Daniel Praetorius
Partner
Daniel Praetorius is a very competent lawyer, with a lot of experience and good academic training; without a doubt, this means the firm can take on professional challenges with the conviction that they will be in the hands of an expert lawyer.”
The Legal 500 Latin America 2022
Daniel Praetorius leads the criminal and dispute resolution area of Lembeye Abogados. Daniel is a lawyer from Universidad de Chile and holds a Master in Laws (LL.M.) from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany. Daniel has extensive experience representing national and foreign clients in both civil and criminal litigation, as well as in administrative sanction proceedings. His practice also includes consulting in the development and implementation of compliance programs and in conducting internal corporate investigations.
In addition, he has extensive experience in corporate matters, especially with regard to financial and stock market issues, which allows him to analyze and face complex commercial disputes with an expert look at the context in which they are framed, as well as complementing the corporate area of the firm.
A former partner of the firm Bofill Escobar Silva, Daniel was also a senior associate at Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana and at Morales & Besa. In addition, he worked in the Money Laundering, Economic Crime and Organized Crime Unit of the National Prosecutor’s Office and at the firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Frankfurt, Germany.
Daniel Praetorius has always been keenly aware of what is going on, our needs and priorities. Daniel cares and does the work.”
The Legal 500
EDUCATION
LL.M. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany, summa cum laude. (2009)
Graduated from Universidad de Chile Law School (J.D. equivalent), summa cum laude. (1998)
EXPERIENCE
Partner at Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados. (2013-2019)
Senior Associate at Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana. (2011-2013)
Foreign Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt, Germany. (2007-2008)
Legal Advisor of Business Crime, Money Laundering and Organized Crime Unit of the Chilean National Public Prosecutor’s Office. (2004-2006)
Associate at Morales & Besa. (2001-2004 and 2010)
Admissions: Chile (2001)
MEMBERSHIPS
Chilean Bar Association
International Bar Association
Criminal Science Institute
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of “Reforma Procesal Penal. Génesis, Historia Sistematizada y Concordancias. Código Procesal Penal”, published by Editorial Jurídica de Chile (2000).
Co-author of the Chilean Chapter of “The International Investigations Review”, published by The Law Reviews (2015 to 2019 editions).
Co-author of the Chilean Chapter of “Latin Lawyer Reference: Anti-Corruption”, published Latin Lawyer (2016 to 2019 editions).
Co-author of the Chilean Chapter of “Anti-Money Laundering”, published by Getting the Deal Through (2018).
Co-author of “The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review”, published by The Law Reviews (2019).
LANGUAGES
English, German and Spanish