project financings, including vat 27 bis financings. We also provide administrative representation before the Chilean tax authority and in tax litigation before the tax and customs courts.

Our clients range from medium-sized companies to large national and international corporations. We provide tailor-made solutions, and personalized and comprehensive advice to our clients.

Approach

Historically, ethics, excellence and meritocracy have been the basis of our business and what has allowed us to maintain our reputation for more than 30 years. To ensure that each of our associates holds the highest ethical standards in their professional actions, we strongly promote teamwork.

Our firm is committed in obtaining effective results for our clients, who can be sure that the way in which we approach the work is based on the premises of professionalism and excellent service. Likewise, we are at the forefront of international transactions and legal development in Chile, mainly because of our global perspective. This means that our lawyers seek unique and innovative solutions, always considering the impact on the national and international legal scenario.