Baker McKenzie LLP

Dispute Resolution

Associate

Juan Pablo is a senior associate of the Dispute Resolution team at Baker McKenzie's Santiago Office. He has over 10 years of experience in complex litigation with a focus on international commercial and investor-state arbitration. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Juan Pablo worked at top-tiered law firms in Santiago and London.

Juan Pablo holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and graduated first of his class at Universidad de los Andes. He has lectured at universities in Santiago and abroad, and published academic articles in internationally indexed law journals.

Juan Pablo focuses his practice in dispute resolution, with an emphasis on domestic and international arbitration. He has represented clients in arbitration proceedings governed by major institutional rules including SCC, ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and CAM Santiago, across a range of industries including energy, infrastructure, public concessions, and regulated markets, among others. Related Expertise: Commercial Litigation Dispute Resolution Energy, Mining & Infrastructure International Arbitration Public Law & Regulatory Disputes

Spanish / English

Harvard Law School (LLM) (2019) Universidad de los Andes (LL.B.) (2013)

Co-author with Silva, B. "El rechazo in limine de la demanda bajo las reglas de arbitraje CIADI: una perspectiva chilena" en Revista Actualidad Jurídica (Enero 2024, N°49), pp. 165 – 198. Co-author with GROB, F., and SILVA, B., “Hands off. The Chilean Supreme Court Affirms Chile’s Arbitration-friendly Stance. A Look Into Tarascona Corporation v. Oscar Breton Diéguez et al.” in Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2023. Author, “Rethinking the Structure of Construction Arbitration: A Dispute Systems Design Approach to the Position of Experts” in Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Vol. 27, Fall 2021, pp. 43 – 92. Author, “La extensión del acuerdo de arbitraje a terceros aparentes en el arbitraje comercial internacional: análisis de algunas teorías” in Revista de Derecho de la U. Católica del Norte, (2018, Vol: 25, No. 2). pp 201 - 236. Co-author with LAGOS, J.T., “El arbitraje como alternativa para la resolución de pequeñas causas” in RIVERO, R. & MARÍN, J. (Dir.), Reformas necesarias a la justicia chilena, T. II, Ed. Librotecnia, Santiago, 2018, pp. 833 – 857. Author, “El arbitraje contencioso-administrativo” in ARANCIBIA, J.; MARTINEZ, J.I.; & ROMERO, A. (coord.), Precedente, cosa juzgada y equivalentes jurisdiccionales en la litigación pública, Legal Publishing – Thomson Reuters, Santiago, 2013, pp. 531 – 566. Co-author with BERNALES, F., et al, “Chapter 6A. Chile” en CAMPBELL, D. (Edit.), Transnational Litigation: A Practitioner’s Guide, Center for International Legal Studies, Thomson Reuters, 2022, Volume I.