On October 25, 2025, the amendment to the Value Added Tax Law introduced by Law No. 21,713 on Tax Compliance (the “Law”) will enter into force, applying VAT to certain sales of goods located abroad made through digital intermediation platforms. Specifically, sales of good located abroad will be subject to VAT when made by a seller or service provider not domiciled or resident in Chile, through a digital intermediation platform, to non-VAT taxpayers, provided that the goods are destined for Chile and their value does not exceed USD 500. Additionally, the Law eliminates the VAT exemption applicable to imports of goods under USD 41...
Carey
Overview
Carey is Chile's largest full-service law firm. Our various corporate, litigation and regulatory groups include highly-specialized attorneys and practice areas covering all areas of law. Our clients include some of the world's largest multinationals, international organizations, and some of the most important local companies and institutions. We are perceived as one of the best managed law firms in the country and we are amongst the very top in Latin America.
We are an effective bridge between legal systems. Most of our partners and senior associates have worked in North America, Asia, and Europe, as foreign or regular associates with leading international law firms, or as in-house counsel for major corporations or international institutions.
Carey is the law firm in Chile with the most practice areas ranked as Band 1 by Chambers Latin America: Banking and Finance; Corporate, M&A; Labor; Energy and Natural Resources; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Projects; Tax and Telecommunications.
Year this Office was Established: 1905
Lawyers Worldwide: 278
Languages: Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Notable
Areas of Practice
Representative Clients
Professionals
Partners
Guillermo Acuña
Partner
Óscar Aitken
Partner
Manuel Alcalde
Partner
Francisco Arce
Partner
Manuel José Barros
Partner
José Miguel Bustamante
Partner
Alberto Cardemil
Partner
Jaime Carey
Senior Partner
Francisco Carey
Partner
Guillermo Carey
Partner
Jaime Carey, Jr.
Partner
Francisca Corti
Partner
Alejandra Daroch
Partner
Cristián Eyzaguirre
Partner
Cristián Figueroa
Partner
Manuel José Garcés
Partner
Ignacio Gillmore
Partner
Francisco Guzmán
Partner
José Tomás Hurley
Partner
Pablo Iacobelli
Managing Partner
Juan Guillermo Levine
Emeritus Partner
Camilo Lledó
Partner
Juan Francisco Mackenna
Partner
Aldo Molinari
Partner
Felipe Moro
Partner
Fernando Noriega
Partner
José Pardo
Partner
Lorena Pavic
Partner
Diego Peralta
Partner
Mónica Pérez
Partner
Jessica Power
Partner
Julio Recordon
Partner
Ricardo Reveco
Partner
Juan Carlos Riesco
Partner
Marcos Ríos
Partner
Patricia Silberman
Partner
Alfonso Silva
Partner
Juan Pablo Stitchkin
Partner
Francisco Ugarte
Partner
Jorge Ugarte
Partner
Salvador Valdés
Partner
Rafael Vergara
Partner
Matías Vergara
Partner
Roberto Villaseca
PartnerAssociates
Franco Aguirre
Associate
Santiago Aitken
Associate
Eduardo Alcaíno
Associate
Carlos Alcalde
Associate
Rodrigo Aldoney
Senior Counsel
Catalina Aldunate
Associate
Santiago Alé
Associate
Florencia Aleuanlli
Associate
Ignacio Alfaro
Associate
Javiera Álvarez
Associate
José Tomás Álvarez
Associate
Antonia Ananías
Associate
María Anguita
Associate
Antonia Araya
Associate
José Ariztía
Associate
María Paz Arteaga
Associate
Javiera Avilés
Associate
Carolina Baeza
Associate
Stefani Baeza
Associate
Ismael Bahamonde
Associate
Cristóbal Balic
Associate
Maximiliano Barrenechea
Associate
Pablo Bauer
Associate
Sofía Bertin
Associate
Alan Blanche
Associate
Hugo Botto
Associate
Felipe Bravo
Associate
José Ignacio Burchardt
Associate
Pedro Burstein
Associate
Cristina Busquets Busquets
Associate
Vesna Camelio
Associate
Martín Canessa
Associate
Isabel Cantillana
Associate
Bruno Caprile
Associate
Andrés Carrasco
Associate
Francisca Castillo
Associate
Alejandro Cerda
Associate
Lucas Cerna
Associate
Javiera Chacón
Associate
Francisco Chahuán
Associate
Sergio Cifuentes
