Macarena Ravinet
Partner
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Specialist in mergers and acquisitions, project financing and financial transactions.
Macarena Ravinet is an expert in national and international M&A, focusing her practice on telecommunications, food and retail, corporate and financial restructuring, corporate governance, private equity, and project finance, particularly in energy and infrastructure.
She also advises companies, foundations and non-profit organizations on corporate social responsibility and corporate, financial and tax matters.
Before joining Cuatrecasas, she was a partner and associate at leading law firms in Santiago de Chile and New York.
She is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the International Bar Association. She is also chair and director at the Chile Pro Bono Foundation and member of the International Pro Bono Network.
She has been an assistant lecturer of project financing in the Master in Corporate Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.ontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
She speaks at international conferences, including on the M&A panel of the International Bar Association in Latin America.
Education
Master of Laws in Corporate
Law New York University, 2006Bachelor of Laws (summa cum laude)
Universidad de los Andes, Chile, 2003
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Best Lawyer, Chambers Latin America, Latin Lawyer 250, Leaders League and Legal 500 Latin America in M&A, Project Finance and Banking & Finance
Shortlisted by Chambers D&I Awards: Latin America
(category: Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion in South America), 2020
Pro Bono Practice of the Year Award
Premio Jóvenes con Proyección (“Promising Newcomer Award”)
Chilean business magazine Revista Capital
Premio Jóvenes con Éxito (“Young and Successful Award”)
Chilean business magazine Diario Financiero
Publications and News
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May 22, 2023Koppernaes Protein changes credit with DNB Bank for its subsidiaries Lota Vedde and Lota Protein
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February 10, 2023CGE Transmisión registers 10-year and 30-year lines of bonds
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November 3, 2022CMPC places green bonds for a total of $250 million
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October 26, 2022International banks extend credit for Andean Telecom Partners to expand operations
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August 26, 2022CGE opts for business division to adapt to current regulations
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August 10, 2022Softys Brasil secures USD 37 million loan
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July 26, 2022Lota Protein secures refinancing with DNB Bank by amending credit agreement
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July 12, 2022Softys Brasil and Empresas CMPC obtain loan for US$51 million
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July 7, 2022Banco Inversis makes key investment in Adepa Group
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June 29, 2022BTG Pactual Chile grants financing to WildFoods, Buydepa and Wift startups
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June 7, 2022Ameris Capital receives $27 million loan to purchase shares in investment funds
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June 3, 2022Cintac signs debt restructuring agreement with Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
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May 10, 2022Inversiones CMPC enters into $500 million sustainability-linked syndicated loan agreement
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April 11, 2022CAP Group restructures intercompany debt incurred by subsidiary CSH
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December 27, 2021Inversiones CMPC S.A. signs sustainability-linked revolving credit agreement for USD 300 million
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September 28, 2021Compañía General de Electricidad divides into two companies
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July 29, 2021Naturgy closes the sale of Compañía General de Electricidad to China’s State Grid
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July 12, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Banco Security, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, and Penta Seguros de Vida on granting syndicated loan to Ameris
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June 30, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Bicentenario Capital on structuring investment fund in Chile and United States
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May 28, 2021Cuatrecasas advises OmniLatam on financing to acquire Greensill in Latin America
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April 30, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan on Andean Telecom Partners bond issue for $375 million with RCF
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December 28, 2020Cuatrecasas hires nine new partners in Chile, Colombia and Mexico