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Karin Muñoz

Senior Associate

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CMS Carey & Allende
Av. Costanera Sur 2730, Piso 10
Parque Titanium, Las Condes
7550000 Santiago
Chile
Languages Spanish, English

Karin is a senior associate and has been part of the Real Estate Group at CMS Carey & Allende since 2016. She has experience advising on the development of real estate projects, especially housing, warehouse and equipment projects, manages urban planning law and advises our clients on the development of the construction process and possible conflicts which may arise in such process. In matters of real estate joint ownership, she advises our clients on the effective application of this regulation in their various projects, as well as their regularisation.

Karin has also advised and participated in various bidding processes, public and private, for the granting of concessions in various categories and, especially, those related to construction.

Likewise, Karin focuses her practice on the representation of clients before authorities such as the Ministry of National Assets, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Municipalities and Comptroller General of the Republic.

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"Karin Muñoz is an experienced senior associate"

The Legal 500 - 2019

Relevant experience

  • Dekra Revision Técnica SpA on the tender process and awarding of four contracts for new technical vehicle inspection stations in the Metropolitan, Ñuble, Bío Bío and Valparaíso Regions, central Chile, real estate leasing and subsequent construction. 
  • Sonda S.A., the largest Latin American IT service provider, on its Data Centre construction contract, drafting the bidding conditions, construction contract and terms for bidders, together with the architectural review of the project. Rezepka
  • Inmobiliaria on the development of real estate projects, property acquisitions, property title investigations, procurement of building permits, drafting of joint ownership regulations, drafting of the model Promise to Purchase agreements, and the subsequent sale of various kinds of real estate, such as warehouse facilities, apartment buildings, and office space.
  • Aki KB Minibogedas SpA on self-storage centre projects, participating in the complete execution of each. Also advised on all matters regarding local permits for project construction. Nevasa, asset manager that finances real estate projects, on due diligence and contracts required for financing authorisation for developing projects.  
  • Banco Santander on the development of the Work Café project throughout the country, including property title investigations, permit application, pre-project and project review. Also on the renovation and adaptation of its new stadium in Santander’s Country Club in Peñalolen, central Chile, including the strategy for the final acceptance of the works, which must comply with the new road requirement of the tax law and its reforms to the General Law on Urban Planning and Construction.
  • Colegio San Marcos, educational network, on the regularisation of land, subdivisions and real estate of our client’s schools. Our work has included the drafting of contracts, transactions and agreements with Catholic diocese in Chile, which establishes schools in the country. Also on the review of the titles deeds and regularisation of errors found regarding land merger and subdivision and on the sale of real estate to San Marcos school, working together with architects to decide the strategy to regularise said errors, as well as those found regarding the boundaries of the different buildings where the school is located.
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints of Chile on the acquisition of real estate, real estate mergers, building regularization and establishment of easements for their properties throughout the country. We have also advised on negotiations with the local authority regarding expropriations that would affect our client's chapels. 
  • Agrícola Vertical Ltda. on the search of land, property title investigations and the contract drafting for the sale of real estate and use-based water rights, for the development of Stevia crops. 
  • Sura Asset Management on due diligence for office lease agreements, building permits, building contracts, joint ownership property law, among others, to purchase three buildings in Santiago. 
     
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Awards & Rankings

Karin is endorsed by The Legal 500 as Rising Star in Real Estate.

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Education

  • 2012 – Law Degree, Universidad de Chile School of Law
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Expertise

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07/04/2022
Porsche acquires 12.5% of HIF Global
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30/04/2021
Chile
Recent work highlights Advised Rezepka Inmobiliaria on the development of real estate projects, property acquisitions, property title investigations, procurement of building permits, drafting of the co-ownership regulation, drafting of the model Promise to Purchase agreements, and the subsequent sale of various kinds of real estate, such as warehouse facilities, apartment buildings, and office space. Advised Aki KB Minibogedas SpA on various self-storage center projects, participating in the complete execution of each. Also advises on all matters regarding local permits for project construction. Advised Sura Asset Management, a company specialized in savings and investment, with presence in Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Mexico and Uruguay; on a due diligence for office lease agreements, building permits, building contracts, property co-ownership law, among others, to purchase three buildings in La Condes, Santiago. Advised the Chilean subsidiary of Banco Santander, the largest financial group in Spain on the development of the Work café project throughout the country, including property title investigations, permit application, draft and project review, working together with mul­tidiscip­lin­ary team, architects, constructors and engineers. Advised Ferrocarril Antofagasta Bolivia, subsidiary of Antofagasta Minerals on the regularisation and updating of its title deeds and railway concessions, as well as on the reengineering of the use of railway lands. We also advised on the development of a 48-hectare project in Antofagasta, northern Chile, on the release and clearing of encumbrances, land use change of development of a master plan for said real estate. Advised Instituto Hebreo on land acquisition for the construction of the new Israelite school and stadium, providing general advice to the Israelite community in Santiago, regarding real estate projects, temples, community centres and nursing homes. Also advised on the Impact Assessment of the Urban Transportation System (EISTU) in relation to the real estate occupancy rate/percentage of real estate occupancy. Advised Nevasa, one of the top five non-banking financial products and services group in Chile on due diligence and contracts required for financing authorisation for developing projects. Advised Unilever Chile on the regularisation of all its industrial plants, both for its buildings and for water rights. We also aided our client in reducing the consumption of potable water in production processes for its industrial plant, as a part of its sustainability initiatives 
20/03/2019
Global Planning/ Zoning/ Consenting Group
Planning shapes every aspect of our lives. The buildings and environments in which we live, work, shop, play and educate the next generation are all shaped by the planning system. The construction and...