CMS

Corporate/M&A, Energy, Mining,  Infrastructure & Projects

Jorge is a senior partner and head of the Mining and Energy & Climate Change teams and co-head of Infrastructure & Projects team for CMS Carey & Allende. He also is very active within the Corporate/M&A practice group.

He advises several national and multinational companies in the mining, engineering and construction, energy and natural resources industries. He also has extensive experience in project finance and M&A transactions, particularly in the areas mentioned.

Previously, as member of the board  of large companies and knowing the private-sector needs from the inside, he has advised clients in connection with numerous large-scale mining projects in Chile since 1990, including the negotiation of multimillion-dollar EPC and EPCM contracts, acquisition of large mining concessions, foreign investment contracts and project finance deals.

Key clients:  Inversiones Alxar (Empresas Copec’s mining assets company), Worley Chile S.A. (former Jacobs Chile), Elecnor (Spain), Nol-Tec Chile, Enagás (Spain), AECOM.

1993 Founded Carey & Allende (since 2017 CMS Carey & Allende) 1995-1998 Managing Partner of the firm 2015 – to date oversees Pro Bono at CMS Carey & Allende 2017 Appointed as Chair of the CMS Latin America Steering Committee

Spanish and English

Jorge is an arbitrator, member of the Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of the Commerce Chamber of Santiago (CAM), the main organisation dedicated to arbitration in Chile Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation International Bar Association (IBA/SERRIL) Chilean Bar Association

1975 – Law Degree, Universidad de Chile School of Law 1978 – Master of Arts (M.A.), Fletcher School of Law