Urzúa

Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Operation of Projects Law and its Disputes.

Cristián Urzúa is owner of Urzúa Abogados.

He advises owners and contractors in infrastructure projects, in engineering and construction, from the idea of ​​developing a project, through the preparation of contracts and their performance, to litigation or liquidation, including claims, arbitration and litigation.

Cristián has been owner of Urzúa since 2017 and, previously, was director of the Arbitration and Litigation Group and engineering and construction specialist in other firms, staring his practice in 2006.

Mr. Urzúa usually writes about Construction Law topics in newspapers like El Mercurio Legal and Diario Financiero. Also, he teaches the subject at the most reputable university in the country, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Spanish. English.

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

LLM. (focussed in Contract and Remedies Law), University of California, Berkeley (magna cum laude, 2012). Certificate in Contracts and Torts Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (summa cum laude, 2005). Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (summa cum laude, 2005).

Professor at Pontificie Universidad Catolica de Chile, “Construction and engineering Law” course (since 2022). Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, “The Construction Contract before the Civil Law” course (since 2018). Columnist of El Mercurio Legal, in matters of projects, engineering and construction, and in litigation and arbitration (2019-).

He enjoys his family and his dogs, as well as skiing, dirtbiking and swimming, following the chilean soccer team Universidad Católica around all the country and the world, as well as reading book of history.