Alessandri & Compañía Abogados - Attorneys at Law

Fernando Jamarne
Partner

- Civil and Commercial Law
- Project Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Foreign Investment
- Banking Legislation

Master of Laws, University of New York, 1986.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Chile, 1980.

Fernando Jamarne works in a wide range of business areas, focusing mainly on planning and completing commercial and financial business transactions. He advises local and foreign clients on structuring cross-border business transactions, mergers and acquisitions and has extensive experience in banking legislation and corporate finance matters. Mr. Jamarne has been involved in the privatization of water and sewage companies and public bidding processes as well as bond issues and syndicated loans.

Before joining Alessandri & Compañía and becoming a partner in 2001, Mr. Jamarne worked as General Counsel of the Chase Manhattan Bank Chile Branch, as International Legal Advisor to BankBoston in Boston, Massachusetts, as counsel to the World Bank in Washington DC and as counsel to the Central Bank of Chile.

Fernando Jamarne is also director of a number of leading companies in the communications, insurance and forestry industries.

Mr. Jamarne was Assistant Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Chile and was also a visiting lecturer at the Catholic University of Chile. He has written many articles and other documents published by Chile’s Central Bank and the University of Chile, including “La Agencia Multilateral de Garantía de Inversiones (MIGA)”, “Características de los instrumentos de ahorro” and “Menores en conflicto con la Justicia”.

In 1986, Mr. Jamarne worked as visiting counsel at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York.

Fernando Jamarne is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Languages: Spanish - English - Portuguese.