Latin America
Practice Areas
Cristián is a founding partner of OVB. He has vast experience in dispute resolution, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, and is a prestigious litigator, arbitrator and author of legal opinions.
He represents clients in various matters who are engaged in diverse productive sectors, including forestry, mining, energy, agroindustry, real estate and construction, insurance, finance and the securities market, regulated markets and shareholder disputes.
Career
B.A. in Legal and Social Science, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2004) (summa cum laude).
Professional Memberships
Professor of Civil Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2006 - present).
Professor in the Competition Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2017 - 2020).
Professor in the Master of Laws Program (LLM), Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2019 - 2020).
Professor in the Training Program for future Justices of the Court of Appeals, Judicial Academy (2017 – 2019).
Professor of the Civil Liability Program, Legal Research Institute (2019).
Guest professor and speaker in several certificate programs and seminars.
Arbitrator for the National Arbitration Center.
Member of the Court of Ethics of the Chilean Bar Association (2016 – 2019).
Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Publications
“La Norma General Antielusión. Análisis desde la perspectiva del Derecho Privado” (The General Anti-Evasion Standard. Analysis from the Perspective of Private Law) (Ediciones UC, 2015).
“La Buena Fe Contractual” (Contractual Good Faith) (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2011; Ediciones UC, 2015).
