Position

Academic Background

Universidad de Chile, 2005 (summa cum laude). In 2006 he received the “Pedro Nicolás Montenegro” award, granted to the best student of the class. Master of German Law (L.L.M), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2018 (summa cum laude).

Professional Experience

Prior to joining BACS, Mr. Schürmann worked at Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana (2008-2011) and at Cariola Diez Pérez Cotapos & Cía (2005-2008). He was also an advisor to the “Constitution, Legislation and Justice Committee” of the Senate, for the analysis, discussion and promulgation of the Law on Criminal Responsibility of Legal Entities. During the last decade, Mr. Schürmann has been recognized in his professional practice as one of the most outstanding lawyers in the areas of dispute resolution, criminal litigation and alternative dispute resolution in the rankings of Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Leaders League. Furthermore, he has twice been recognized by Leading Lawyers as the most outstanding lawyer in criminal practice under the age of 45.

Academic Activities

Professor of the Department of Criminal Sciences at Universidad de Chile. Visiting professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago campus). Mr. Schürmann has taught as a lecturer in training courses for the Public Defender's Office and for the Chilean Gendarmerie. He has also been a professor in the Master's in Law program, with mention in Criminal Law and in Business and Corporate Criminal Law, both at University of Chile, where he is currently a member of the Academic Committee. Mr. Schürmann has been a speaker at conferences and seminars on criminal law, criminal procedure law and antitrust law.

Publications

Author of numerous publications in criminal law and especially in economic criminal law. His latest publications include the following: “La persona jurídica como un nuevo partícipe en el delito económico”; in: Acevedo, Nicolás, Collado, Rafael y Mañalich, Juan Pablo (coords.). La justicia como legalidad. Estudios en homenaje a Luis Ortiz Quiroga. Thomson Reuters, 2020, 723-747; “El tratamiento de las denominadas acciones neutrales a título de complicidad en el Derecho Penal alemán”. Revista de Derecho, Coquimbo. Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas Universidad Católica del Norte, vol. 28, 2021. ISSN 0718-9753. Available at: https://www.scielo.cl/pdf/rducn/v28/0718-9753-rducn-28-12.pdf; “La punibilidad del uso indebido de valores en el derecho penal chileno”. Revista de Estudios de la Justicia, Núm. 34 (2021), 79–98. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-4735.2021.61280; and “El delito de negociación incompatible de directores y gerentes de sociedades anónimas”; en: Náquira, Jaime y Rosenblut, Verónica (Editors). Estudios de Derecho penal Económico (2019), Editorial Universidad Católica, 249-27..

Memberships

Member of the Chilean Bar Association and the Institute of Criminal Sciences (Instituto de Ciencias Penales). He is also a member of the Association for Public Freedoms (Libertades Públicas), where he held the position of President for the period between 2019 and 2021.

Recognitions

Chambers and Partners (White collar crimes, Band 4) Legal 500 (Criminal defense) Leaders League (Criminal defense) Best Lawyers Arbitration and Mediation, Criminal Defense and Litigation Litigio Penal / White Collar Crime" sub 45 - Leading Lawyers 2023

Languages

Spanish, english and german.