His work is mainly focused on representing and advising parties regarding construction arbitrations.
As a member of our team, his experience includes the drafting of contractor claims, administrative appeals, and requests for pronouncements before the Comptroller General of the Republic.
He also provides legal advice, accompaniment services and strategic management of construction contracts and civil works in general, within the framework of projects such as power plants and substations, photovoltaic parks, private construction and high complexity hospitals, among others.
During his professional career, he has participated in international arbitrations before the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), in cases related to the engineering and construction of power plants and thermoelectric plants in Chile, as well as the construction of a mega-bridge in Panama.
Between 2021 and 2022, he completed a Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London, training with leading construction law lawyers such as Julian Bailey, David Mosey, Renato Nazzini, Nicholas Gould and Anthony Lavers, among others. In this sense, his research work for his Master’s degree focused on analyzing the participation of experts in international arbitration, and was entitled “Expert Witnesses’ Independence and Impartiality in International Arbitration“.
During 2020, he co-authored two articles regarding legal analysis with the lawyer and founding partner, Alex Wagemann. The first, entitled “La ejecución del contrato de obra pública en Sudamérica ante el COVID-19: posibles alternativas para mantener su equilibrio económico o terminarlo anticipadamente”, was published in the journal Derecho & Sociedad of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). The second, “Public Works and Dispute Boards: a Pending Debate in South America“, was published in the Construction Law International magazine of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Additionally, he has collaborated as arbitrator in the preparation of the teams of the Universidad de Chile Law School for the International Arbitration Competition held in 2021 and 2022.
- Representation of a Chilean subsidiary of an Indian company in an ICC international arbitration against a Spanish contractor in connection with a contract regarding the construction of two electrical substations and a high voltage line in a photovoltaic plant in Chile.
- Representation of a Chilean subsidiary of a French company in an arbitration before the CAM Santiago against a Chinese contractor in connection with a subcontract for the installation of equipment in a high complexity public hospital in Chile.
- Representation of a Chilean contractor in an arbitration before the CAM Santiago against a public company in connection with the implementation of a Low Nox control system in boilers in a refinery in Chile.
- Representation of a Spanish subcontractor in multiple arbitrations before the CAM Santiago related to the construction of transmission lines and substations in Chile.
- Representation of a Spanish subcontractor in multiple arbitrations before the CAM Santiago related to the construction of transmission lines and substations in Chile.
- Representation of the Chilean subsidiary of an Australian company in an ICC international arbitration against a Spanish contractor in connection with a contract for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Chile.
- Representation of a Chilean company in arbitration before the CAM Santiago against a Japanese company in connection with a contract for the construction of a thermoelectric plant in Chile.
- Representation of a Chilean company in arbitration before the CAM Santiago against a mining company in connection with a contract for the construction of a high voltage power line in Chile.
- Representation of a public company in arbitration before the CAM Santiago against a Chilean company in connection with a contract for the construction of a high voltage power line and an oil pipeline in Chile.
- Representation of a Chilean subsidiary of a French company in a lawsuit before the ordinary courts against a mining company.
- Advised a Spanish contractor in dispute management, including mediation, regarding multiple transmission line and substation construction projects.
- Strategic contract and claims management for a Spanish contractor in multiple transmission line and substation construction projects.
- Advising a Spanish contractor in the execution of a project for the construction of two high complexity public hospitals in Chile.
- Advising an Italian contractor in the execution of a project for the construction of a high complexity public hospital in Chile.
- Collaboration and participation in the preparation of a technical report for a Colombian client, in connection with a concession contract for the execution, repair, maintenance and operation of a public fiscal work related to a highway in Colombia.
- Advised a Spanish contractor in the risk analysis of multiple contracts for the construction and/or repair of residential buildings in Spain.
- Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London.
- Lawyer, Adolfo Ibáñez University.
- Teaching Assistant of Legal System (2013), Legal Reasoning (2011-2012), Constitutional Rights (2012; 2015), Public International Law (2012-2014); and in-depth courses on Public Law in fifth year (2015-2016), Adolfo Ibáñez University.
- Chilean chapter of "Chambers & Partners - Construction Law Practice Guide 2023", with Elina Mereminskaya, Alex Wagemann and Álvaro Jara.
- “Corruption in state arbitration in the Republic of Peru: cases, lessons and possible solutions”, with Elina Mereminskaya, published in The Russian Arbitration Journal, January-February 2020 edition.
- “The execution of public works contracts in South America before COVID-19: possible alternatives to maintain its economic balance or end it early”, with Alex Wagemann, published in the journal Derecho & Sociedad of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2023).
- “Public Works and Dispute Boards: a Pending Debate in South America“, with Alex Wagemann, published in the Construction Law International magazine of the International Bar Association (2020).
Spanish and English.