Sebastián Melero

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Codelco on the association agreement with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), which regulates all the stages, rights, obligations and terms and conditions to optimize, modernize, and enhance the lithium production in the Atacama salt flat (Salar de Atacama) between the years 2025 and 2060.
• Similarweb, an Israeli based company listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Admetricks, a leading company in digital analytics, data processing and advertising and marketing intelligence services (SaaS) in Latin America.
• A group of investors on an investment in Migrante, a Fintech company that provides credits to non-banked individuals. The advice included a regulatory review and due dilligence.
• Kredito, a Fintech that grants microloans to individuals and SMEs, on the review of alternative business lines, a financing round, its expansion to several LATAM countries and on the incorporation of a holding company in the US.
• Shinkansen on legal opinions regarding the incorporation and operation of a Payment Clearing House (Cámara de Compensación para Pagos de Bajo Valor) under the new regulation for Fintech companies in Chile, including the authorization process before the Chilean regulator. Also, on a clearing and settlement service agreement between Fintechs.
• CryptoSport, a blockchain platform that provides financial and technical support to athletes by means of the issuance of native tokens and NFTs, on the legal and operational structure for its development.
• Funds and corporate ventures such as CMPC Ventures, Cencosud Ventures, Agunsa, WeBoost, Inversiones Consolidadas, ALLVP, y Zentynel Ventures on their investments in technology start-ups.
• Chilean start-ups such as Phage Technologies, Reservo, Legría, Atakama, Koywe, Shinkansen, Kredito on their structuring, incorporation and/or financing rounds.

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Recognized in Venture Capital, Legal 500.
• Recognized in Capital Markets and Corporate and M&A, Best Lawyers.

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

• International Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York (2020-2022).
• Professor of the postgraduate degree in Venture Capital, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2024).
• Professor of Commercial Law / Venture Capital, Universidad del Desarrollo (2022-2023).
• Teaching Assistant of Commercial Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2012-2018).
• Assistant Research Professor of the Corporate Governance Center, Universidad Católica de Chile (2017-2018).
• Teaching Assistant of Economic Law I and II, Universidad Católica de Chile (2016-2018).
• Teaching Assistant of International Public Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2011).
• Partner, Elementary School Association (Sociedad de Instrucción Primaria - SIP).
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in "ESG and Impact Investing", Lexology Getting the Deal Through (2023).
• Periodic opinion columnist on venture capital matters, Revista Industria Legal.
• Author of the article “On the Charging of Excessive Prices by a Dominant Economic Agent: Different Views within the Chilean Antitrust Court”, Ten Years of Jurisprudential Impact. 2006-2016, Ediciones Jurídicas de Santiago (2018).

SEMINARS

• Panelist, "Endeavor Experiences Patagonia 2018 - Legal Challenges for Entrepreneurs" (2018).