
Juan Eduardo Palma is highly qualified and demonstrates good judgement when applying his knowledge to the resolution of conflicts.
Chambers & Partners 2025 – Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators client Latin America
Juan Eduardo Palma J. is a senior partner of the firm, having focused his career on arbitration and corporate law, as well as insolvency and financial law.
Juan Eduardo Palma is highly qualified and demonstrates good judgement when applying his knowledge to the resolution of conflicts.
Chambers & Partners 2025 – Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators client Latin America
Experience 
His professional career has led him to become a reputable national arbitrator, being consistently highlighted by the prestigious international publication Chambers & Partners as one of the most-in-demand arbitrators in Chile.
Juan Eduardo Palma J. is an outstanding academic of the Commercial Law Department at the Universidad de Chile, where he has taught generations of lawyers during more than 50 years.
Furthermore, he has served as a member of the Chilean Bar Association, has been and is a member of the board of directors of relevant companies in Chile, such as the former Banco BHIF, Canon Chile S.A. and Itochu Chile S.A. He actively participates of international lawyers’ associations, having served as Regional Secretary for South America and as president of the Law Firm Administration Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA).
Credentials 
Education
- Law Degree awarded by the Supreme Court of Justice, 1975.
- Montenegro Award as the best graduate of his class generation, 1973.
- Universidad de Chile, School of Law, 1973.
Memberships
- Member of the Body of Arbitrators, Mediation and Arbitration Center, Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
- Member of the National Arbitration Center.
- Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Member of the International Bar Association.
- Former regional secretary of South America, “Union Internationale des Avocats” (UIA), Section IV.
- Former President of the Law Firm Management Commission, “Union Internationale des Avocats” (UIA).
- Member of the Board of the Commercial Law Department of the Universidad de Chile Law School. Currently Director of said Department,
Career 
Professional Career
- Former Director of the Chilean-British Chamber of Commerce.
- Former Director, BHIF Bank.
- Former Counsel to the Chilean Bar Association.
- Senior Partner at Palma.
- Director Canon Chile S.A.
- Director Itochu Chile S.A.
Academic Activities and Publications
- Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad de Chile Law School, professor since 1974 to date.
- Director of the Commercial Law Department, Universidad de Chile Law School.
- Awarded with the “Montenegro” award as the best graduate of his generation of the Universidad de Chile Law School.
- Author of national and foreign publications: “Consideraciones sobre el principio de la legalidad administrative”, Anuario de Derecho Administrativo, 1975-1976; “Investment in Chile”, International Investment Review, 2001; “Mergers & Acquisitions in Chile”, Mergers and Acquisitions Yearbook, 2001; International Financial Law Review; “Aspectos legales relativos a información privilegiada en conformidad a la legislación chilena vigente”, Revista de Derecho Comercial, 2010.
- Speaker at multiple seminars, Universidad de Chile.
- Speaker at national and foreign seminars.
- Part of the student exchange program of the James B. Conant High School, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States of America, 1968-1969.
Languages
- Spanish and English.