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Lawyer Jaime Carey assumes IBA presidency

Jaime Carey, senior partner of Carey, Chile’s largest law firm, has assumed the presidency of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Carey is the first Chilean to occupy the office in the association’s nearly 80-year history. His tenure began on 1 January and he succeeds Spain’s Almudena Arpón de Mendívil y Aldama.

Consistently recognised as a leading lawyer by several international publications, Carey has been a member of the IBA – the global voice of the legal profession – for more than four decades.

He held many senior positions and has been a member of the IBA management board since 2011.

He commented: “I feel honoured to have been elected President of the International Bar Association and will carry out the duties of this office with full conviction and high resolve, building on the efforts of predecessors.

“Knowing that I am part of a continuum working to uphold the rule of law fills me with pride."

Visibility

“During my tenure, I hope to increase the IBA’s visibility in Africa and Asia and encourage more peers in those regions to get involved in the association’s work.”

Carey added, that, as a Latin American, he would work to increase the region’s visibility in the international legal community by creating more opportunities for interaction with colleagues from other jurisdictions.

“Undoubtedly, our world is rapidly changing and becoming more divided. Legal professionals have a role to play in countering division,” he said.