Juan Eduardo Figueroa Valdes
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JUAN EDUARDO FIGUEROA VALDES ___________________________________________________ Citizenship Chile Languages Spanish, English and Portuguese Work History Lawyer Member of Chilean Supreme Court (2015-2017) and Senior Partner in Figueroa, Illanes, Huidobro and Salamanca, since 1984, located at Apoquindo Anevue nº 3669, 11 floor, Las Condes District, Santiago, Chile. Tel: (562) 2 289 75200 Mail: [email protected] Site web: www.fihsabogados.cl Experience Experienced with working in the field of real estate and construction for more than 30 years in Chile, giving legal support in all stages of the business to construction companies and real estate companies. Extensive experience in legal counseling in matters of Urban, Civil, Commercial, Real Estate, Environmental and Tax law in the development of urban and rural projects. Expert advisor for the Chilean Chamber of Commerce of Construction in issues of construction law. Legal counsel for the Real Estate Association of Chile (ACOP Camara Nacional de Servicios Inmobiliarios A.G.). Legal Advisor for the U.S. and Peruvian Embassy in Santiago Chile in real estate transactions. Chambers and Partners Latin-American 2012 – 2015 recognized me as one of the Notable Practitioner in real estate and construction in Chile. Professor at the following masters: Law Faculty, University of Los Andes, Chile (Academic Director of Real State Master), Heidelberg Center for Latin America (Arbitration), visiting professor in many other courses like construction contracts, settlement disputes, construction arbitration and real estate subject, Architecture Faculty, University of Chile ex-professor (real estate management, real estate projects and environment). Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience 1 Sole Arbitrator in an ICC case of an EPC construction contract of a biodiesel gas plant in Argentina, between an spanish and an argentinean company; Arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration case (UNCITRAL rules) between a chilean and a german company concerning a joint venture for a construction contract of a mining power plant; Co-arbitrator in International Arbitration before the Bolivian Chamber of Commerce in La Paz, in the arbitration of a highway project;. Serve as an arbitrator on the Chilean Chamber of Commerce panel in Santiago since 1998; Arbitrator at Brazil Canada Chamber of Commerce, since 2012; Arbitration at Sao Paulo Institute of Engineering, since 2014; Arbitrator at Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of the Industries Federation of Paraná (CAMFIEP). Arbitrator- Evaluator of the International Competition of Arbitration, Buenos Aires University, since 2011; Served as an expert witness in International Arbitration before the ICSID, in the arbitration of the MTD case v. the Republic of Chile; Serve as Chairman of four Dispute Boards of mining construction contracts of Codelco Chile (2008-2011). Alternative Dispute Resolution Training Workshop Dispute Boards (DRBF), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014; Fellow CIArb, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2013. School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University London and Chilean Chamber of Commerce, workshop, September 2011; AAA/ICDR Neutrals Conference, 2010; ICC Institute Masterclass for Arbitrators: Overview of Fundamentals and Best Practices Related to Serving as an Arbitrador, 2009; IAAP, International Chamber of Commerce, Workshop, 2007; ICC, Current Issues in ICC Arbitration: What You Need to Know to Enhance Your International Practice, 2006; ICDR International Symposium, 2006; ICDR, Smooth Sailing International Arbitration in Spain and the Americas, 2004; Advanced Course of International Commercial Arbitration: Advanced Techniques for Handling an International Arbitration Case, Washington College of Law, American University, 2004; The Arbitration of International Chamber of Commerce, Chilean Chamber of Commerce of Santiago: Chapter of the International Commercial Chamber, 1999; Course of International Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 1998. Professional Associations Member of the Latin American group of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) and Chilean Chapter of it; Latin American Arbitration Association, (construction committee); Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDIc); Chilean Bar Association (Former Counsel); Chilean Chamber of Construction (Law Commission); Interamerican Bar Association (Former Counsel), Brazilian Committee of Arbitration (CBAr) and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF). 