Carey names a new partner
January, 2018 - Santiago, Chile
Carey elected Matías Vergara as the firm’s newest partner. Mr. Vergara, who graduated from Universidad de Chile and holds an LL.M. from Cape Town University, is co-head of Carey’s Insurance and International Trade areas. As a result, Carey, the largest firm in Chile, with 250 legal professionals, now has 31 partners and eight counsels.
Mr. Vergara is a professor of insurance law at Adolfo Ibáñez University School of Law, and author of numerous national and foreign publications on insurance and reinsurance as well as international trade matters. He has been recognized by publications such as Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 and Leading Lawyers as one of the most outstanding insurance specialist lawyers in Chile. In 2018, under the leadership of Mr. Vergara, Carey’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice was recognized as Tier 1 by Legal 500, and the firm was elected Insurance Law Firm of the Year by the specialized publication Best Lawyers.
