José Fernández

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José Fernández is an Associate in the Corporate/Real Estate department of our Santiago office since 2014.

He has extensive experience in corporate and commercial law, especially in the analysis and preparation of all kinds of contracts, the incorporation, modification and dissolution of companies, and their day-to-day legal requirements. He also provides legal support in high value/relevance transactions and processes (financing, corporate restructuring, contract negotiations, sale-purchase of all kinds of assets, highly complex settlements).

He also has experience in matters of immigration law, developing strategies, providing counsel, and directly managing the processing of all types of work permits, temporary and permanent residency visas in Chile for our foreign clients, as well as all other steps before the competent authorities (Department of Immigration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and International Police).

Experience

• Supported multinational client dedicated to the design and sale of sports footwear and apparel in the sale of its Chilean subsidiary for approximately US$ 120 million (2022).
• Supported real estate client in financing operations for approximately US$ 17 million (2019) and US$ 24 million (2021).
• Actively participated in the corporate reorganization process of the Chilean subsidiaries of an international holding that provides home and industrial security services for approximately US$ 28 million (2021).
• Actively supported a telecommunications client in the negotiation of the framework agreement for the digital transformation of a relevant agent in the Chilean telephone/cable TV/internet services market (2020).
• Supported a client in the sale of the assets of its distribution and truck sale businesses under several brands, for a price of approximately USD 10 million (2019)
• Supported a client in the purchase of all the assets of a mining project located in the Antofagasta Region for approximately US$ 17 million (2017).