Practice Expertise

  • Litigation
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Arbitration
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Areas of Practice

  • Arbitration
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Litigation
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Profile

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration, and Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Groups. His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy and insolvency.

Bar Admissions
Chile (2001).New York (2007).

Education

  • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
  • LL.M., Duke University (Presidente de la República scholarship) (2006).
  • Degree in Corporate Finance, Universidad de Chile (2010).
  • LL.M., Universidad de Chile (candidate).

Areas of Practice

  • Arbitration
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Litigation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Named Lawyer of the Year in Insolvency and Reorganization, Best Lawyers (2024).
  • Recognized in Dispute Resolution: Litigation and in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Chambers Latin America.
  • Recognized in Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring; and Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Legal 500.
  • Recognized in Litigation and Arbitration, Latin Lawyer 250.
  • Recognized in Arbitration and Mediation, Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation, and Appellate Practice, Best Lawyers.
  • Recognized in Corporate Restructuring, Leading Lawyers.
  • Recognized in Benchmark Litigation Latin America.
  • Recognized in Restructuring & Insolvency, Arbitration and Litigation, Leaders League.
  • Recognized in Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency and Compliance, Top Ranked Legal.
  • Best Undergraduate Professor Award, School of Law, Universidad de Chile (2008).



Professional Activities and Experience
  • Professor of Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (since 2001).
  • Professor of Academia Judicial (since 2007) and Instituto de Estudios Judiciales Hernán Correa de la Cerda (since 2013).
  • Professor of the Master in Law, Universidad Diego Portales (since 2010).
  • Professor of LL.M., Universidad de Chile (since 2007).
  • Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
  • Member of the New York Bar Association.


Articles

Additional Articles
  • Co-author of the article "About the terms and conditions in electronic contracting based on the imbalance in the rights and obligations of the parties", Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado, Fernando Fueyo Laneri Foundation (2022).
  • Co-author of the article "Current Practices in Reorganization Agreements", Law Journal, Universidad del Desarrollo (2022).
  • Co-author of the chapter "Civil Liability of Corporate Directors for Infringement of the Duty of Care and Loyalty" in "Special Civil Liability Statutes", Tirant lo Blanch (2021).
  • Co-author of the Chilean chapter in IBA Toolkit on Insolvency and Arbitration, IBA (2021).
  • Co-author of the book "Contractual Remedies", Chile - Thomson Reuters (2018) and Colombia - Temis (2021).
  • Co-author of the chapter "Chile: Trends and Developments" in the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Litigation, Chambers and Partners (2019).
  • Co-author of the article "The Conflict of Interest in the Company Contract and its Regulation in the Civil Code under the Statute of Contractual Liability. Comments on the "Salinero / Rueda" case, Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado (2019).
  • Author of the article "The Unfair Competition in the Commercial Distribution Contract", Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado, Fernando Fueyo Laneri Foundation (2014).
  • Author of several articles in Chilean and foreign publications.

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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