Associate
Josefa Contreras
Associate
Francisco Contreras
Associate
Emilia Corbo
Associate
Carlos Costabal
Associate
Clara Court
Associate
Jaime Coutts
Associate
Borja Coz
Associate
Felipe Dalgalarrando
Associate
Anastasia de Castro
Associate
Angélica De la Carrera
Associate
Victoria De la Cuadra
Associate
Josefa Del Real
Associate
Sofía Delporte
Associate
Enzo Devoto
Associate
Nicolás Díaz
Associate
Samuel Díaz
Associate
Rodrigo Domínguez
Associate
Agustín Domínguez
Associate
Antonio Dourthe
Associate
Benjamín Echeverría
Associate
Ignacio Echeverría
Associate
Daniel Edwards
Associate
Santiago Edwards
Associate
José Luis Enberg
Associate
Carla Encalada
Associate
Benjamín Errázuriz
Associate
Claudio Escobar
Associate
Sergio Escobar
Associate
Tomás Escobar
Associate
José Antonio Espinosa
Associate
Francisca Eyzaguirre
Associate
María Eyzaguirre
Associate
Arturo Fasani
Associate
Tamara Feliú
Associate
Pablo Fernández
Associate
Ismael Figueroa
Associate
Octavia Figueroa
Associate
Agustín Figueroa
Associate
Antonieta Flores
Associate
Javiera Forni
Associate
Nicolás Fosk
Associate
José Pedro Fuentealba
Associate
Sebastián Fuentes
Associate
Fernanda Gabor
Associate
Ignacio Gallego
Associate
Consuelo Gálvez
Associate
Matías Garcés
Associate
Paulina García
Associate
Fernando García
Counsel
Gabriela García
Associate
Matías Gatica
Associate
Jorge Gatica
Associate
Sebastián Gómez
Associate
Daniela González
Associate
Fernanda Gorgollón
Associate
Joaquín Granados
Associate
Matías Granic
Associate
Pedro Gutiérrez
Associate
Mariana Guzmán
Associate
Kureusa Hara
Associate
Jaime Henríquez
Associate
Felipe Hepner
Associate
Javiera Herrera
Associate
María Jesús Herrera
Associate
Gustavo Herrera
Associate
Gonzalo Herreros
Associate
Felipe Hinzpeter
Associate
Diego Hormazábal
Associate
Benjamín Hübner
Associate
Josefina Hurtado
Associate
Andrés Ibarra
Associate
Josefina Iglesias
Associate
Laura Infante
Associate
Valentina Inostroza
Associate
Tomás Iturriaga
Associate
Tomás Jadresic
Associate
Benjamín Jana
Associate
Sebastián Jara
Associate
Ignacia Jiménez
Associate
Francisco Jiménez
Associate
Loreto Joannon
Associate
Raimundo Johnson
Associate
Valentina Kuscevic
Counsel
Santiago Lagos
Associate
María Jesús Landeta
Associate
Victoria Langlois
Associate
Mariana Larraín
Associate
Vicente Larraín
Associate
Amparo Larravide
Associate
Diego Lasagna
Associate
Andrés Latorre
Associate
Camila Lavín
Associate
Javiera Leal
Associate
Josefa Lecanda
Associate
Sofía Léniz
Associate
Francisco León
Associate
Camila Lira
Associate
Óscar Lizana
Associate
Benjamín López
Associate
Daniela Lozano
Associate
Mateo Magasich
Associate
Gustavo Marambio
Associate
Nicolás Marín
Associate
Josefina Marshall
Associate
Eduardo Martin
Counsel
Florencia Martínez
Associate
Raúl Mazzarella
Associate
Bastián Medina
Associate
Iván Meleda
Associate
Sebastián Melero
Associate
Magdalena Menchaca
Associate
José Ignacio Mercado
Counsel
María Gracia Middleton
Associate
José Ignacio Millañir
Associate
Carolina Miller
Associate
Elías Mohor
Associate
Pablo Morales
Associate
María Mercedes Mozó
Associate
Valentina Muñoz
Associate
Melissa Náquira
Associate
Borja Ochagavía
Associate
Vicente Ochagavía
Associate
Rodrigo Oses
Associate
Francisco Ossa
Associate
José Santos Ossa
Associate
Matías Osses
Associate
Sara Ovalle
Associate
Ricardo Padilla
Associate
Nikolai Palaskov
Associate
Isidora Parra
Associate
Pablo Pavez
Associate
María Jesús Peña
Associate
Adriana Peña
Associate
Alfonso Pérez de Arce
Associate
Daniela Pfeffer
Associate
Ignacio Quemada
Associate
Eduardo Reveco
Associate
Felipe Reyes
Associate
Trinidad Reyes
Associate
Constanza Rivera
Associate
Constanza Rojas
Associate
María Paz Romero
Associate
Santiago Ruiz-Esquide
Associate
José Pablo Sáez
Associate
Catalina Sánchez
Associate
Camila Sánchez
Associate
Rebeca Silva
Associate
Jorge Soto
Associate
Gonzalo Soto
Associate
Daniela Soto
Associate
Camila Suárez
Associate
Marcela Tapia
Associate
Catalina Tapia
Associate
Francisco Torm Metz
Associate
Alejandro Toro
Associate