2 Education (2006-2007) Heidelberg University – Chile University (LL.M., Laws in International Law, Trade, Investment and International Arbitration; (2002) Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago Chile (Concessions of Public Works); (1995-1997) Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Santiago Chile (MS, Economics and Administration for Lawyers). (1984) Universidad de Chile, Santiago (Law); Main Publications "La Autonomía de los Árbitros y la Intervención Judicial", Revista Arbitraje PUCP, Año IV Nº4, September 2014. "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2014 y 2015", Legal Global Group. "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Real State 2014 y 2015", Legal Global Group. "Dispute Boards la visión de las partes y su co-existencia con los contratos administrativos. Experiencia en Chile", Biblioteca de Arbitraje del Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre, August 2014, Volúmen 23. "The Dispute Boards in International Construction Projects," REVISTA RUMANA DE ARBITRAJE, Nº 3, June 2011; "El convenio arbitral, la ley de fondo y la aplicación en particular de los Principios de Unidroit," TRATADO DE DERECHO ARBITRAL, EL CONVENIO ARBITRAL, TOMO I, Director Carlos Alberto Soto Coaguila, Perú, March 2011; "El Arbitraje en los Contratos de Concesiones de Obras Publicas en Chile. Incorporación de los Dispute Boards o Paneles Técnicos o de Expertos," REVISTA BRASILERA DE ARBITRAGEM, no. 20, April 2009; "Dispute Boards," SEMANA JURIDICA, no. 347, Chile, July 2007; "The Private Contract of Construction and Ex Aequo et Bono Arbitration," LEGAL GAZETTE, no. 324, Chile, June 2007; 3 "The Principle of Kompetenz-Kompetenz In International Commercial Arbitration," Mealey's INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REPORT, vol. 22, May, June and July 2007; co-author, "Urbanismo y Construcción," LEXIS NEXIS, Santiago, Chile, March 2006; "The New Chilean Law on International Commercial Arbitration," article prized by Interamerican Bar Association in the Conference XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, publicado en Revista de Arbitragem e Mediacao, Editora Revista Dos Tribunais, Brasil, Julio, Septiembre 2005, y Gaceta Juridica, Santiago - Chile, September 2005; "Arbitration Online in International Commerce," ECONIMIST & JURIST N 85, see also in www.camsantiago.cl, June 2004; "Ethics in Internacional Arbitration," MEALEY'S INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REPORT, vol. 18, no. 7, July 2003; "La Resolución de Controversias en la Ley de Concesiones de Obras Publicas Chilena," CENTRO DE ARBITRAJES CAMARA DE COMERCIO DE SANTIAGO, CHILE, Julne 2003; "Régimen Legal del Subsuelo Urbano," DERECHO Y JURISPRUDENCIA TOMO XCVII N 3, 2000; "Mega-Proyectos Inmobiliarios y Medio Ambiente," EDITORIAL JURIDICA CONO-SUR, 1997; "Objetivos y Principios Ley 19.300 Sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente," EL GRAN CATALOGO CHILENO DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE, October 1996, September 1998, Tomo II, 1997; "Las Garantías Constitucionales del Contribuyente en la Constitución Política de 1980," EDITORIAL JURIDICA CHILE, 1985. Recent Courses International Congress of ICC about “International Construction Contracts & Dispute Resolution”, Bogotá, Colombia 2015. International Congress about Arbitration and Public Procurement, Cusco, Peru 2015. Course for the legal department of CODELCO (Copper Corporation of Chile) about “Dispute Boards”, Santiago, Chile, 2014. Cusco’s Chamber of Commerce Congress about “Dispute Boards”, Cusco, Peru, 2014. 4 Lima’s Chamber of Commerce Congress about “Arbitration in Public Procurement”. Lima, Peru, 2014. Arbitration Center of the Catholic University of Lima Congress about "Autonomy of the arbitrators and Interventions of the judiciary", Lima, Peru 2014. Course at the Center for Law, Economics and Politics (CEDEP) "Arbitration Oil & Gas", Asuncion, Paraguay, 2014. Congress of the Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDic) on "Effective management of construction arbitration", Curitiba, Brazil, 2014. International Congress promoted by the ICC on "Arbitration of Construction", Mexico, 2012. 5 .