Javier San Martín
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : Bankruptcy/Restructuring
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About
Provided by Javier San Martín
Practice Areas
Alternative Assets
Investment and Mutual Funds
Capital Markets
Private Equity
Insurance
Compliance
Corporate Governance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Banking and Finance
Fintech
Career
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.
Publications
“Security interests on securities held with an intermediary under the UNIDROIT Convention on intermediated Securities”, DeCITA, Volume 7-8, Brazil, 2007
Chambers Review
Latin America
Javier San Martín leads the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring department in Santiago, Chile. He has a broad practice advising on domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings in Chile.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Javier San Martín is professional, quick and a pleasure to work with. He gets involved in the matter, and has profound and important knowledge of how reorganisations and insolvency systems function."
"Javier San Martín is professional, quick and a pleasure to work with. He gets involved in the matter, and has profound and important knowledge of how reorganisations and insolvency systems function."