Carey

Carey is Chile’s largest full-service law firm. The corporate, litigation and regulatory groups comprise specialised attorneys in all areas of law. Clients include some of the world’s largest multinationals, international organisations, and some of the most important local companies and institutions. In 2012 and 2022, Carey was selected as "Latin American Law Firm of the Year" byChambers Latin America. The firm is member of World Services Group, PRAC, FLI, Terralex, The Interlex Group, Employment Law Alliance, RIELA, and ALAE.

Main Areas of Practice:

Antitrust & Regulated Markets:

Carey covers all areas of antitrust law and regulatory matters, focusing on cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and litigation before the Antitrust Court (TDLC), Civil Courts, the Supreme Court, as well as advice on investigations by the National Economic Prosecutor (FNE) and negotiation of agreements with this agency. Carey is constantly advising clients on securing the clearance of complex M&As and joint ventures before the TDLC.

Banking & Finance:

Carey has extensive experience advising creditors, investors, and borrowers on all types of banking and financial transactions, as well as on regulatory matters. The firm has represented domestic and foreign clients in bilateral or syndicated loans, secure and unsecured; liability management; public and private offers and placements of capital and debt, both local and international; securitisations; project financing; structured products and operations with derivatives; and regulatory matters before the regulator.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Carey advises multinationals, funds and foreign companies investing for the first time in Chile, along with local and Latin American companies expanding their businesses. Carey advises on all aspects of the negotiation process, including the efficient structuring of taxes related to the transaction, investment financing, corporate governance, collaborative agreements such as joint ventures and strategic alliances and the development of business relationships between the different parties in a project.

Energy:

Carey has extensive experience on energy projects and infrastructure works. The firm has been part of some of the country’s major energy, gas and oil projects including coal, natural gas, hydroelectric power, LNG projects, solar, wind, geothermal, and FSRU and FSU projects, advising developers and financial entities. Also, offers a full range of services including regulatory issues, project development, and negotiation of energy supply agreements, infrastructure use agreements, project financing, M&As and joint ventures. The firm also advises bidders and tenderers on various bidding processes, both public and private, as well as for the construction of electric transmission lines.

Environmental Law and Litigation:

Carey advises clients on all areas of Environmental Law, including administrative disputes, litigation, audits, analysis related to land use and environmental responsibility. The firm advises clients on all aspects related to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), on due diligence processes, compliance with international standards, financing processes, ESG related matters, waste management (EPR Law), relationship and negotiation with communities including legislation that relates to indigenous people and the application of Convention 169.

Insurance:

Carey represents Chilean and global insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, brokers, and insured businesses, on regulatory, corporate, transactional/M&A and dispute resolution matters. The firm also assist clients in the insurance industry’s largest M&A deals in Chile and on their regulatory, corporate, litigation, finance, transactional and tax matters, including the relationship with the insurance regulator.

Intellectual Property:

Carey provides strategic, commercial and litigation advice to a wide range of companies in the energy, infrastructure, mining, transportation, technology, life sciences and healthcare sectors. Also, advises clients with a multidisciplinary approach, identifying and protecting IP rights at each stage of the innovation lifecycle.

Litigation & Arbitration:

Carey assists its clients on the resolution of complex civil and commercial lawsuits, conflicts between shareholders, insolvency and reorganisation of companies, environmental and sanction procedures, criminal trials, construction, and disputes related to concessions, among others. The team has extensive experience in national and international commercial arbitrations and investment arbitrations.

Mining:

Carey has extensive experience advising small, medium, and large mining companies, both Chilean and foreign, that exploit all kinds of metallic minerals (copper, molybdenum, silver, gold, and others) and non-metallic minerals (nitrates and others), in all stages of the project and its implementation, from the beginning of its activities, its full operation, until the end of the cycle with the mine closure.

Tax:

The firm’s Tax Group has positioned itself as one of the most recognised tax practices in Chile, constantly involved in the structuring of the most important and complex, national, and international transactions, tax litigation, family holdings and tax due diligence processes, with a practical approach which aims to give clients specific and comprehensive solutions.

Telecommunications, Media and Technology:

Carey specialises in all matters related to TMT projects and services, including technology contracting, net neutrality, the Internet of Things, online content transmission, online platforms, cloud technologies, robotics, blockchains, smart contracts, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. The firm advises on implementing new technologies and software that integrate communications through devices and infrastructure, such as antennas, cables and fiber optics, satellites, mobile phones, radios, servers and tactical technologies, among others.