Cristóbal Cibie is a legal director at Clyde & Co Chile, specializing in tax matters for large corporations. Admitted to practice law in both Chile and New York, Cristóbal has substantial experience advising clients in the mining, infrastructure, software, and financial sectors.
Before joining Clyde & Co Chile, he worked at Bofill Escobar Silva, where he advised clients on complex tax and commercial dispute resolution, with a focus on cross-border issues. He also held positions at Ernst & Young US, Ernst & Young Chile, and Baker & McKenzie Chile, providing tax advisory services to clients in various industries, including mining and metals, and handling corporate reorganizations, project financing, cross-border services and other international business issues.
At Clyde & Co Chile, Cristóbal leads the firm's tax practice, advising and defending clients on local and international tax matters, particularly for foreign capital companies. His work includes assisting with project finance, business reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border services.
Cristóbal earned his Licenciate in Laws from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2012, a Diploma in Transfer Pricing from Universidad de Santiago de Chile in 2021, and a Master’s in Tax Law from Georgetown University in 2017.
For more information, you can contact Cristóbal Cibie at Clyde & Co Chile.
Advised a large group of creditors holding more than USD 6 billion in claims in a Chapter 11 reorganization of a listed Chilean corporation in cross-border insolvency and tax matters for the negotiation and implementation the reorganization plan.
Advised a well-known mining group in tax matters relating to the USD 1 billion acquisition of a 51% stake in a Chilean mining project.
Advised an international pharmaceutical group on tax matters relating to the USD 2.9 billion acquisition of a listed Chilean international pharmaceutical company
- Advised a well-know mining group in tax matters relating to the USD 7 billion financing of a mining project in Chile
Corporate tax matters:
- Corporate taxes
- Financial services
- M&A
- Restructuring
- Technology
- Transactions
- Value chains
Dispute resolution:
- Arbitration
- Audit defence
- Audit support
- Litigation
- Pre-litigation
Indirect tax:
- Supply chains
- VAT
Tax advisory:
- International tax advisory
- Tax consulting
- US outbound
Transfer pricing
- Audit defence
- Audit support
- Dispute resolution
- Litigation
Accounting
Banking
Construction and materials
Energy
Financial services
Industrials
Media
Mining
Pharmaceutical and life sciences
Transport
- LLM in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 2017
- Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2012
- Diploma in Transfer Pricing, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2021
- International Fiscal Association, 2023
- Chile, 2013
- New York, 2024