Pablo Correa

Practice Areas

Litigation, arbitration and Competition and Antitrust

Career

Pablo Correa is a lawyer, professor, and arbitrator. His main areas of expertise are dispute resolution, litigation, and domestic and international arbitration. He is a member of the list of arbitrators of the Court of Appeals of Santiago.

He has extensive experience litigating before civil courts, Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court. He also has experience in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, between companies and before government institutions, mainly in disputes related to construction, mining, natural resources, corporate governance, purchase contracts, energy, and public works concessions.

Before founding Ugarte & Correa in 2016, Mr. Correa worked at renowned international law firms as a senior associate in the Arbitration group and Litigation department.

He is a professor of Procedural Law at the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Mr. Correa has been recognized as one of the best litigators in Chile in prestigious rankings such as Chambers & Partners (Global and Latin America), Leaders League, Best Lawyers, among others.

Professional Memberships

Chilean Bar Association.

Member of the Chilean Society of Construction Law and the Bar Association.

Publications

1. Author of the book «The expert report on the Civil Procedure». (Pontificia Universidad Católica – Editorial Rubicón)

2. «Lump Sum Construction Contract Breaches in Chile. Jurisprudential Criteria in Relation to the Increase in Cost and the Extension of the Term of the Works», Legal News Magazine. Madrid 2016.

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

Work Highlights

Domestic Arbitration. Mining Industry. Representation of one of the main service providers to the mining industry in an ad hoc arbitration against a state-owned company.

• International Arbitration. Project Litigation. Successful representation of a foreign company in an arbitration concerning the construction of a power generation plant. USD $1.8 billion.

• Domestic Arbitration. Engineering Project. Representation of an international engineering company in an arbitration related to the construction of an energy project. USD $25 million.

• Domestic Arbitration. Construction Litigation. Successful representation of an international company in a litigation associated with the construction of a project. USD $92 million.

• Domestic Arbitration. Engineering Project. Successful representation of an international engineering company in an arbitration related to the design of a project. USD $43 million.

• International Arbitration. Successful representation of an international factoring company in an arbitration before FCI for the amount of USD $22 million.

• Domestic Arbitration. Energy. Successful representation of a mining company in an energy contract arbitration. USD $6 million

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English and Italian

Education

Awards