Andrea Abascal and Manuel Bernet join Bofill Mir Abogados with their team of lawyers. Andrea will assume the leadership of the Public Law, Regulated Markets and Life Sciences practice, while Manuel will develop and lead the Intellectual Property, Data and Technology practice.
"My team and I are very excited to be part of Bofill Mir, convinced of the tremendous opportunities of the firm's strategic and growth plan and confident of the synergies that will result from this combination of experiences," said Andrea Abascal, new partner of Bofill Mir and a lawyer recognized among the top 5 lawyers - at the level of law firm partners - inLife Sciences in Chile by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.Life Sciences) en Chile por Chambers and Partners y The Legal 500.
With this landing, Bofill Mir integrates new partners, strengthens its regulatory area and includes new specialties. Thus, the Public Law, Regulated Markets and Life Sciences team, led by Andrea, grows from five to 10 lawyers and is complemented by the experience of the new members in Life Sciences and Compliance. Compliance.
Manuel will do the same in Intellectual Property, Data and Technology. According to the firm, the need to launch this new specialty comes in response to industry challenges, particularly in relation to data protection and what the firm is already doing in Fintech.
"We are happy with the team that joins us and grateful for the confidence in our project. As a firm we have a strategy of growth and corporate and business development with high goals, and integrating a group of lawyers of excellence and willing to grow with us is precisely what is needed to execute it," said Pablo Mir, partner of Bofill Mir.
With these additions, Bofill Mir now has a team of 47 lawyers and is led by 14 partners, including three female partners.
Andrea Abascal, partner of Public Law, Regulated Markets and Life Sciences. She has dedicated her career to administrative and regulatory law, life sciences and corporate/M&A matters.
She has a law degree from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez de Viña del Mar and a Master's degree in Administrative Law from Universidad de los Andes. She completed the Health Law and Bioethics course at the LL.M. University of Toronto (mention in health law, ethics and policy) and has a diploma in Regulatory Affairs of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and biological market, Universidad de Chile (2014), among other studies in administrative law.
In addition, he has extensive undergraduate and graduate academic experience in regulatory, life sciences and corporate/M&A matters at prestigious universities.
Previously, she was a partner at Jara del Favero.
Manuel Bernetpartner of Intellectual Property, Data and Technology. He has devoted his career to commercial law, litigation and unfair competition and to data, copyright, technology and industrial property matters.
He is a lawyer from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2001), Doctor in Law from Universidad de los Andes (2013) and Master in Private Law from the Bar Association of Madrid, Spain (2002) and UAndes (2009). He is director of the Department of Commercial and Business Law at UAndes and professor of Commercial Law and Unfair Competition at UAndes and UAI.
He was previously a partner of Jara del Favero.
