Jorge Ugarte Bio

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm´s Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions / Capital Markets Group. His practice focuses on advising local and foreign clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, capital market and general corporate matters. He is a recurrent counsel in the negotiation of share, equity and asset purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, corporate governance and board’s liability. He also acts as counsel to family companies and holdings, structuring estate successions and providing integral advice to the controlling group and the operative companies. Jorge is author of the book "Share Transfer Agreements" published in 2016. EDUCATION: Law, Universidad Católica de Chile. LL.M., Columbia University, New York (2009). Family Business Management Program, ESE Business School (2017). Family Governance LATAM Program, Wharton Business School, Miami (2017). Distinction Scholarship Award granted to the best student of the class, Universidad Católica de Chile 1999.