Team
Manuel Blanco C.
Founding Partner
Lawyer, graduated in law from the University of Chile and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University, New York.
In his more than 30 years of professional practice in Chile and abroad, he has developed his career representing national and international clients in corporate affairs, acquisitions and mergers, competition law, foreign investment, energy, civil and commercial litigation, insolvency, and restructuring in industries such as metal manufacturing, real estate, construction, building materials, agriculture, financial services, education, and other services.
He has been a director of both public and private companies, a member of the advisory board of the Columbia University Global Center – Chile, and a member of the Advisory Council of the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce – Amcham Chile, serving as president of its legal committee. He has been regularly recognized by specialized international publications such as Legal 500 and IFLR Energy and Infrastructure as a leading lawyer in his field.
He is currently a member of the Chilean Bar Association AG, part of its ethics tribunal; included in the list of bankruptcy arbitrators of the Superintendency of Insolvency and Re-entrepreneurship; and a member of the Advisory Council of the ProBono Foundation. Additionally, he is a professor of commercial law at Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago.
Prior to Blanco Abogados, Mr. Blanco was a partner at Aninat Abogados and Aninat Schwencke; a senior associate at the firm Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego & Dörr, Santiago; an associate at the firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York; and an associate at the firm Blanco y Cía., Santiago.
Married with six children, he is a Marine Infantry Officer, Naval Reserve Yachts, of the Chilean Navy.
- Columbia University, School of Law, LL.M., New York, 1996.
- University of Chile, School of Economics and Business, Diploma in Economics for Lawyers, 1994.
- University of Chile, School of Law, Magna cum laude, 1990. Awards and Recognitions.
He has been recognized by the specialized publications The Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 in the “Corporate and M&A” categories as Highly regarded. Additionally, in Energy and Infrastructure as a leading lawyer in the areas of Real Estate and Energy.
- Spanish.
- English.