Juan Eduardo Palma is a great professional committed to our business. He stands out for his availability.
Chambers & Partners 2025 – Banking and Finance client Latin America
Juan Eduardo Palma C. is a partner at Palma and leads the Banking and Finance and Corporate practice areas.
Juan Eduardo Palma is a great professional committed to our business. He stands out for his availability.
Chambers & Partners 2025 – Banking and Finance client Latin America
Experience
His professional career has led him to become an expert in corporate financings and corporate structures, being recognized by his peers for his negotiating skills and for his great ability to obtain financings and negotiate restructurings.
Juan Eduardo has built his career in the academic field, being one of the few lawyers in Chile who teaches both at Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
At the same time, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of important domestic companies such as LGS Chile, a security, transportation and custody company in Chile, and Brigthtstar Group Chile, having also served as a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Advised Banco Santander in international financing granted to Engie Energía Chile S.A.
- Advised Banco Internacional, in financing granted to Superfruta SpA, a subsidiary of the Canadian fund PSP.
- Advised Banco Internacional in financing granted to Grupo Bethia.
- Advised Principal Financial Group in the acquisition of a real estate project, intended for the multifamily business, acquired from Besalco Inmobiliaria.
- Advised the syndicate of banks composed of Banco de Chile, Scotiabank Chile, Itaú Corpbanca and Itaú Unibanco S.A. Nassau Branch in important financing granted to Compañía Sud Americana de Valores.
- Advised Banco Internacional as part of syndicate of banks composed of Scotiabank Chile, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, Banco BTG Pactual and Banco Internacional in financing granted to the company called DB Terra Holdco SpA in financing granted for the acquisition of the Chilean company Pacífico Cable SpA.
- Advised Banco Santander Chile and the syndicate of lenders composed of Penta Vida and 4Life insurance company, in financing granted to Grupo Anpac for the development of hydroelectric power plants throughout the country.
- Advised Banco Santander Chile, in its capacity as structuring agent of financing granted to the food exporter Empresa de Alimentos y Conservas San Clemente SpA.
- Advised Banco Santander Chile in a mixed financing composed of loans, leasing and leasebacks, to the company Pecket Energy SpA, a subsidiary of Ingeniería Civil Vicente, for the financing of the Cabo Negro and Vientos Patagónicos power plants.
- Advised Itaú Corpbanca in financing granted to Inversiones Santa Bertina S.A., a member of the Marítima Somarco group, for the acquisition of a barge-type vessel and its transportation from its shipyard in Greece to its destination in the city of Puerto Montt, Chile.
- Advised Banco Internacional in financing granted to the Eurocorp group for the financing of the real estate projects for the multifamily industry, Don Pepe, Portugal Cuevas and Décima Avenida.
- Advised Banco Internacional in the financing granted to Larraín Vial, through the company “Carrera Capital SpA”, for the financing of the real estate project called Edificio José Miguel Carrera for the multifamily industry.
- Advised Banco Internacional, and syndicate of banks, as financial creditors in the sale of the company Netglobalis.
- Advised KPMG Chile in the establishment of its current corporate governance structure.
- Advised Banco Itaú Corpbanca in financing granted to NH Hotels Group for the financing of NH Vitacura Hotel.
- Advised Banco Santander Chile and the syndicate of banks composed of Banco de Crédito e Inversiones and Banco Internacional, in financing granted to Grupo Pirazzoli.
- Advised Banco BBVA Chile and the syndicate of banks in the financing granted to Southern Cross Group for the acquisition of Petrobras Chile.
- Advised Banco Internacional and the syndicate of banks composed of Banco Consorcio and China Construction Bank in the financing granted to the Chilean company PSINet Chile S.A. for the financing of the southern fiber optic project that will provide fiber optics to the southern part of Chile.
- Advised the sellers of LGS Chile in the sale of the company to Brinks Group.
Credentials
Education
- Master in Law (LL.M., with honors), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 2001.
- Law Degree awarded by the Supreme Court of Justice, 1999.
- Universidad de Chile, School of Law, Suma Cum Laude, 1996.
Memberships
- Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Member of the International Bar Association, IBA.
Career
Professional Career
- Former National Counselor of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Regular speaker at national and international conferences of the “International Bar Association” and the “New York State Bar Association”.
- Partner at Palma, since 2004.
- Vial y Palma Abogados, today Palma, joined the firm in 1993 and became Partner in 2004.
- Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, New York, United States of America, Foreign Associate, 2001-2002.
Academic Activities and Publications
- Professor of Commercial Law, appointed by Public Competition of Backgrounds and Opposition, Universidad de Chile Law School, 2016 to date.
- Professor of Commercial Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School, 2006 to date.
- Assistant professor of Commercial Law, Universidad de Chile Law School, 2002-2016.
- Co-author of the Chilean section “Doing Business”, World Bank 2004; 2005; 2006 and 2010.
Languages
- Spanish and English.