Joaquín Palma focuses his practice on Corporate Law, International Law, Antitrust, Public Law and Regulated Markets, Compliance.
Experience
Joaquín has been an associate at Palma since 2022, providing advice in Constitutional and Administrative Litigation, Antitrust Litigation and representation before government authorities.
He was advisor to the Constitutional Convention of Chile between 2021 and 2022, and to the Constitutional Council in 2023.
Since 2024 he is a member of the New York State Bar, which allows him to practice law both in Chile and in the United States, advising our clients in matters of US law and generating networks with US law firms related to our practice areas.
Credentials
Education
- Master in Law (LL.M.), Columbia University Law School, New York, 2023.
- Master in Law (LL.M.) with specialization in Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2022.
- Diploma in Regulation and Public Law, Universidad de Chile Law School, 2021.
- Diploma in Economic Public Law, Universidad de Chile Law School, 2021.
- Diploma in Institutional Development and Constituent Process, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 2020.
- Diploma in Competition Law and Policy, Universidad de Chile Law School, 2020.
- Diploma in Canonical Procedural and Matrimonial Law, Universidad de Navarra, School of Canon Law, Spain, 2019.
- Law Degree awarded by the Supreme Court of Justice, 2019.
- Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Law, 2018.
- Student Exchange, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2017.
Memberships
- Chilean Bar Association.
- New York Bar Association.
- Chilean Association of Canon Law.
- Asociación Chilena de Derecho Constitucional (Chilean Association of Constitutional Law).
Career
Professional Career
- Foreign Associate, Fox Horan & Camerini LLP, New York, 2023.
- Associate attorney at Palma, 2022 to date.
- Advisor to Constitutional Convention of Chile, 2022.
- Lawyer and Chief of Staff of the Legal Division of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Chile, 2019-2022.
- Associate attorney at Carey y Cía., 2018-2019.
- Paralegal at Carey y Cía., 2014.
Academic Activities
- “Legado Alejandro Silva Bascuñán” Award for best academic performance among graduates of the Master in Law (LL.M.) with minor in Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2023.
- Professor of Political and Constitutional Law, Universidad Finis Terrae Law School, since 2022.
- Coordinator of the UC Program on Antitrust, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, since 2021.
- “Monseñor Carlos Casanueva” Award for comprehensive academic recognition, 2018.
- Associate collaborator Centro UC de Derecho y Religión, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, since 2015.
- Academic advisor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2016.
- Teaching assistant of Civil Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, since 2017.
- Teaching assistant of Political and Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2013 to date.
- Teaching assistant of Procedural Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2016-2019.
- Teaching assistant of Canon Law and Religious Freedom, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2014-2018.
- Teaching assistant of Economic Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2013-2016.
- Teaching assistant of Roman Law, Po Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2012-2015.
Publications
- “Religión y supra-racionalidad, enseñanzas del proceso constituyente chileno, 2019-2023”. Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho y Religión Vol. 10, No.1, 2024.
- “La resolución de antinomias en los procedimientos concursales: dispares criterios entre las salas de la Corte Suprema” Ius et Praxis Journal, Year 28, No. 3, 2023.
- “Libertad de culto y su ámbito colectivo en el fenómeno religioso: Núcleo esencial de la libertad religiosa”, Revista de Actualidad Jurídica Universidad del Desarrollo, No. 46, 2022.
- “Industria del Salmón, Transparencia y Libre Competencia”, Casos de Libre Competencia-Programa UC de Libre Competencia, No. 8, July 2021.
- “Constitución Económica, Libre Competencia y Proceso Constituyente”, Libre Competencia en Pocas Palabras-Programa UC de Libre Competencia, No. 6, July 2021.
- “Estado Unitario y Desafíos de la Regionalización”, in Soto Velasco, Sebastián and Hube Portus, Constanza (2021): “Conceptos fundamentales para el debate constitucional”, Santiago, Ediciones Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- “Deberes constitucionales” in Soto Velasco, Sebastián and Hube Portus, Constanza (2021): “Conceptos fundamentales para el debate constitucional”, Santiago, Ediciones Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Languages
- Spanish, English and Italian.