EXPERIENCE

José Luis has a great deal of experience in arbitration and dispute resolution and in complex and innovative deals and transactions in civil and commercial areas.

He practiced as an attorney with Banco JP Morgan in Chile from 1981 to 1986. He then joined the firm Carey & Cía in 1986.

He founded his own firm in 1993 entitled Honorato, Russi y Eguiguren Ltda., and then left it in 2013 to create Honorato & Cía., which is now HD Legal, where he currently practices.

He is on the roster of arbitrators with the Santiago Chamber of Commerce Center for Arbitration and Mediation.

EDUCATION

Attorney, Universidad de Chile (1982).

Graduate studies at the Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA (1991).

RECOGNITIONS

THE LEGAL 500

IFLR 1000

BEST LAWYERS

LEADERS LEAGUE

EXPERIENCE

Gonzalo has vast experience in complex and innovative domestic and international corporate, financial and commercial transactions and in the development of projects related to energy, mining, public concessions and natural resources.

Between 2012 and 2014 he served as Of Counsel at Aninat Schwencke y Cía. Prior to that, he was a partner at Guerrero Olivos (2000-2012).

Gonzalo also worked as Corporate Area Counsel for The Chase Manhattan Bank in Santiago, Chile, and was an associate at Ossandón, Uribe y Hübner.

He is a member of the Best Practice Committee of the Santiago Stock Exchange and Chilean Electronic Exchange.

EDUCATION

Attorney, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1990).

Graduate studies at the Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA (1993).

RECOGNITIONS

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS

THE LEGAL 500

IFLR 1000

BEST LAWYERS

LACCA

LEADERS LEAGUE

EXPERIENCE

Sebastián is HD’s managing partner and founder, leading the area of capital markets and asset management, insurance and venture capital. He has a vast experience on corporate and financial matters, with special emphasis on the administration or asset management and collective investment vehicle (funds), structuring of financial products and derivatives, investment advisory, M&A, debt and/or equity issuances, IPOs, securities brokerage, as well as in advising and defending entities under supervision of the financial regulator.

Previously, joining HD, he worked as chief lawyer at Banchile Inversiones and subsequently he was a lawyer in various and recognized law firms in the country.

Since 2018 he has been accredited by the Committee for the Accreditation of Knowledge in the Securities Markets (CAMV).

He is a member of the Legal Committee of the Chilean Association of Investment Fund Administrators.

In his academic career, he has been a professor of the Master in Tax Law on capital market taxation at Universidad Diego Portales and also a professor in the Diploma on Certification of Investment Funds at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Currently, he is a professor in the Internal Investigations course on violations to the Securities Market Law of the Diploma in Corporate Internal Investigations at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.

EDUCATION

Lawyer, Universidad de los Andes (2004).

Master in Tax Management and Direction, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2008).

RECOGNITIONS

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS

LEGAL 500

IFLR 1000

BEST LAWYERS

LACCA

LEADERS LEAGUE

EXPERIENCE

Juan Ignacio has specialized in real estate, engineering and construction and project financing. He has participated in numerous residential, commercial and office real estate projects and on the negotiation and development of various construction projects in such diverse areas as hydroelectric plants, hotels, shopping centers and schools.

Between 2005 and 2009, he was the Chief Real Estate Attorney and then Corporate Chief Attorney at Salfacorp S.A. He later held the position of Chief Real Estate Attorney and Assistant Counsel for Empresas Socovesa between 2009 and 2013.

Since 2025, he has been a director of the Chilean Society of Construction Law.

EDUCATION

Attorney, Universidad de los Andes (2003).

Master’s degree in Tax Management and Consultancy, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2010).

RECOGNITION

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS

THE LEGAL 500

BEST LAWYERS

LACCA

LEADERS LEAGUE

EXPERIENCE

Head of the Fintech and Banking Department. He has extensive experience in financial matters and digital markets, including digital payment processing systems, crypto-assets, digital loans, digital financial platforms, among others.

He also has vast knowledge in corporate matters, with emphasis on international transactions in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and project finance. He actively advises the Legal Council of the Fintech Chile association, an association that brings together more than 90 Fintech companies with presence in Chile and Latin America.

