Ignacio Vargas

Practice Areas

Infrastructure and PPP, Construction, Transportation, Litigation and Dispute Resolution.

Career

Ignacio Vargas is a partner in the Projects and Infrastructure and Litigation groups in Dentons' Santiago office.

Ignacio is recognised as one of the most prominent litigators in recent years in arbitration and litigation in the areas of infrastructure and projects in Chile.

He also has experience in international advisory services, such as legal advice to Consorcio Inti Punku, which is currently building the expansion of Jorge Chávez Airport in Lima, a project with an investment equivalent to one billion dollars.

Locally, he advises construction companies such as Sacyr, Cumbra, Solek, CJR Renewables, Keller, OHLA, amongst others, both in permanent legal advice and in their disputes.

Professional Memberships

Chilean Bar Association.

Member, Chilean Society of Construction Law.

Personal

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2020, LL.M. with a regulatory minor.

Universidad de Chile, 2012, JD.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English.

Work Highlights

Permanent legal advice to the Inti Punku consortium (SACYR - CUMBRA) for the construction of the new Lima airport.

Arbitration to SACYR for the construction of wind farms.

Arbitration to CJR RENEWABLES for the construction of wind farms.

Arbitration to KELLER for the construction of works for a reservoir.

Arbitration to SOLEK for the construction of Photovoltaic Parks.

Arbitration to VIAL and VIVES for the execution of construction contracts.

Legal advice to OHLA for damages in public contracts with the State of Chile.

Industry Sector Expertise

Infrastructure, Construction, Public Works, Arbitrations

Awards