Juan Eduardo Palma Cruzat

University Studies

Universidad de Chile, School of Law, 1996. Maximum Distinction.

Admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Justice, 1999.

Post graduate

Master of Laws (LL.M, with honours), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 2001.

Academic and Professional Activities

Professor in Commercial Law Designated by an Open Competition Based on Records of Service and a Competitive Examination, School of Law, Universidad de Chile, 2016 to date.

Professor in Commercial Law, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006 to date.

Assistant Professor in Commercial Law, School of Law, Universidad de Chile, 2002-2016.

Co-author Doing Business Chilean Section, World Bank 2004; 2005; 2006 and 2010.

Board Member to the Chilean Bar Association

Usual Speaker in local and international conferences of the New York State Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Professional Career

Vial y Palma Abogados, 1993.

Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, New York, United States of America, 2001-2002.

Memberships

Chilean Bar Association, Internacional Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

Finance and Banking

Project Financing

Real Estate Financing

Corporate Law

Civil Law

Commercial Law

Securities Legislation

Joint Ventures

Mergers

Divisions and Acquisitions

Insolvency and Bankruptcy