Felipe Díaz Toro

Managing Partner

Felipe Díaz Toro is the Managing Partner and Founder of EDN Abogados. His career has been marked by international experience and specialisation in investment funds. A significant part of his professional career has been spent in the United States and Europe, first as a legal advisor at BBVA Bank in New York, and later as an associate at Arendt & Medernach (the largest law firm in Luxembourg) and Loyens & Loeff (one of the most important law firms in Europe), where he became a senior associate.

His practice consists mainly in advising international and local clients on various transactions related to investment funds (and in particular alternative assets), mergers and acquisitions, tenders, asset and company purchases, joint ventures, private equity transactions, equity and debt issues, derivatives, and the development and financing of projects on behalf of financial institutions and corporations.

Felipe is the only Chilean lawyer who has been authorized to practice simultaneously inChile, Spain and Luxembourg, and has been regularly recognized by leading international rankings such as Chambers & Partners and LeadersLeague, among others.

He is a visiting professor at the University of Chile Law School, teaching courses on investment funds and alternative assets. He is also director of the Belgo-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce A.G. (BELGOLUX) in Chile and regularly participates as a panelist at international conferences on investment funds and alternative assets.

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"Felipe Díaz Toro of EDN Abogados is highlighted for his active private equity and cross-border investment funds practice. He is praised for his knowledge of alternative funds."

- Chambers

Felipe Díaz Toro

fdiaztoro@ednabogados.cl

+562 3339 5430

Representative Experience

He regularly advises Chilean pension fund administrators (AFP) on their direct investments in foreign alternative investment funds, conducting detailed reviews and analyses of the documentation of various funds (established in Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, Delaware, among other jurisdictions), negotiating side letters, preparing due diligence reports and legal opinions, enabling the AFPs to comply with applicable regulations and successfully achieve their investment objectives.
He regularly advises Latin American managers on the structuring of investment vehicles abroad, in jurisdictions such as Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Ireland(among others).
As part of his commitment to strengthening cross-border ties and promoting commercial relationships that encourage investment in alternative assets, he has conducted training sessions on investing in foreign alternative assets for pension fund managers and regulators in Latin America (e.g., the Superintendency of Pensions of CostaRica).

Professional Career

Managing Partner at EDN Abogados, Chile, (2020 to date).
Visiting Professor in the Postgraduate Diploma in Securities Market Law at the Faculty of Law of theUniversity of Chile, (2020 to date).
Director of the Chilean-Belgian-LuxembourgChamber of Commerce A.G., in Chile (2020 to date).
Partner at Palma Edwards Veszpremy(2018-2020).
Founding Partner at EDN Abogados, Chile (2016-2018).
Director of Grupo Dinacar, Chile (2016 to date).
Senior Associate, Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg S.à rl, Luxembourg (2011-2016).
Partner, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg (2010-2011).
Legal advisor, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., New York, United States (2007–2009).
ACCION International, Boston, UnitedStates (2007).

Practice Areas

Investment Funds and Alternative Assets
Banking and Finance
Compliance
Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions
Capital Markets

Education

International Directors Program, Institute of Directors (IoD), London (2021).
Advanced Master in Business Administration (AMBA), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, (2018-2019).
Lawyer - Luxembourg Bar Association (List IV) (2015).
Lawyer - Madrid Bar Association, Spain (2015).
Certificate in Private Equity and Venture Capital, New York University, United States (2008).
Master in Financial and Banking Law, Boston University, United States, (2007).
Postgraduate Degree in Corporate Law, Law School, Universidad Católica (2005).
Bachelor of Laws, Universidad Andrés Bello, with honors (2003).

Awards and Recognitions

Recognized in Capital Markets (Global Section), Chambers & Partners since 2024 and Band 3 since 2026.
Recognized in Capital Markets (Latin America Section), Chambers & Partners since 2023.
Recognized in Mergers & Acquisitions, Leaders League since 2022.
Recognized in Corporate Law, Leaders League since 2022.
Recognized in Corporate Law, BEST LAWYERS since 2020.

Memberships

Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Chile.
Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Member of the Madrid Bar Association (Spain).
Member of the International Bar Association, IBA.

Admissions

Chile (2003)
Spain (2015)
Luxembourg (Liste IV) (2015)

Languages

Spanish
English
French