Education

• B.A. in Legal and Social Science, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2001).
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of California, Berkeley (2007), Boalt Hall School of Law.

Activities and Memberships

• Professor of Civil Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2002 - present).
• Member of the roster of Arbitrators of the Santiago Court of Appeals (2019-2020).
• Chairman of the Board of Fundación Altiplano from 2000 to 2016 and a member of its board to date.
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Publications

• “La Tradición y la Prescripción Adquisitiva como Modos de Adquirir el Dominio” (Tradition and Acquisitive Prescription as Ways of Acquiring Ownership), by Professor Víctor Vial del Río, Editorial Universidad Católica (2000). Collaborator.
• “Inversiones Eléctricas en Chile, Quien decide?” (Electricity Investments in Chile, Who Decides?), Revista del Abogado No. 60, Chilean Bar Association, May 2014.

Recognitions

• Arbitration, Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the leading international  rankings (The Legal 500; Leaders League; Leading Lawyers, among others).

Languages

Spanish and english.

• An important pharmaceutical company in a class action filed by the National Consumer Service after the Competition Court and the Supreme Court upheld a conviction of collusion (more than US$10 million).
• An important poultry company before the Competition Court and the Supreme Court in an accusation of collusion filed by the National Economic Prosecutor.
• A major poultry company in a class action filed by the National Consumer Service after the Competition Court and the Supreme Court upheld a conviction of collusion (more than US$300 million).
• Two municipalities and farmers in a dispute over the collapse of a tunnel that cut off the flow of irrigation water in the zone.
• Two insurance companies in ad hoc arbitration seeking an indemnity for damages caused by a fire in a mall that they had co-insured (US$40 million).
• A mining company before the Supreme Court in relation to approval of the environmental permits needed for its operation.
• An insurance company in a civil liability claim regarding a fire that destroyed the San Francisco Baron Church in Valparaíso (US$3 million).
• A fishing companies association in a constitutional action in a case questioning the legality of certain fishing authorizations issued by the authority for the north zone of the country.
• An important pharmaceutical company in a dispute about medication supply contracts  against the main health management organizations (Isapres) in the country (exceeding US$15 million).
• Major property and casualty insurance company in a voluntary vehicle insurance mediation procedure before the National Consumer Service.
• A power generating company in an arbitration under CAM Santiago Rules to default on an Exclusive Right Contract (US$16 million).
• A major commercial bank in an accusation filed against it by the National Economic Prosecutor in relation to the tender of insurance for its mortgage portfolio (US$3 million).
• A main movie theater chain in an accusation made by the National Economic Prosecutor petitioning for divestment of assets in a concentration transaction (in excess of US$60 million).