Carey

Infrastructure and Project Development

Rafael Vergara

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm's Natural Resources and Environment Group. His practice focuses on natural resources, mining, water rights, energy, environment, ESG, surface lands, project finance, and corporate and commercial law.

Juan Francisco Mackenna

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Energy Group. His practice area is focused on energy regulatory matters and various types of energy projects, including contracts for electricity, liquid fuels, natural gas, NCRE accreditations, electric transmission, gas transportation, engineering and construction of infrastructure projects, property and land use permits, environmental matters and litigation related to regulatory matters of the energy industry, and civil law.

Alberto Cardemil

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Natural Resources and Environmental Group. Additionally, he leads Carey’s China Desk. His professional practice is focused on water law, natural resources transactions and litigation, agribusiness, corporate law and commercial law.

Felipe Moro

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Banking and Finance Group. His practice focuses primarily on lending transactions, project financing, structured products and derivative transactions. He also has a vast experience in the area of mergers and acquisitions.

José Miguel Bustamante

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Energy Group. His practice focuses on energy regulatory matters, development of energy projects of a diverse nature, such as generator plants, transmission facilities, infrastructure works and green hydrogen projects, including contracts for the supply of electricity, liquid fuels, natural gas, NCRE accreditations, use of transmission systems, gas transportation, engineering and construction of energy infrastructure, assets, land use, permits, environmental matters and litigation related to regulatory matters of the energy and infrastructure industry, and civil law.

Juan Pablo Stitchkin

Partner of Carey and co-head of the Construction and Engineering Group and head of the Real Estate Group.

Fernando Noriega

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Banking and Finance / Capital Markets Groups. His practice is focused on banking law, lending transactions, project financing, as well as issuance of debt instruments, capital markets and foreign investment.

José Tomás Hurley

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Energy Group. His practice is focused on energy law, particularly on the development of energy projects and associated infrastructure, the negotiation of supply and transportation contracts for electricity and fuel, NCRE accreditations, and on regulatory, contentious and transactional matters of the power industry

Tomás Varela

Counsel of Carey's Real Estate Group. He advises domestic and foreign clients on real estate development projects, including land use and building permits matters, title reviews, sale-purchase agreements, leases, and other civil practice matters.

Deals

In Infrastructure and Project Development, Carey has advised the following companies:
- Lima Airport Partners
- Aguas Pacífico
- Nueva Unión
- Codelco
- Marimaca Copper
- DNB Bank
- SUSI Partners
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Cermaq Chile
- Highly Innovative Fuels
- Windin' Capital

Team Services

Carey has extensive experience in the development, financing and execution of all types of projects including energy infrastructure (thermoelectric, hydroelectric, oil, gas, wind, photovoltaic, biomass and other renewables), mining, roadways, hospitals, telecommunication networks, industrial, port and airport infrastructure, concessions, and housing and hospitality services.

Carey’s Infrastructure and Project Development practice has ample expertise in the local market and a sophisticated industry knowledge, which enables it to manage the complexities and mitigate the risks of large projects, by working closely with other practice and sub-practice areas within the firm, such as M&A, energy, construction and engineering, public works concessions, real estate, water rights, natural resources, environmental, tax, labor, litigation and bankruptcy, and international trade.

The firm also advises on asset management, restructuring, portfolio securitization, refinancing and risk mitigation strategies.

Client testimonials

Legal 500

‘When challenges arise to solve various problems, there is always an expert partner who can support clients while providing certainty and solutions. Carey is a firm that seeks to achieve consensus between the parties. In this way, it is not only defending the client's position, but also putting oneself in the counterpart's shoes and creatively finding solutions that serve the client.’

Legal 500

‘The availability of the entire team, including the partners leading the processes, is always exceptional, which in practice effectively translates into being available 24/7.’

Awards and Recognition

LEGAL 500

LEGAL 500

Tier 1 in Projects and Infrastructure