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About
Luis Carlos is a multidisciplinary lawyer with 40 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, banking, project development and financing, civil and commercial disputes, joint ventures, capital markets and foreign investment.
During his nearly 40-year career, he has been distinguished on several occasions, including being chosen as one of the 20 leading lawyers in Chile under 40 by Latin Lawyer magazine and having been ranked several times as a leading lawyer in the area of Corporate Law/M&A since 2003 by all major legal guides, including Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers and International Financial Law Review.
Luis Carlos is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Education
· New York University – Master of Laws (1992-1993) – Fulbright Scholarship.
· Pontifical Catholic University of Chile ·– Graduate in Law (1990) – Tocornal and Montenegro Awards (best student of his generation).
Languages
· Spanish
· English
· French
Affiliation
Chilean Bar Association AG
Experience
- Advised numerous major foreign multinational companies, including Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Banco Santander, Cencosud, Endesa España, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Foster’s Group, Compañía Chilena de Tabacos, Tiger Brands, Saint-Gobain, Air Liquide, JCDecaux, AXA, Mazars, Verallia, Pierre Fabre, Systra, SKM, and Enersis.
- Advised the sellers of a Hong Kong company in a multinational dispute against the buyer, including legal representation in Chile, Hong Kong, New York, and Delaware.
- Advised a group of shareholders and employees of a well-known Chilean Unicorn in disputes with the company’s controller and CEO.
- Represented a minority shareholder of a language education company in a lawsuit against the controller.
- Advised a well-known glass producer company in its actions against a major Spanish construction company.
- Advised a well-known Chilean construction company and its shareholders in its restructuring and debt renegotiation process with various creditors.
- Advised a family group in their disputes over control of the family business, including civil and criminal actions in Chile and Greece.
- Advised a well-known French gas production company in disputes related to the acquisition of a Chilean company in the same industry.
- Advised Banco Santiago and Banco Santander Chile in their US$3 billion merger, creating the largest bank in Chile and one of the largest in Latin America.
- Advised Banco Santander Central Hispano on the acquisition of a stake in Banco Santiago from the Central Bank of Chile, valued at US$700 million.
- Provided legal counsel to Cencosud in the acquisition of all Home Depot assets in Argentina.
- Advised Banco Santander Central Hispano and Banco Santander Chile in their process of selling assets of the Chilean bank for US$800 million.
- Advised Cencosud in the acquisition of Supermercados Santa Isabel from Royal Ahold.
- Advised Endesa España and Enersis S.A. in the US$2 billion capital increase of Enersis S.A.
- Advised Endesa España on the acquisition of shares in Enersis from Elesur through Latibex and directly in Chile, totaling approximately US$2 billion.
- Advised Endesa España in the acquisition of a stake in Empresa Eléctrica Pangue S.A. from the Piñera Group.
- Advised Cencosud in the acquisition of Supermercados Montecarlo.
- Advised Cencosud in the acquisition of Supermercados Las Brisas.
- Advised AXA France in its joint venture with Banco BCI for general insurance in Chile.
- Advised Bellsouth in the sale of its operations in Chile to Telefónica España for US$500 million.
- Advised Telmex in the acquisition of Chilesat.
- Advised Cencosud in the hostile takeover of Almacenes Paris for US$1 billion.
- Advised América Móvil in the acquisition of Smartcom from Endesa España.
- Advised Sinclair Knight Merz in the acquisition of Minmetal in Chile.
- Advised Nestlé in its joint venture with Fonterra for dairy product production in Chile.
- Advised Saint-Gobain in its joint venture with Grupo Pathfinder for glass container production.
- Provided legal counsel to Grupo Santander in the sale of Banco Santander Chile shares for US$600 million.
- Advised the Paulmann family in various retail acquisitions.
- Advised the seller in the divestiture of a minority stake in ALVI Supermarkets.
- Advised in the acquisition of real estate companies on behalf of Territoria.
- Multiple financing transactions for Santander Investments.
- Advised Saint-Gobain in the acquisition of 49% of Saint-Gobain Envases shares.
- Provided legal counsel to Nestlé on its proposed merger with Soprole S.A.
- Advised Mazars France in the acquisition of an auditing company registered in Chile.
- Advised Sinclair Knight Merz in the acquisition of IRH.
- Advised Bureau Veritas in the acquisition of Acme Analytical Laboratories in Chile, Peru, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guyana.
- Provided legal counsel to Multi Color Corporation in the acquisition of three labeling and printing businesses in Chile and Argentina.
- Advised Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique in acquiring licenses with Grunenthal.
- Advised ETF and Colas Rail on Lines 5 and 6 of the Santiago Metro project.
- Advised Arkadin in opening its operations in Chile.
- Advised Urgo in launching its business in Chile.
- Advised JCDecaux in reorganizing its companies in Chile.
- Advised GL events in acquiring its business in Chile.
- Advised the Mex family on the sale of Empresas Torre S.A.
- Advised Saint-Gobain in the sale of a minority stake in Solcrom S.A. to Grupo Matte.
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