Practice Expertise

  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Capital Markets
  • Banking and Finance
  • Government Procurement

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Government Procurement
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
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WSG Practice Industries

WSG Leadership

  • Private Equity Group - Member
  • Trade and Investment Group - Member

Profile

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions / Capital Markets / Banking & Finance Groups. His practice focuses on advising international and local clients in M&A and private equity transactions, including tender offers, joint ventures, debt issuances, public and private offering of securities, derivatives and project development.

Bar Admissions
Chile (1996).

Education

  • Law, Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • LL.M., The University of Chicago Law School (2001).

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Government Procurement
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Named Lawyer of the Year in Structured Finance, Best Lawyers (2021).
  • Recognized in Corporate and M&A, and in Capital Markets, Chambers Latin America.
  • Recognized in Banking and Finance, The Legal 500.
  • Recognized in Corporate and M&A; Banking and Finance; Capital Markets and in Mining & Metals, Latin Lawyer 250.
  • Recognized in Banking and Finance and Corporate and M&A, IFLR1000.
  • Recognized in Mining, Project Finance, M&A and Corporate Governance, Who’s Who Legal.
  • Recognized as Thought Leader in Corporate and M&A, and in Capital Markets, LACCA.
  • Recognized in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Derivatives, Insolvency and Reorganization, Investment, Private Equity, Project Finance and Development and Structured Finance, Best Lawyers.
  • Recognized in Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, and Restructuring and Insolvency, Leaders League.
  • Recognized in Corporate, M&A, Banking and Finance and Capital Markets, Top Ranked Legal.
  • Recognized as Best Individual Lawyer in Derivatives and in Mergers and Acquisitions in Chile, Client Choice (2012, 2014 and 2018).
  • Ranked as one of the leading corporate lawyers in Chile under the age of 40, Latin Lawyer (2003).



Professional Activities and Experience
  • Vice Chair of the Latin America and Caribbean Committee of the ABA International Law Section (2024-2025).
  • Member of the Board of Compañía Industrial El Volcán, VIVO, Hidronor and Chairman of Votorantim Andina. He has also been a member of the Board of SQM, Bci Corredor de Bolsa and Liberty Seguros.
  • Professor of the LL.M. program at Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2010). He has also been a Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2009-2012) and Universidad del Desarrollo (2009).
  • Vice Chair of the Latin America & Caribbean Committee (2024-2025) (2017-2023) and Vice Chair of the M&A Joint Ventures Committee (2020-2023) of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA).
  • Member of the International Bar Association.
  • Foreign Associate, Shearman & Sterling, New York (2001-2003).
  • Member of the Chilean Bar Association.


Articles

Additional Articles
  • Co-author of the Chilean chapter in ICLG - Derivatives, Global Legal Group (2020).
  • Author of the Introduction "Legal innovations that foreign investors should be aware of", ILFR Guide (2014).
  • Co-author of "Secured Transactions South of the Border: Chilean Highlights and Recent Developments", Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Quarterly Report, Oklahoma City University Law School (2012).
  • Author of the Chilean chapter in "Essentials of Merger Review", International Antitrust Committee, American Bar Association (2009).
  • Co-author of the Chilean chapter in "Merger Control Worldwide", Cambridge University Press (2005).
  • Contributor in several legal reforms promoted by the Chilean government, the SVS (currently Financial Market Commission) and other private associations.

Blogs

Chilean Tax Reform

A new project to reform and modernize the Chilean tax system, and boost investment in the country, was presented by the government of President Sebastián Piñera on August 23, 2018. Through this website, and as with the two previous tax reforms, Carey will offer an analysis of the main proposed changes.

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