‘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.
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.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jorge Lembeye