Specialist in national and international commercial and investment arbitration, advising national and multinational companies.

He advises leading companies on domestic and international arbitration, covering commercial and investment arbitration. He is acknowledged in Chile and Latin America as a leading arbitration lawyer. 

Before joining Cuatrecasas, he worked at several international law firms.

As counsel for Latin America, Spain and Portugal at the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris), he has supervised hundreds of arbitration cases, involving public and private companies from different sectors.

He has been a professor at the law school of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile for several years, and has lectured on commercial law, international contracts and international private law. He has also been a guest lecturer at several universities, including Universidad del Pacífico (Lima), Fundaçao Getulio Vargas (Sao Paulo) and IE Business School (Madrid). Previously, he lectured on commercial and investment arbitration at ESSEC Business School (Paris).

He has written many articles on arbitration in several specialized journals and other publications.

Education

  • Postgraduate studies in Spanish law
    Universidad de Alcalá, España, 2008

    Master of Laws (with honors)
    Columbia University, New York, 2003

    Bachelor of Laws (magna cum laude)
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 1998

Directory Mentions

Recommended Lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global and Latin America), Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Global Arbitration Review, Leaders League, Benchmark Litigation, Expert Guides, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal in Arbitration, International arbitration, Litigation, Banking & Finance and Electricity & Hydrocarbon

Global Elite Thought Leaders
Who’s Who Legal in Arbitration category (only Chilean lawyer along with nine other lawyers in Latin America 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Lawyer of the year
Best Lawyers in Arbitration & Mediation (2023)

GAR 45 under 45
Global Arbitration Review (2011)

Forty under 40 Award
Iberian Lawyer Review (2007)