Jamie Hernandez Palacios
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Jaime Hernandez Palacios

Associate

Jaime regularly advises lenders, sponsors and project companies.

Prior to joining the firm, Jaime worked for five years as an associate in the banking, finance and capital markets practice of a leading law firm in Colombia, with particular expertise on project, acquisition and corporate financings, derivatives transactions and international issuances.

From 2022 to 2023, Jaime worked as an international associate in the ENRI team in the New York office.

Experience

Pro bono

  • Rendered advisory on corporate governance, insolvency, directors’ liability, donations, contractual matters, public procurement, and dissolution and liquidation of Colombian NPOs. Instructed seminars and workshops addressed to Colombian NPOs on such topics. 
  • Audited and diagnosed the corporate government of a renowned Colombian NPO focused on promoting constitutional initiatives/human rights. Elaborated legal memoranda for diagnosing the corporate government of several Colombian NPOs.

Published Work

  • Hernandez Palacios, Jaime (2020) “Looking into the new version of Colombia’s Local Master Agreement for Derivatives Transactions”, Bogota: Notinet Legal 
  • Bogota Prieto, Diana, Hernandez Palacios, Jaime (2018) “Latin Lawyer’s Project Finance Chapter for Colombia”, London: Latin Lawyer 
  • Hernandez Palacios, Jaime (2020) “Looking into the new version of Colombia’s Local Master Agreement for Derivatives Transactions”, Bogota: Notinet Legal 

Speaking Engagements

  • Guest Speaker, Compartamos Con Colombia’s Process for Strengthening Social Organizations 2021, 18/06/2021 
  • Guest Speaker, Compartamos Con Colombia’s Process for Strengthening Social Organizations 2021, 10/06/2020

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as an Attorney (Colombia), 2016*

*Not Admitted in New York/Supervised by the Principals of the Firm.

Academic

Graduate Degree in Financial Law and Capital Markets, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2019 

Diploma (Cum Laude) in Advanced Studies in Political, Economic and Social Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2016

LL.B., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2016

Languages

Spanish
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.