Manuel José Vial

Practice Areas

Arbitration, Litigation, M&A, Corporate Law, Banking and Corporate Counsel.

Career

Senior Partner at Grupo Vial Serrano Abogados.

Vice Chairman of the Board of ScotiaBank Chile.

Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of the

Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Center, Santiago Chamber of Commerce.

Member of the Board of ICC Chile.

Member of the Ethic Commission Council of the Industry and Entrepreneur Federation (SOFOFA).

Former counselor of the SOFOFA.

Vial y Palma (1977-2005).

Professional Memberships

Chilean Bar since 1977.

Past Member of the Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Arbitrator at the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Center, Santiago Chamber of Commerce.

ICC Chile.

Publications

Co-Author of the Chilean Chapter “Law & Practice”, International Arbitration, CHAMBERS Country Practice Guides, Chamber and Partners.

2016.

Personal

Studies:

Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Chile, 1976.

President of the Students’ Center of the School of Law, 1974.

Academic:

Former Professor of Civil Law at the Catholic University of Chile.

Languages:

Spanish and English.