José Antonio Espinosa
Associatejaespinosa@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2213
His practice is primarily focused on civil, commercial and environmental litigation and arbitration, before ordinary and special courts.
He previously worked as an Associate of Carey's Corporate/M&A Group and his practice focused on corporate and commercial law, international trade, foreign investment and general practice.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- An international water company on an arbitration for breach of representations and warranties for the acquisition of a water company in Chile.
- Deloitte on its defense regarding a claim for alleged civil liability related to the exercise of professional services.
- A major international insurance company on its successful defense in two arbitrations before the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre (CAM), for contractual liability claimed by an insurance broker for USD14 million.
- General Electric on the sale of its subsidiary GE Industrial Solutions to ABB, a Swiss technology leader company, for USD2.6 billion.
- VTR on a financing with several domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions for USD484 million, consisting in a revolving credit line for up to USD185 million; a local long-term loan for approx. USD 275 million (CLP174,000 million) and another revolving credit line for approx. USD24 million (CLP15,000 million).
- Piscicultura Tierra del Fuego, a subsidiary of Nova Austral, on a Term Loan Facility Agreement for USD26.5 million granted by DNB Bank ASA and supported as guarantor by EKF, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Professor of Civil Law, Universidad de los Andes (2018-2022).
- Teaching Assistant of Constitutional Law, Universidad de los Andes (2015-2016).
- Research Assistant in FONDECYT Program, Law School, Universidad de los Andes (2015-2016).
- Teaching Assistant of Economic Law, Universidad de los Andes (2014-2016).
EDUCATION
- Law, Universidad de los Andes (Summa Cum Laude).
- LL.M., Duke University (Beca Chile Scholarship), USA (2023).
- Academic Excellence Honor Award, Universidad de los Andes (2011-2015).
- Best Student of the Class Award in Procedural Law, Universidad de los Andes (2015).
- Best Student of the Class Award in Criminal Law, Universidad de los Andes (2015).
ADMISSIONS
- Chile (2017).
LANGUAGES
- Spanish.
- English.
