‘A multidisciplinary office that adapts to clients’ needs’, Lembeye houses a 12-strong corporate practice that advises on the full scope of corporate work; its expertise ranges from complex M&A and corporate restructuring, to incorporations, corporate governance and day-to-day corporate advisory matters. The team is led by founding partner Jorge Lembeye, who consistently leads advice on the firm’s most significant corporate mandates; and dual-qualified (Chile and Canada) Rony Zimerman, who is well known for his advice to Canadian companies (and their Chilean subsidiaries) on corporate matters. Key support comes from younger -but nevertheless experienced- partner, Nicolás Espina, who advises on M&A, corporate law and venture capital; and associate practice director Francisco Palma. However, associate Camila O’Shea left to undertake her LLM in July 2022, while María Jesús Palacios P moved in house at CMPC in April 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very good practices and very collaborative.’

  • ‘A multidisciplinary office that adapts to clients' needs, both in terms of budget and billing, as well as in the way it works.'

  • 'Quick and efficient in its responses.’

  • ‘Jorge Lembeye provides comprehensive responses to all company needs, and his availability at all times and speed of response stand out.’

Key clients

  • Biwo Renovables
  • Biwo Investment
  • Fondo de Infraestructura
  • CMS Energy
  • IBM
  • Dental Bascuñan
  • Equus Resources Pty
  • Imagemaker
  • ARTL Chile Auditores
  • Vascular Surgery Unit of Clínica Alemana of Santiago
  • Corporación Ciudades
  • Inversiones Marchigüe
  • Corporación Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial
  • Sustainability Solutions Group Workers Cooperative
  • International Tire Repair Solutions (2012) Inc
  • Motion Metrics Inc
  • Motion Metrics Latam
  • Summit Nanotech Corporation
  • AKI KB Minibodegas
  • TVTel
  • Itelecom
  • Polynatural Holding

Work highlights

  • Advised Biwo (as seller), on the negotiation of a framework agreement for the disposal of a portfolio of project companies.
  • Advised Fondo de Infraestructura on a capital increase for approximately $415m.
  • Assisted CMS Energy (as seller) with the negotiation of a share purchase agreement for the sale of three ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant projects in Chile.

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