Juan Pablo Stitchkin > Carey > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Full-service market giant Carey is consistently mandated to advise on the development, financing and execution of high-stakes projects. The firm’s extremely large 47-strong infrastructure, project development and project finance practice comprises specialists in energy infrastructure, including thermoelectric, hydroelectric, wind, photovoltaic, biomass, and oil-and-gas matters. The team is also active in projects involving mining, roads, hospitals, medical centres and telecoms, as well as the industrial, housing, hospitality, ports and airports sectors. Among the practice’s several active partners, Rafael Vergara is a mining deal expert; Oscar Aitken jointly leads the firm’s construction and engineering practice alongside real estate head Juan Pablo Stitchkin; and Juan Francisco Mackenna and José Miguel Bustamante are both sought out for major energy and infrastructure projects. Also integral to the department are renowned water rights practitioner Alberto Cardemil; Felipe Moro, an adviser on project development and finance matters; Fernando Noriega, whose broad practice includes project finance; and José Tomás Hurley, who assists with the development of energy projects and associated infrastructure issues. Key senior associate Juan Pablo Vukasovic also has wide-ranging projects expertise.

‘A great law firm that is very thorough in its analysis’, Carey’s large real estate department has wide-ranging experience in the financing, development and construction of real estate projects; and its sector coverage ranges from the residential, commercial, industrial and hospitality segments, to casinos, agro-housing, conservation parks, shopping centres, office buildings and educational facilities. The group is also routinely mandated on property purchases, sales, leases, portfolio securitisations, and real estate asset management; and it is further able to leverage the firm’s broader expertise in corporate, regulatory, tax, and dispute resolution matters. The team is led by Juan Pablo Stitchkin, who focuses on advising both domestic and foreign clients on real estate developments, claim management work, and project administration (among other issues); and counsel Eduardo Martin, whose broad practice also incorporates real estate work. At senior associate level, Tomás Varela advises on land use, building permits, title reviews, leases, and sale and purchase agreements; and Javiera Avilés is experienced in transactions involving office buildings, shopping centres, and multifamily residential projects, particularly on the construction side. Since publication, Varela has been promoted to counsel – effective as of November 2023.