He has focused his professional career on providing consultancy services to large companies in engineering, construction and services contracts covering such areas as mining, power generation, manufacturing, public works and concessions. He holds both a broad legal knowledge and an encompassing technical outlook. This unique combination of skills has enabled him to participate in important infrastructure projects both in Chile and abroad.
With more than 25 years of experience, he has led multiple project planning, bidding, and contracting processes; risk analysis; contract and claims management; expert opinions, Dispute Boards, expert reports, and arbitrations. Over this last period of time, his professional focus has been oriented towards providing expert support and directing multidisciplinary teams with experience in the indicated areas.
Since 2018, he acts as the Chairman of the Construction Contracts Working Group at the Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations (CICA), an organization whose members represent 57% of the specific PIB of the Construction Industry.
In recent years, he has emerged as a speaker at various international conferences on Construction Law in America and Europe.
In 2019 and 2020, Who´s Who Legal has distinguished him as one of the 12 Leading Individuals in Latin America in the Construction category.
He has also been a professor in the specialization course on Dispute Resolution Boards given by the Lima Chamber of Commerce and the Peruvian Society of Construction Law and in the Projekmanagement course of the Technical University of Dresden (Germany).
Legal advice and representation.
- Legal report on the application of a back-to-back clause in an arbitration related to FIDIC contracts, before the Arbitration Center of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Representation of the Chilean subsidiary of a French company in an arbitration before the Arbitration and Mediation Center, “CAM Santiago”, against a Chinese contractor, regarding a subcontract for the installation of equipment for a high complexity public hospital, Chile.
- Legal report regarding the contractual interpretation of Site requirements for an Italian company in charge of the installation of photovoltaic equipment, Chile.
- Representation of a Peruvian subcontractor in an arbitration against a U.S. company, the world´s leader in lithium production, Chile.
- Participation in a pro-bono expert report on the construction of a Women's Health Pavilion in Burundi (Africa), for an ad hoc arbitration based in London.
- Participation in an expert report for a Brazilian company in charge of the construction of Panama's international airport
- Participation in an expert report for a Uruguayan company in charge of constructing a highway for a project located in Paraguay, in an ICC arbitration.
- Participation in an expert report relative to the construction of a Regional Hospital, for an UNCITRAL arbitration, in El Salvador.
- Participation in an expert report regarding the construction of a Yarn Plant for a domestic arbitration in Nicaragua.
- Participation in an expert report for a company in charge of the construction of a highway in Colombia.
- Representation of a Spanish subcontractor in several arbitrations regarding the construction of transmission lines and electrical substations in the CAM Santiago, Chile.
- Preparation of a claim for a Spanish concessionaire against the Ministry of Public Works of Chile, regarding additional works executed in a public hospital.
- Preparation of a claim for a Brazilian company against a Portuguese concessionaire for the construction of two interstate transmission lines in Brazil.
- Representation in domestic arbitration of a provider of centralized control of communications and fiber optics in a high complexity public hospital, Chile.
- Representation in domestic arbitration of a drilling and probing contractor against a major private mining company, Chile.
Dispute management.
- Consultancy for a state-owned oil company during the execution of a contract with a local construction company for the installation of an emission control system (wet gas scrubber), Chile.
- Risk analysis and risk assessment for Spanish construction companies for several residential buildings and shopping centers to be built in Spain.
- Risk analysis and assessment for an Austrian supplier of medical equipment to a Chinese concessionaire in a public hospital, Chile.
- Advising the Chilean subsidiary of a French company in the dispute with a Chinese contractor on the subcontract for the installation of equipment for a high complexity public hospital, Chile.
- Preparation of a claim for a Spanish subcontractor on force majeure due to Covid-19, which, once submitted, was accepted by the National Electric Coordinator (CEN). Chile.
- Advising a Spanish construction company in the preparation of claims based on FIDC terms against the Costa Rican authorities regarding a highway construction project, Costa Rica.
- Advising a Chilean construction company during the execution of works and preparation of claims against a British multinational company regarding a mining project located in northern Chile.
