Liat Tapia

Litigation and Arbitration.

Liat has focused her practice on the resolution of domestic and international disputes, both in arbitration proceedings and before courts of justice and sectoral agencies. Her experience includes handling cases administered by ICSID, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and CAM Santiago, among others.

She is an arbitrator on the Young Arbitrators Roster of CAM Santiago and a member of the roster of arbitrators of the Courts of Appeals of Santiago and San Miguel.

She is a member of the Executive Council of Women in Dispute Resolution (WDR) and serves on the Board of Experts of the Chilean Bar Association. She was an international associate at Three Crowns LLP, London, England (2018–2019).

In 2019, Liat was admitted to practice as a lawyer in the state of New York, United States. She is a member of the Club Español del Arbitraje and the Chilean Bar Association.

1. «Are the Judicial Procedural Rules Issued During the Pandemic Applicable to International Arbitrations Seated in Santiago?», Kluwer Arbitration Blog, October 7, 2020.

2. Speaker at the Webinar «LatAm Perspectives on International Arbitration: Necessary Responses in Crisis”, organized by the New York City Bar, 2020.

3. Speaker at the Webinar «Covid & Force Majeure: Practical Aspects in Relation to Contracts», organized by the Chilean-Australian Chamber of Commerce, 2020.

4. Report on investment arbitration titled «Teinver SA et al. Against Argentina» (ICSID Award ARB/09/1, CII 966, 2017.

5. «Good faith as an efficient integration mechanism,» IX Civil Law Review, Editorial Abeledo Perrot, Thomson Reuters, 2015.

6. Speaker at the IX Conference on Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile, 2014.

7. Speaker at the 1st ICC Chilean Arbitration Day, 2022.

8. Speaker at the seminar “El papel de las instituciones arbitrales en el comercio internacional”, organized by – Seminario Internacional de la Biblioteca de Arbitraje.

Universidad de Chile

Law degree

2010

Columbia Law School

Master of Laws (LL.M.)

2018

Spanish and English.