Mariano Soto

Partner @Trancura Legal

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Mariano Soto concentrates his practice on derivatives, execution, clearing & settlement, custody, asset management, private wealth management, investment funds, banking & capital markets and financial regulation. Before founding Trancura Legal, Mariano spent four years as Executive Director in the legal department of Morgan Stanley in London, where he advised the bank on the strategy and optimisation of its trading risk through central counterparties. He also advised the bank in connection with its portfolio of strategic investments in fintech utilities. Prior to this, Mariano was Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in London, where he provided legal and regulatory advice to the Private Wealth Management business from 2011 to 2014. He was appointed Senior Counsel of Goldman Sachs in 2012. From 2007 to 2010, Mariano was an Associate in the Structured Finance & Derivatives team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in London, where he participated in several high-profile financial and debt restructuring matters, including the multi-billion-dollar restructuring of Lehman Brothers’ international portfolio of structured finance and derivatives transactions. While at Weil Gotshal, Mariano was seconded to the legal department of Goldman Sachs in London, where he spent over a year supporting its Securities Division. Mariano was also an International Associate with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York from 2005 to 2006, where his practice focused on international financial transactions with an emphasis on the firm’s Latin American clients. Prior to this, Mariano spent three years as Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Chile, both in the Capital Markets and in the International Finance divisions, where he was integral to the design and legislative process of capital markets reforms, assisted with the issuance of sovereign debt in the domestic and international capital markets, and participated in financial services chapters negotiations as part of Chile’s free trade agreements with the EU, the US and the EFT