- Advising a Spanish contractor in the management of disputes, including mediations, in multiple construction projects regarding transmission lines and electrical substations, Chile.
- Advising the largest Chilean pulp producer in the structuring of the contractual scheme (engineering, procurement, construction, EPC, risk assessment) with several subcontractors, for the construction of a new production line, Chile.
- Redesign and redrafting of Codelco's (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile, state-owned company) standardized bidding information and contract forms.
- Advising an Irish client in the execution of a BOP contract with a Portuguese contractor in charge of the construction of transmission lines and wind power generation, Chile.
- Advising a state-owned oil company in the execution of an EPC contract with a Spanish contractor, in charge of the construction of a steam generating plant. Chile.
- Strategic contractual advice and claims management of a Spanish contractor, in the relationship with its Italian partner within a consortium, and with its Japanese employer, in the construction of a desalination plant for a mining project, Chile.
- Counsel to a state-owned oil company in connection with the collection of fines in the execution of a tank maintenance contract with a Peruvian contractor, Chile.
- Defense of a Chinese client against claims of a Spanish contractor in connection with a contract for the construction of a shopping mall in Santiago, Chile.
- Strategic contractual advice and claims management for an Italian contractor in the execution of an EPC contract for the construction of a public hospital in central Chile.
- Strategic contractual advice and claims management for a Spanish contractor in the execution of an EPC contract for the construction of a public hospital in Chile.
- Representation of a Spanish contractor in the execution of a subcontract for the construction of tunnels and detonations in a public project for a dam located in the north of Chile.
- Counsel to a construction company in the execution of several real estate projects, including shopping centers and residential buildings, Chile.
- Advising a Peruvian construction company in the presentation of a claim to its Chilean client, related to the construction of a shopping mall, Peru.
Dispute Boards.
- Chairman of a Dispute Board in a dispute between a mining company and a major local construction company for the construction of a tailings dam in a mining project in Peru.
- Dispute Board member in a dispute between two Italian companies for the construction of a wind farm in Mexico.
- Dispute Board sole member in a dispute between the State and a Brazilian contractor for the construction of a highway in Honduras.
- Dispute Board member for the development of a large coastal defenses project in the region of ICA, Peru.
- Chairman of two simultaneous Dispute Boards for the construction of the Bicentennial Schools in Lima, Peru.
- Chairman of a Dispute Board in a dispute between an Italian company and a Chinese contractor for the construction of a wind farm in Chile.
- Master in International Construction, University of Stuttgart.
- Lawyer, University of Chile.
- Diploma in Supply Chain Management (purchases and contracts), Industrial Engineering Department, University of Santiago.
- Diploma in Organizational Leadership, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile.
- International Adjudicator (Dispute Board) of the Dispute Resolution Center of the Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de Costa Rica.
- International Adjudicator (Dispute Board) of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador.
- International Adjudicator (Dispute Board) of the Arbitration and Mediation Center ANKAWA International.
- Member of the list of Dispute Boards of the Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAM) of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CCS),
- Member of the panel of experts of the Mining Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAMMIN).
- International Adjudicator of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) Arbitration Center.
- Chairman of the Construction Contracts Working Group at the Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations (CICA).
- Former Member of the Infrastructure Committee of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Chile (Camacoes).
- Board member of the Latin American Association of Construction Law (ALDEC).
- Former Director of the Chilean Society of Construction Law.
- Former National Councilor and Chairman of the Principal-Contractor Task Force of the Chilean Construction Chamber (CChC).
- Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
- Member of the Construction Law Group of the International Bar Association (IBA).
- Member of the Contract Management Commission of the Engineers Institute of Chile.
- Member of the Experts Committee of Implementation of Dispute Boards for public works contracts in Chile.
- Professor of the Master’s Program in Construction Management (MAC) – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
- Professional selected by the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation to act as Chair of Dispute Boards in the Olympic Games of Rio 2016.
- Professor of the Diploma Course in Project Management – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Spanish, English and basic German.