Alex Fischer is a partner and co-head of Carey y Cía’s Tax Group. He advises domestic and foreign clients in personal and corporate tax planning, local and international tax consulting, mergers and acquisitions and foreign investment transactions. In the past, he has also practiced in the areas of corporate finance and project finance. Mr. Fischer worked for Ernst & Young’s tax department between 1997 and 2002, acting between 2000 and 2002 as the Chilean tax specialist for E & Y’s Latin American Business Center in New York. During his stay in New York, he also worked as Tax Notes International Magazine’s Chilean correspondent, publishing several articles on Chilean tax matters. Between 2002 and 2004, he was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (New York), concentrating in Corporate Finance and Project Finance. He is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the New York Bar Association. Mr. Fischer graduated from the Universidad de Chile School of Law (1996) and was admitted to the Bar in Chile in 1999. He completed Harvard University Law School’s International Tax Program (I.T.P., 2000) after which he earned a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law at New York University’s Law School (LL.M., 2002), and received the Advanced Professional Certificate in Law and Business at NYU’s Stern Business School. He is fluent in Spanish and English.