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Profile
Fernando joined as a partner in 2000. He works across a broad range of business matters, focusing on the planning and execution of commercial and financial transactions. He also structures international transactions for domestic and foreign clients.
He advises on mergers and acquisitions and has extensive experience in banking law and corporate finance. Fernando played an active role in the privatization of water and sanitation companies. He has extensive experience in public tenders, as well as bond issuances, syndicated loans, private placements and loan agreements generally.
Selected matters
Forta Corporation acquires assets of Chilean company TCPavements
IDB lends USD 50 million to Caja Los Héroes
Jach Technology acquired by Datasection
Professional experience
1994–1998
General Counsel of The Chase Manhattan Bank, Chile branch.
1992–1993
International adviser to BankBoston in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1990–1992
Lawyer for the World Bank’s Central America and Caribbean region in Washington, D.C.
1981–1990
Lawyer in the Legal Department of the Central Bank of Chile.
1986
Visiting lawyer at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York.
Education
- 1986 Master of Laws
- University of New York 1980 Lawyer
- Supreme Court 1978 Bachelor of Laws
- University of Chile
Memberships
- Chilean Bar Association. American Bar Association, ABA. International Insolvency Institute.
Awards and recognition
- Leaders League, Corporate/M&A, Recommended - 2023
- Leaders League, Banking and Finance, Recommended - 2023
- Latin Lawyer 250, Banking and Finance - 2023
- Latin Lawyer 250, Corporate M&A - 2023
- IFLR 1000, Notable Practitioner - 2023
- Best Lawyers, Listed - 2021
Publications
- 1980 to 1989
- Author of numerous articles and papers published by the Central Bank of Chile and the University of Chile, including "The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)", "Characteristics of Savings Instruments" and "Minors in Conflict with the Law". Contributor to domestic and foreign publications on "Doing Business in Chile" for the British Chilean Chamber of Commerce and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and The World Bank. Annual contributor to "Enforcement of Money Judgments" and "Interim Measures in International Arbitration", both published by Juris Publishing Inc
