Jorge Ugarte

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm's Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions / Capital Markets Group. He advises local and foreign clients on all kinds of mergers and acquisition transactions, including the purchase of shares, equity and assets of both public and close corporations, public takeovers, private equity transactions, shareholders agreements, issuance and securities transactions. He also acts as counsel to family companies and holdings on the corporate organization of their business and the structuring of their estate successions. Jorge is professor of Civil Law and former professor of Corporate Law of Universidad Católica de Chile and author of the book "Share Transfer Agreements".

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).

Activities and Memberships

• Professor of Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2017).
• Coordinator of the Private Law Department, Universidad Católica de Chile (2019-2021).
• Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2010-2017).
• Professor of the Master of Business Law, Universidad de los Andes (since 2017).
• Professor of the Degree in Mergers and Acquisitions, Universidad de los Andes (since 2017).
• Professor of the Degree in Civil Liability and Damage Law, Universidad de Chile (2017-2018).
• Member of the Center for Corporate Governance, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2010).
• Member of the Sustainability and Corporate Governance Committee, SOFOFA (2017).
• Advisor of the Commission for the new Commercial Regulation in Chile (2016-2017).
• Writing advisor for the regulation of Law 20,659: "Companies incorporated in one day" for the Ministry of Economy, enacted in 2013.
• Professor of the Investment Funds Seminar, Universidad Católica de Chile (2012).
• Assistant professor of Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2006-2008).

Publications

• Author of the book "Share Transfer Agreements", Editorial Jurídica de Chile (2016).
• Author of "Nature and Ownership of Individual Rights" in the book "The Reasons of Law", Thomson Reuters (2022).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter of "Corporate Governance Review", Law Business Research (2017).
• Author of "Enforceability of Contracts against Third Parties and Actions Arising therein", Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado (2017).
• Co-author of "Mergers and Acquisitions in Chile: Approaching the Controlling Shareholder", introductory chapter of Who’s Who Legal: Mergers and Acquisitions (2014).
• Author of "Foundations and Actions for the Application of the Veil Piercing in Chile", Revista Chilena de Derecho; article which has been expressly quoted and its doctrine has been adopted by the Supreme Court of Chile (2012).
• Author of "Democracy and Natural Law in the United States: The Ideas of the Founding Fathers", Revista Estudios Públicos (2010).
• Author of "Protecting Force Inheritance against Specific Legacies", Revista Chilena de Derecho (2007).
  

Seminars

• Conference "Actions in Case of Breach of a Shareholders' Agreement", Seminar "Shareholders Agreements: An Interdisciplinary Look" Universidad de los Andes, (2019).
• Conference “The Concept of Controlling Shareholder in the Chilean Capital Market”, International Seminar on Corporate Governance organized by the CGC UC, the Hennick Centre of Canada, Columbia University and Carey (2017).
• Conference “Risks and Liabilities that Board Members Face”, Seminar “Boards of Family Companies: Keys and Challenges” organized by ESE Business School and the Family Business Association (2017).
• Conference “Share Transfer Agreements”, Chilean Bar Association (2016).
• Conference “Piercing of the Corporate Veil in the Chilean Civil and Corporate Case Law”, Chilean Bar Association (2013).