Cristian has focused his practice on capital markets, investment funds, debt issuances, securitization, corporate law and M&A.
He has taken part in commissions organized by the Chilean Financial Market Commission to draft new securities market regulations related to bond issuances, stockbrokers and corporate governance. He has also assisted the Banks Superintendence of Guatemala in securitization and derivatives matters.
He is on the board of directors of BCI Asset Management Administradora General de Fondos S.A. and Club de Golf La Quinta in Marbella, Spain.
He is an arbitrator on the roster of the National Arbitration Center and is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
EDUCATION
- Master of Laws (LL.M), University of California at Davis Law School, United States (2001).
- Law School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1995).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Partner, Ried Fabres (2017-2023).
- Partner, Guerrero Olivos (2008 – 2016).
- Foreign Asocciated, White & Case, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos (2003 – 2004).
- Asocciated, Guerrero Olivos (2000-2008).
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
- Professor of Capital Markets, LL.M, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011 – 2021).
- Professor of Financial Instruments, Universidad Finis Terrae (2009 – 2011).
- Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Finis Terrae (2009 – 2013).
- Professor of Taxation of Financial Instruments, LL.M, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2007 – 2008).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Capital Markets, Chambers and Partners.
- Capital Markets, Lawyer of the Year, Legal 500, 2023.
- Capital Markets, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2015.
- Mergers and Acquisitions, Leaders League.
- Real Estate, Leaders League.
- Administrative Law, LACCA.