Gonzalo Fernández

Gonzalo Fernández


Carey

Recognized since 2012

Santiago, Chile

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Arbitration and Mediation

International Arbitration

Litigation

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Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Litigation Group. His practice is primarily focused on the areas of litigation, national and international arbitration, corporate law, securities, and business law.

Education

  • Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (admitted with the school’s highest entrance score in 1987).
  • LL.M., Harvard University (Fulbright and Presidente de la República scholarships) (1997).
  • Best Student Award (1987 - 1991).
  • University Merit Award for being the best student of Universidad Católica de Chile (1989).
  • Ranked highest in his class - Montenegro, Tocornal and Gutiérrez Awards.

Activities and Memberships

  • President of the Chilean Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA) (since 2023).
  • Professor of Civil Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 1997).
  • Foreign Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York (1998-1999).
  • Member of the Panel of the Arbitration Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
  • Member of the Panel for Dispute Resolution at Mercosur (appointed by the Government of Chile).
  • Representative of the firm in the Probono Foundation.

Publications

  • Author of the IX chapter about International Commercial Arbitration in "30 years of Institutional Development of Arbitration and Mediation", Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (2022).
  • Co-author of the Chilean chapter in IBA Toolkit on Insolvency and Arbitration, IBA (2021).
  • Author of a chapter in "Highlighted Sentences 2018", Libertad y Desarrollo (2019).
  • Co-author of the Chilean chapter in the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Litigation, Chambers and Partners (2019).
  • Author of the article "The arbitration agreement in Chilean law: its nature, requirements and effects", published in Arbitration Treaty, The Arbitration Agreement, Grupo Editorial Ibañez: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Colombia and the Peruvian Institute of Arbitration.
  • Author of the chapter "International Commercial Arbitration in Chile: Legal Framework and Jurisprudence", published in International Commercial Arbitration in Latin America: Legal Framework and Jurisprudence, Wolters Kluwer group, Madrid, 1st edition (2009).Op-ed writer of El Mercurio Legal, Contracts and Torts series (permanent).

Seminars

  • Lecturer in the 8th Americas Workshop organized by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Santiago (2012).
  • Speaker in the seminar “New ICC 2012 Arbitration Rules”, organized by the International Arbitration Court of the ICC (2012).
  • Lecturer at the Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration organized by the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London and the Arbitration Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (2011).

Contact & Links
Location
  • Isidora Goyenechea 2800, Piso 43
    Las Condes
    Santiago
    Chile
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Affiliations
  • Shanghai Arbitration Commission - Member of the Panel of Arbitrators (since 2022)
  • International Court of Arbitration - Member of the Panel of Arbitrators (since 2022)
  • Chilean Bar Association - Member
Court Admissions
  • Chile (1994).

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Chile 2024 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • International Arbitration
  • Litigation
Awards:
  • Recognized in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Chambers Latin America.
  • Recognized in Dispute Resolution: Litigation; and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, The Legal 500.
  • Recognized in Litigation and Arbitration, Anti-corruption, Investigations and Compliance, Latin Lawyer 250.
  • Recognized in Litigation, Who's Who Legal.
  • Recognized in Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration and Litigation, Best Lawyers.

  • Recognized in Benchmark Litigation Latin America.

  • Recognized in Arbitration and Litigation, Leaders League.

  • Recognized in Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Top Ranked Legal.

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