Carey names three new partners
June, 2016 - Santiago, Chile
Aldo Molinari, Jorge Ugarte and Francisco Guzman were elected as new partners at Carey, the largest law firm in Chile.
Aldo Molinari’s practice is focused primarily on civil and commercial litigation as well as administrative and environmental regulatory litigation before special and ordinary courts. He also has experience in domestic and international commercial and investment arbitration. Between 2013 and 2014 he worked at Herbert Smith Freehills’ International Arbitration Group in New York. He studied law at Universidad de Chile where he won the Montenegro prize in 1998 as the best student in his class and the Fueyo Foundation award for best undergraduate thesis in 2002. In 2013 he obtained his LL.M. at Columbia University’s School of Law (Becas Chile Scholarship). Currently, Mr. Molinari is a professor of Civil Law at Universidad de Chile, where he has taught since 2003.
Jorge Ugarte’s practice focuses mainly on mergers and acquisitions, shareholders agreements, board’s liability and corporate governance, capital markets and financial transactions in general. He received his law degree from Universidad Católica de Chile in 2002, and was recognized with the honors scholarship in 1999, which is awarded each year to the top student in the class. In 2009 he obtained his LL.M. at Columbia University’s School of Law. He is a professor of Commercial Law at Universidad Católica de Chile, author of several legal articles and of the book “Share Transfer Agreements” (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2016).
Francisco Guzman’s practice focuses on representing Chilean and foreign clients in M&A transactions, investment funds, private equity, venture capital and corporate law in general. Between 2010 and 2011 he worked at White & Case in New York. He studied law at Universidad Católica de Chile, where he graduated in 2006. In 2010 he obtained his LL.M. at Columbia University’s School of Law, where he won the Kent Scholar Award, the highest distinction awarded by the school. Mr. Guzman was admitted to the New York Bar in 2011. He authored the book “Inside Information in the Securities Market” which was published by LexisNexis, and he has also been a professor at Universidad Católica de Chile.
