Díaz Velásquez,
Javier

partner

Mail: jdiaz@bye.cl

Phone: +56 223788987

Javier, partner at Barros & Errázuriz, has extensive experience in Commercial and Economic Law, Securities and Financial Regulation, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Financial Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Foreign Investment.

He worked as a lawyer for the Securities Prosecutor’s Office of the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance, participating in the registration process of several issuers and public offering securities, authorization of mutual fund and investment fund administrators, and securitization of assets. He also participated in different investigation processes for infractions to the laws that regulate the securities market, and participated in the elaboration of diverse bills, regulations and administrative norms.

He participated as a delegate of the Government of Chile in the first three sessions of the Committee of Government Experts of UNIDROIT for the discussion of the Draft UNIDROIT Convention on Harmonized Standards on Rights in Transferable Securities Held in Custody of Financial Intermediaries, and was appointed as a member of the Drafting Committee.

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Education

  • Law School, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Degree awarded with two votes of distinction (1997)
  • Post-Graduate in Economics and Finances for Attorneys, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1996)
  • Master of Laws and Finance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt A.M., Germany (2003)

Professional Experience

  • Partner, Barros & Errázuriz (2014)
  • Attorney, Securities Prosecutor’s Office, Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (1997)
  • Professional practice, Securitization Division, Hengeler Mueller Rechstanwälte, Frankfurt A.M., Germany (2003)
  • Delegate of the Government of Chile to the UNIDROIT Committee of Government Experts for the UNIDROIT Convention Project on Harmonized Standards Relating to Rights Constituted on Transferable Securities Held in Custody of Financial Intermediaries. Appointed by the assembly as Member of the Drafting Committee (2005)
  • Delegate of the Government of Chile, Secured Transactions, Electronic Registers for the Implementation of the Inter-American Model Law on Secured Transactions, of the Organization of American States, CIDIP VII Working Group (2006)

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English
  • German
  • French

Final Acknowledgments

  • Notable Practitioner, IFLR 1000 2021, Chile, Capital Markets: Debt
  • Notable Practitioner, IFLR 1000 2021, Chile, Capital Markets: Equity
  • Notable Practitioner, IFLR 1000 2021, Chile, Corporate/M&A

Publications

  • “Security interests on securities held with an intermediary under the UNIDROIT Convention on intermediated Securities”, DeCITA, Volume 7-8, Brazil, 2007

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