Bofill Mir welcomes two new partners

Bofill Mir Abogados has announced the incorporation of Andrea Abascal and Manuel Bernet as partners to take on the leadership of the Public Law, Regulated Markets and Life Sciences practice, as well as the Intellectual Property, Data and Technology area, respectively.

Thanks to these moves, Bofill Mir strengthens its regulatory area and includes new specialities. 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.

Manuel will join the Intellectual Property, Data and Technology practice. According to the firm, the need to launch this new specialism comes in response to industry challenges, particularly in relation to data protection and what the firm is already doing in Fintech.

Andrea (pictured right) has devoted her career to administrative and regulatory law, life sciences and corporate/M&A matters. She is a lawyer from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez de Viña del Mar and holds a Master’s degree in administrative law from Universidad de los Andes. She also completed the LL.M. Health Law and Bioethics course at the University of Toronto (Health Law, Ethics and Policy) and has a diploma in Regulatory Affairs in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and biologics market from Universidad de Chile, among other studies in administrative law. She has extensive undergraduate and postgraduate academic experience in regulatory, life sciences and corporate/M&A matters at prestigious universities. She was previously a partner at Jara del Favero.

Manuel (pictured left) focuses his practice on commercial law, litigation and unfair competition and data, copyright, technology and industrial property matters. He holds a law degree from the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, a PhD in Law from the Universidad de los Andes and a Master’s degree in Private Law from the Madrid Bar Association and the UAndes. He is director of the Commercial and Business Law Department at UAndes and professor of Commercial Law and Unfair Competition at UAndes and UAI. He was previously a partner at Jara del Favero.

With these additions, Bofill Mir now has a team of 47 lawyers and is led by 14 partners, including three female partners.