Fernanda Torres
Associate
Arturo Tortello
Associate
Carlos Troncoso
Associate
Felipe Tupper
Associate
Trinidad Tupper
Associate
Eugenia Ugarte
Associate
Maximiliano Urrutia
Associate
Nicolás Valdés
Associate
Catalina Valenzuela
Associate
Florencia Varas
Associate
Tomás Varela
Counsel
Raúl Vargas
Associate
Sebastián Vásquez
Associate
Benjamín Vico
Associate
Monserrat Vicuña
Associate
María José Vidal
Associate
Pedro Pablo Vigneaux
Associate
Isidora Villalobos
Associate
Mirko Villarroel
Associate
Juan Pablo Vukasovic
Associate
Mateo Weinborn
Associate
Felipe Wiener
Associate
Felipe Wilson
Associate
Ignacia Yanes
Associate
Vicente Yubini
Associate
Patricio Zapata
Senior Counsel
Pedro Zavala
Associate
Matías Zegers
Associate
Dominique Zuckermann
AssociateOther
Jorge Carey
President Emeritus
Carol Conejeros
Certified Accountant
Alejandra Del Rio
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Patsy Fell
Human Resources Officer
Tomás Flores
Senior Patent Specialist
Jorge Fuentes
Director – IP/IT
Pablo Gangas
Certified Accountant
María Paz Godoy
Professional Development Officer
Juan Francisco Hinojosa
Patent Specialist
Paulina Jarpa
Manager of Carey Visas
Rodrigo Leyton
Patent Specialist
Jasna Mandakovic
Commercial Officer
Mario Montes
Patent Specialist
Gabriela Olivares
Patent Specialist
Javiera Péndola
Patent and Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Lucas Peretta
Certified Accountant
Juan Pablo Qin
Project Advisor
Nathalia Quiroz
Content Analyst
Mariela Riquelme
Certified Accountant
Alejandra Risso
Certified Accountant
Lorena Rivera
Patent Specialist
Juan Carlos Ruz
Administration and Finance Officer
Mariana Sepúlveda
Senior Economist
Belén Serrano
Certified Accountant
Catalina Silva
Risk and Legal ManagerArticles
Entry into Force of U.S. Additional Tariffs on Imports of Wood and Derived Products
On October 14, 2025, the presidential proclamation issued on September 29, 2025, by U.S. President Donald Trump, entered into force and effect, imposing additional tariffs on imports of softwood timber, lumber, and wooden derivative products. As of that date, the following additional tariffs will apply to imports into the United States: 10% for softwood timber and lumber...
Press releases
Grenergy obtains financing for USD345 million
Grenergy gets loan for LatAm’s largest solar energy storage plant Maya Kendall Shah 22 July 2024 Spain’s Grenergy Renovables has enlisted Clifford Chance LLP in Madrid and Carey in Santiago to obtain a green loan worth USS$370 million for a hybrid renewable project, which is set to become one of the world’s largest solar energy storage projects and the largest in Latin America. The syndicate of lenders relied on Garrigues (Chile) in the deal, which closed on 8 July. Latin Lawyer understands that US firm Milbank also advised the banks but could not confirm this before publishing...
Centroid Systems acquires Qbit, a renowned Oracle partner
Several LatAm firms feature in cross-border tech buy Lily Squires 16 July 2024 US technology group Centroid Systems has called on the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Chile’s Carey, Marval O'Farrell Mairal in Buenos Aires and Peruvian firm Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados to acquire Argentine cloud management company Qbit. The target relied on Argentina’s Viramonte & Acuña Abogados. The deal closed on 14 June and no value has been disclosed. Through the deal, Centroid expands its application and infrastructure-based services in Latin America. Qbit provides cloud management services to companies in Latin America...
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...
Hipervínculos
Privacy, Technology and Telecommunications blog
Water Code Reform
During March 2011, a draft bill was introduced through parliamentary motion, initiating the discussion of a comprehensive amendment of the Water Code. During its legislative discussion, the project has been subject to significant changes through substitutive indications submitted in 2014 by the...
