Jessica Power partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Tax Group joins WLN as our exclusive tax law member in Chile

October 22, 2013 | Author: | Category: New Members

WLN > News > New Members > Jessica Power partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Tax Group joins WLN as our exclusive tax law member in Chile

Experience

Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Tax Group. She advises domestic and foreign clients in personal and corporate tax planning, local and international tax consulting, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign investment transactions.

Awards and Recognitions

Recognized as Leading Individual in Tax, Chambers Latin America.
Recognized in Tax, Legal 500.
Recognized in Tax and Corporate / M&A, Latin Lawyer 250.
Recognized as Lawyer of the Year in Tax, Best Lawyers (2014).

Education
Law, Universidad de Chile.
Master in Tax Law (c), Universidad de Chile.

Seminars

Frequent lecturer in seminars and conferences in Chile and abroad.

Activities and Memberships

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Member of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law.
Admissions
Chile (1999).

Languages

Spanish and English.

Recent Representative Experience

  • ING Group in the tax aspects of the sale of its Chilean affiliate for USD3.8 billion to Colombian company Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (Grupo Sura).

 

  • Enersis, main business unit in Latin America of Spanish company Endesa, the largest electric power company in the world, in the tax aspects of a USD5.9 billion capital increase, the largest ever taken place in Chile.
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the tax aspects of the acquisition of a 49.99% stake of Grupo Costanera, the Chilean unit of motorway operator Atlantia, for USD1,125 million. Grupo Costanera owns five toll roads in Chile: Vespucio Sur, Radial Nororiente, Costanera Norte, Litoral Central and AMB (access to the airport).

 

  • Pattern Energy Group and AEI in a USD215 million credit agreement for the financing of a 115MW wind farm called “El Arrayán”.

 

  • PSEG in the tax aspects of the sale of the SAESA Group of companies to a consortium formed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for app. US$870 million.

 

  • Several local and multinational companies in tax lawsuits and foreign companies in VAT exemptions.