Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm's Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions / Capital Markets Group. He advises local and foreign clients on all kinds of mergers and acquisition transactions, including the purchase of shares, equity and assets of both public and close corporations, public takeovers, private equity transactions, shareholders agreements, issuance and securities transactions. He also acts as counsel to family companies and holdings on the corporate organization of their business and the structuring of their estate successions.

Jorge is professor of Civil Law and former professor of Corporate Law of Universidad Católica de Chile and author of the book "Share Transfer Agreements".

Bar Admissions
Chile (2006).

Education

• Law, Universidad Católica de Chile.
• LL.M., Columbia University, New York (2009).
• Family Business Management Program, ESE Business School (2017).
• Family Governance LATAM Program, Wharton Business School, Miami (2017).
• Distinction Scholarship Award granted to the best student of the class, Universidad Católica de Chile, (1999).

• Recognized as the most outstanding Corporate / M&A lawyer in Chile under the age of 45, after a vote organized by Leading Lawyers and published by Diario Financiero (2022).
• Recognized in Corporate and M&A, Chambers Latin America.
• Recognized in Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets and Private Wealth, Latin Lawyer 250.
• Recognized in Private Equity, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Corporate Governance and Compliance,; and Investment, Best Lawyers.
• Recognized in Corporate M&A and Wealth Management, Leaders League.
• Recognized in Corporate M&A, Top Ranked Legal.

• Professor of Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2017).
• Coordinator of the Private Law Department, Universidad Católica de Chile (2019-2021).
• Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2010-2017).
• Professor of the Master of Business Law, Universidad de los Andes (since 2017).
• Professor of the Degree in Mergers and Acquisitions, Universidad de los Andes (since 2017).
• Professor of the Degree in Civil Liability and Damage Law, Universidad de Chile (2017-2018).
• Member of the Center for Corporate Governance, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2010).
• Member of the Sustainability and Corporate Governance Committee, SOFOFA (2017).
• Advisor of the Commission for the new Commercial Regulation in Chile (2016-2017).
• Writing advisor for the regulation of Law 20,659: "Companies incorporated in one day" for the Ministry of Economy, enacted in 2013.
• Professor of the Investment Funds Seminar, Universidad Católica de Chile (2012).
• Assistant professor of Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2006-2008).
• Member of the International Bar Association.
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

• Law N°21,000 Establishes the National Financial Market Commission of Chile

  By Jorge Ugarte |March 2017

• Author of the book "Share Transfer Agreements", Editorial Jurídica de Chile (2016).
• Author of "Nature and Ownership of Individual Rights" in the book "The Reasons of Law", Thomson Reuters (2022).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter of "Corporate Governance Review", Law Business Research (2017).
• Author of "Enforceability of Contracts against Third Parties and Actions Arising therein", Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado (2017).
• Co-author of "Mergers and Acquisitions in Chile: Approaching the Controlling Shareholder", introductory chapter of Who’s Who Legal: Mergers and Acquisitions (2014).
• Author of "Foundations and Actions for the Application of the Veil Piercing in Chile", Revista Chilena de Derecho; article which has been expressly quoted and its doctrine has been adopted by the Supreme Court of Chile (2012).
• Author of "Democracy and Natural Law in the United States: The Ideas of the Founding Fathers", Revista Estudios Públicos (2010).
• Author of "Protecting Force Inheritance against Specific Legacies", Revista Chilena de Derecho (2007).