Latin America
Practice Areas
Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Career
Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration practice at Dentons Chile. His practice focuses on dispute resolution in civil and commercial matters, including administrative litigation, insolvency proceedings, and consumer law. He has extensive experience handling cases before ordinary, special, and arbitral courts, both nationally and internationally, representing companies in contractual and tort disputes related to construction, supply, energy, corporate conflicts, antitrust, and consumer relations, among other areas; acting both as counsel and as arbitrator.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at the university and is currently a professor of Procedural Law at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
He is a founding member of the Chilean chapter of ENERAP (Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners), and a member of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative, Red Procesal and Club Español e Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CEIA). He is also a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
He is an enlistee of the list of Young Arbitrators of CAM Santiago, and of the list of arbitrators of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, Court of Appeals of San Miguel and Court of Appeals of Valparaíso.
Professional Memberships
Founding member of the Chilean chapter of ENERAP (Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners).
Arbitrator of roster of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, Court of Appeals of San Miguel and Court of Appeals of Valparaíso.
Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Member of Rising Arbitrators Initiative.
Member of Red Procesal
Member of Club Español e Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CEIA).
Young Arbitrator of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (AJ CAM).
Publications
“Mediación obligatoria: un problema cultural con solución legal”, Mercurio Legal (online), January 22nd, 2018.
“La ejecución de la Factura y la indefensión del deudor”, Estado Diario (online), July 17th, 2019.
“Confianza legítima en la autoridad y Derechos Adquiridos: Supremazo a favor de la inversión inmobiliaria”, Estado Diario (online), February 5th, 2020.
“La Reforma Procesal Civil con ocasión del Covid”, Mercurio Legal (online), September 12nd, 2020.
“Possible Changes In Arbitrating Against The Chilean State: Lessons Learned from Bolivia”, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (online), August 31st, 2022.
"La pandemia no exime al demandante del impulso procesal del procedimiento civil", Revista Actualidad Jurídica, Universidad del
Desarrollo, número 48, 2023.
"Maduración de la Ley 'Devuélveme Mi Casa': Implicancias Prácticas a Más de Dos Años de su Entrada en Vigencia", Red Procesal | Red Investigadores Derecho Procesal (online), January 23rd, 2025.
Personal
University of Melbourne, 2017, Master of Laws (LL.M.) focused on Conflict Resolution and Construction Law.
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2011, JD.
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2009, specialized courses in Accounting and Finance.
