Esteban Elías is a founding partner at AWAD & ELIAS ABOGADOS. and professor of economic law at the Central University of Chile. Esteban practises in both Chile and the United States in international corporate and securities law, including public and private equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, lending, joint ventures, licensing, foreign investment and other corporate matters. He extensively counsels US and Latin American clients in all aspects of their business transactions. He is notably experienced in advising telecom and technology companies to define the corporate structure for their Latin American and US operations, as well as assisting them in a wide range of financing and regulatory matters. He also assists technology and internet-related companies during their start-up stage.