Significant Accomplishments
Recognized as Leading Lawyer in Banking & Finance; Corporate, M&A; and Projects, Chambers Latin America.Recognized in Corporate, M&A; Banking & Finance; Project Finance and Infrastructure; and in Energy, Latin Lawyer 250.
Recognized as Leading Private Practitioner in Corporate/M&A, LACCA.
Recognized in Banking and Finance, Best Lawyers.
Professional Activities and Experience
Professor of Master of Business Law, Universidad de los Andes (2014-2015).Foreign Associate, Finance Group, Shearman & Sterling (2005- 2006).
Assistant Professor of Securities Market Law, Universidad de Chile (2004).
Professor of Introduction to Law, School of Administration, Universidad del Desarrollo (2002).
Law No. 20,956: “Law to Boost Productivity”
Carey, November 2016
On October 26th, 2016, Law No. 20,950, otherwise known as the “Law to Boost Productivity” (the “Law”), was published in the Official Gazette, introducing various modifications to different laws and regulations in order to enhance the country’s productivity through the expansion of the financial system and the promotion of the exportation of services. Main measures for the expansion of the financial system: Several legal provisions of Law Decree No...
Supreme Court Confirms That There is Freedom to Determine Interest Rate in Money Lending Operations Agreed and Payable in Foreign Currency
Carey, September 2016
Origin of the case On March 13, 2014, Banco International filed a collection lawsuit (demanda ejecutiva) against Agrícola Santa Fe Limitada, for the non-payment of a loan in dollars, payable in said currency and documented in a promissory note...
Debate about the creation of a State run Infrastructure Fund starts in Chilean Congress
Carey, June 2016
On June 8, discussion started in the Public Works Commission of the Senate over the law project which creates the state company, “Fondo de Infraestructura S.A.”. The Project shall be approved by a special quorum (quórum calificado) as indicated in article 19 No. 21 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile...
Additional Articles
Co-author of the article Mind the Gap: Basel III and its implementation in Chile, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (2016).
Author of Developments in the Financial Markets, IFLR (2010).
Author of Public Offering of Securities, Diario Estrategia, Chile (2003).
Author of Development of Corporate Governance in Chile: Public or Private Role”, Diario Estrategia, Chile (2003).
Author of Ethics, a sound business, Interview, Revista Capital, Chile (2002).
Author of Discussion about the Derivative Action in Chile, Latin Lawyer Online (2001).
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