Partner

José Luis Honorato San Román

jlhonorato@hdlegal.cl (+56 2) 2405 3200

PROFILE

José Luis has outstanding experience in arbitration and dispute resolution, as well as in complex and innovative transactions of various kinds in civil and commercial matters.

Between 1981 and 1986, he worked as a lawyer at JP Morgan Bank in Chile. In 1986, he joined Carey & Cía. as a lawyer

In 1993, he founded his own law firm, Honorato, Russi y Eguiguren Ltda., and in 2013 he went on to establish Honorato & Cía., now HD Legal, where he currently practices.

He is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.

EDUCATION

  • Law degree, Universidad de Chile (1982).
  • Postgraduate program, Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA (1991).

RECOGNITION

THE LEGAL 500

  • Dispute Resolution: Arbitration y Litigation (2025).
  • Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M & A (Including Compliance), Project and Infrastructure (2018).
  • Banking and Finance, Corporate and M & A (2021).

IFLR 1000

  • Banking and Finance (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,2024).

BEST LAWYERS

  • Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice and Corporate and M & A (2018).
  • “Lawyer of the year”, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (2020).
  • Banking and Finance, Corporate and M & A, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).
  • Banking and Finance Law, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (2025, 2026).

LEADERS LEAGUE

  • M & A (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025).
  • Compliance (2021, 2022).
  • Dispute resolution – Civil and commercial litigation (2024,2025).
  • Arbitration (2024, 2025).