In his professional development he has represented cryptocurrency exchanges, digital lending companies, structured financing to Fintech companies advising digital platforms, payment processors, among others.

He previously worked as a foreign associate in the New York offices of Shearman Sterling LLP (2009 – 2010) focusing on the Capital Markets practice, and was a partner at Morales Besa law firm (2012 – 2019). He is an Officer of the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association.

He has been recognized by the international rankings Chambers Partners, Legal 500, IFLRS 100, Leaders League, LACCA, among others.

EDUCATION

Attorney, Universidad de los Andes (2004).

Master in Law (LL.M.), Duke University (2009).

RECOGNITIONS

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS

THE LEGAL 500

IFLR 1000

BEST LAWYERS

LEADERS LEAGUE

LEADING LAWYER

EXPERIENCE

Rebeca has an extensive experience in advising legal entities in the design and implementation of effective compliance programs, prepared on the basis of the activities the Companies carried out, including the detection, treatment and mitigation of crime risk (especially those that could result in the emergence of Corporate Criminal Responsibility, in accordance with Law 20,393), corruption, financial and antitrust crimes, tax crimes, breaches of consumer matters, data protection, information security, and breaches in labor matters.

Rebeca has also advised on Due Diligence processes for the evaluation of the compliance and anti-corruption systems of different companies, reviewing their activities, programs, policies and controls, in order to detect and mitigate the risks of legal transmission of corporate criminal liability. In matters of litigation, she has concentrated her practice on complex criminal litigation, punitive procedures and defense.

In addition to being a partner at HD Compliance, since December 2019 she has been head of the Labor and Employment practice at HD Legal. Between 2015 and 2019 she served as Head of Compliance and Criminal Law Area at Morales & Besa Law Firm, where she also fulfilled functions as Crime Prevention Officer for different companies, acting with full independence and reporting directly to the Board of Directors. Previously, between 2012 and 2015, she worked as an associate in the Criminal Department at Claro & Cía.

Rebeca is a Professor of Criminal Law at Central University and Gabriela Mistral University, and in the Gender Perspective Diploma for change in organizations at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile.

She is a member of the Chilean Bar Association A.G. since 2013; and Women In Compliance Chile, since 2018. She is also Executive Secretary of the World Compliance Association, Chilean Chapter, since 2020 and member of Transparent Chile since 2021.

In 2024, she was in charge of certifying Entel, the first company in Chile to have its Consumer Protection Compliance Plan approved by Sernac through the certifier HD Systems.

She is the author of the book Corporate Internal Investigations. A Compliance Approach (Der Ediciones).

EDUCATION

RECOGNITIONS

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS

THE LEGAL 500

LEADING LAWYERS

LEADERS LEAGUE

BEST LAWYERS

EXPERIENCE

Rosario provides legal advice in various fields of corporate law, with a primary focus on capital markets and investment funds. Her experience includes the structuring of both public and private investment funds, as well as the contractual execution of their business and transactions, working in coordination with clients, different business areas and regulatory authorities. She also has extensive knowledge of the operational aspects of investment funds, acquired during her career in a fund management company.

Her practice also encompasses corporate financings, refinancings and restructurings, advising both debtors and creditors in the structuring and execution of financial transactions.

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

Fernanda concentrates her practice in corporate matters and especially on issues related to fintech companies, including cryptocurrency exchanges, open banking, money transmitters and digital lending platforms. She provides advice to national and international clients, focusing mainly on startups.

Previously, she worked as an intern in the Municipal Corporation for the Promotion of Economic and Productive Development of Estación Central (IDEACTIVA CENTER). In 2019 she worked as a research assistant at the Legal Innovation Lab of the UC Law School.

EDUCATION

RECOGNITIONS

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS

EXPERIENCE

Sebastián joined HD as a junior associate in the Capital Markets and Tax areas.

He previously worked as a tax and corporate lawyer at Grant Thornton Chile.

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

Demetrio has experience in corporate and tax matters, with an emphasis on national and international transactions in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and project financing.

Previously, he worked as a in Guerrero Garcés Abogados (2019-2021), in Pérez Videla Abogados (2015-2019) and as a paralegal in the corporate group of Barros & Errázuriz Abogados (2011-2013).

Member of the Colegio de Abogados de Chile A.G.

EDUCATION