Studies and Professional Experience

Degree in Law and Social Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago – Chile; LL.M in International Law, Trade, Investment and International Arbitration, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Diploma on the legal regime of Public Works Concessions, Universidad del Desarrollo – Santiago – Chile; Master in Economics and Management for Lawyers (M.E.G.A.), Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Santiago – Chile. More than 35 years working in the real estate and construction area, providing legal advice in all stages of business for construction companies and companies in the real estate sector.

He is director of real estate, service, hotel and tourism companies. He has been a member of the Chilean Supreme Court. He is President of the Legislation Commission of the Chilean Chamber of Construction. He has been legal advisor to ACOP – National Chamber of Real Estate Services AG. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Recognized by Chambers and Partners Latin-American 2012-2023 as an outstanding professional in the real estate sector in Chile; and by the publication Who’s Who Legal: Construction 2020- 2023. Arbitrator in private and public infrastructure construction matters, especially in arbitrations managed by the ICC and the ICDR, in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, especially in construction, engineering and energy matters. Arbitrator in Public Works Concessions in Chile; Arbitrator of the arbitration body of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, since 1998, acting especially in disputes relating to construction contracts, real estate and commercial matters in general, in more than 60 arbitrations; and has acted as arbitrator in disputes between private parties in civil, commercial and real estate matters, as well as arbitrator in the liquidation of inherited communities and companies. He has been Chairman of 4 panels of Dispute Boards in the mining construction industry in Chile.

Academic experience.

Professor in postgraduate courses at Universidad de los Andes (Academic Director of Real Estate Law Diploma and Construction Law Diploma), lecturer at Heidelberg Center for Latin America (Arbitration), visiting professor in several courses and diploma courses on topics such as construction contracts, dispute resolution, construction arbitration and real estate issues.

Main recent publications:

– ‘The Arbitral Tribunal-appointed Expert: A Swiss Approach’, Construction Disputes; International.

– Arbitration; Switzerland, Construction Law Journal, Volume 38 No. 7, 2022;

– ‘Urbanism and Construction’, third edition, Der Ediciones, March 2022;

‘The Distribution of Risks in Collaborative Construction Contracts. Law & Society”, Law and Society Magazine, Pontificia Universidad Católica of Perú, 2021;

– ‘Construction and Arbitration’, Der Ediciones, August 2019;

– ‘Arbitrator’s Duty of Disclosure in International Commercial Arbitration, Arbitration Magazine Universidad Austral of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018;

– ‘Chapter on Chile’, from the book Anti-corruption Laws and Regulations, A Global Guide, co-authored with Sergio Huidobro Martinez, edited by Editor Roberto Hernandez Garcia, published by Globe Law and Business Ltd, 2018;

– ‘The use of graduated clauses for alternative dispute resolution in construction contracts: Utility, problems and solutions’, in collective work Construction Law. Dogmatic and practical analysis, DER Ediciones, November 2017; and,

– ‘Emergency Arbitration: Its Usefulness and Future Perspectives’, Argentine Arbitration Magazine No. 1, October 2017;

Trade union activities and affiliations:

Former Vice-President of the Chilean Society of Construction Law; Member of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Member of the Latin American Group of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce); Chilean Bar Association (former counsel); Chilean Chamber of Construction (President Legislation Commission); Interamerican Bar Association (former counsel); Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDIc); and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF); Member of the Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club and Representative of the CChC before the Civil Society Council of the General Comptroller of the Republic.