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Jessica Power
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Work Department
Tax Law
Position
Partner of Carey’s Tax Group, with more than 20 years of practice in tax law, with extensive experience in tax consulting, tax planning, tax litigation, M&A, restructurings, and financing.
Career
Jessica was the first woman to be elected as a partner in Carey in 2008. Since then, she has been committed to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. She was co-founder of the mentorship program for young female lawyers of the Vance Center, “Learning to Lead”, that was recognized by Chambers and Partners as the best mentoring program in 2016. She is a member and mentor of the network WIT (Women in Taxes) and she has been twice chosen as one of the 100 female leaders in Chile by El Mercurio, an award that highlights female leadership for contribution to the economic and social development of the country.
As a partner at Carey, she assists foreign multinational groups, focusing on strategic tax advice and tax controversies, with wide experience in litigation in Chilean courts. She has prevailed in several complex litigation cases. She has also been involved in many of the country’s most important transactions, and her practice has focused on strategic decisions in highly complex matters and legal opinions. She has advised clients such as MetLife, Provida, Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund, SAESA, Chilquinta Energía, Masisa, Iansa, Air Products, Zurich-Santander, Santander-Consumer, among others.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Education
- Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
- Degree in Tax Law, Universidad de Chile.
For more information, please visit: www.carey.cl/en/resume/jessica-power/
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Tax
(Hall of Fame)The 19-strong tax practice at market giant Carey houses go-to specialists for heavyweight national and international transactional structuring. The group is also sought out for high-stakes tax litigation, tax planning, and tax due diligence and has over recent years notably strengthened its transfer-pricing practice, broadening it to include financial (in addition to legal) analysis. The interdisciplinary department, comprising lawyers, certified accountants and an economist, is co-led by domestic and international taxation specialist, Jessica Power (the first woman to be elected as partner at the firm, back in 2008); Manuel José Garcés, whose practice incorporates personal and corporate tax planning, foreign investments, and tax litigation; former Ministry of Finance tax policy head, Manuel Alcalde; and managing partner and private wealth expert, Jaime Carey T
. Among key associates from the firm’s considerable ranks: Pedro Gutierrez assists with the taxation of business reorganisations and audit defences; Daniela Pfeffer’s experience includes acting for energy sector companies on structuring cross-border acquisitions; and Diego Hormazábal advises on tax law, and family companies and holdings.
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