Tomás Barros
Associate

Description

Tomás has been an associate of the Corporate/M&A Group and Energy, Projects and Infrastructure teams at A/C/R. His experience includes advising national and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, venture capital and projects, focusing on the areas of energy, infrastructure and natural resources.

His expertise includes drafting and negotiating share purchase agreements, coordinating due diligence with international teams, and preparing due diligence reports, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements, operation & maintenance agreements (O&M), simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), convertible notes, and shareholder agreements. He has experience strategizing and implementing compensation plans for employees, advisors, and ESOPs.

Practice Areas

Corporate/M&A | Energy, Projects and Infrastructure

2020 – Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law.

Studies

Relevant Experience

•        Co-author of the Chambers Corporate M&A Global Practice Guide for the years 2022 and 2023.
•        Co-author of the draft VC documents, year 2024, of the Chilean Association of Investment Fund Administrators.
•        Lead associate on the team that led the exit of a Brazilian private investment firm from its stake in a leading Chilean-based company in the education sector in Latin America.
•        Lead associate on the team that led the acquisition by an Israeli company of the entire stake of a national company in the agrochemical industry.
•        Verano Energy | Ongoing legal advice to Verano Energy in the sale, development, construction, and financing of multiple renewable energy generation projects in Chile and Colombia.
•        Participation in legal advisory teams in multiple M&A transactions for the purchase of assets in Chile, such as ports, wind and solar energy generation parks, and green hydrogen development projects, among others.
•        Dreams S.A. Participation of the legal advisory team that advised Dreams S.A. in its merger project with Enjoy S.A., the two main players in the gaming casino industry in Chile.
•        Lead associate on the team that led advisory services to Ecoterra SpA, Spora SpA, Edipro SpA, Yu-Track SpA, in their respective financing rounds.
•        Lead associate on the team that that advised Yu-Track SpA in the entry of Banco Santander as a shareholder of the company.