The Board of Directors of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre is the governing body of the CAM Santiago.
In accordance with article 3 of the Statutes of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre (effective as of 17 October 2019) the CAM Santiago Board of Directors is comprised by 15 members, of which 13 are appointed by the Board of Directors of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce A.G. (CCS) and 2 by the Council of the Chilean Bar Association A.G.
Within the functions of the CAM Santiago Board of Directors are the preparation, maintenance and updating of the lists of domestic arbitrators and mediators, as well as the appointment of these in the cases administered by the CAM Santiago.
The appointment of domestic arbitrators and mediators is made by selecting those individuals who are members of our lists when the parties have delegated such power to the Santiago Chamber of Commerce A.G.
Regarding international commercial arbitration cases, the CAM Santiago does not have a list of arbitrators, and it is the duty of the Board of Directors in each appointment to take into account the elements involved in each case, such as the nationality of the parties, the applicable laws, the seat of the arbitration and the languages involved in the dispute (article 11 of the CAM Santiago Statutes).
The Members of the Board of Directors are arbitrators, but they can only be appointed as such in case they are directly appointed by the parties.
The Board of Directors is comprised by Mr Herman Chadwick Piñera (Chairman), Mr Manuel José Vial Vial (Deputy Chairman), Dr Elina Mereminskaya, Ms Loreto Silva Rojas, Ms María Teresa Vial Álamos, Dr María Agnes Salah Abusleme, Dr María Soledad Krause Muñoz, Mr Cristián Maturana Miquel, Mr Enrique Navarro Beltrán, Mr Luis Alberto Aninat Urrejola, Dr Santiago Montt Oyarzún, Mr Luis Bezanilla Mena, Mr Augusto Bruna Vargas, Mr Ramón Jara Araya and Mr Juan Pedro Santa María Pérez.
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Manuel José Vial Vial
Chairman
Manuel José Vial Vial
Chairman
Lawyer. Graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Partner at Grupo Vial / Serrano Abogados. Ex-Vice President of the Board of Directors of Scotiabank Chile. Ex-Adviser at the Chile’s Manufacturers’ Association (SOFOFA). Member of the Arbitration and ADR Commission at ICC Chile.
Dr. María Agnes Salah Abusleme
Deputy Chairman
Dr. María Agnes Salah Abusleme
Deputy Chairman
Lawyer. Graduated from the Universidad de Chile. LL.M. from Harvard University and LL.M. from the Universidad de Chile. She also holds a PhD from the University of Chile. Full-time Professor of Civil Law and Researcher at the Universidad de Chile Law School. Herbert Smith Freehills Visitor in the Cambridge Faculty of Law. Mentor of the Program Learning to Lead. Former Director of International Affairs at the Universidad de Chile Law School. Previously, she worked as an attorney in the Tax and Judicial Group at Carey.
Herman Chadwick Piñera
Past President
Herman Chadwick Piñera
Past President
Lawyer. Graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Partner at Chadwick & Reymond Abogados. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors at ENEL Chile S.A., Director at Aguas Andinas S.A. and Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas S.A. He is also Vice President of Intervial Chile, Adviser at the Chile’s Manufacturers’ Association (SOFOFA) and Director at the Center of Public Studies.
Marcela Radovic Córdova
Member
Marcela Radovic Córdova
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the University of Chile. Diploma in Economic Administrative Law from the Pontificia Catholic University of Chile. Master in Regulation with mention in Public Services, Infrastructure and Energy from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Founding partner of the law firm Radovic & Asociados. Representative in Chile of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. Founder and Vice-President of the Chilean Society of Construction Law.
Nicole Duclos Toporowicz
Member
Nicole Duclos Toporowicz
Member
Lawyer from the University of Valparaíso. Master in Law from Harvard University. Partner at Covington & Burling LLP in New York. Her areas of expertise include international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, domestic and international litigation, energy law, financial services and mining law.
Dra. María Soledad Krause Muñoz
Member
Dra. María Soledad Krause Muñoz
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the Universidad de Chile. LL.M. from the University of Chile and LL.M from the University of Alicante. PhD in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from the Pompeu Fabra University. Professor of Criminal Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Former Partner at Gandarillas, Montt, Del Río & Krause. Previously, she was Head of Litigation at the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office and Partner at Claro.
Fabiola García Waak
Member
Fabiola García Waak
Member
Lawyer. Graduated in legal sciences from Universidad del Desarrollo. Diploma in Economic Administrative Law with a mention in Natural Resources and a Master's Degree in Construction Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is also a civil and commercial mediator, trained at the Spanish School of Mediation and Conflict Resolution. In recent years she has been Managing Partner at Waak SpA, Vice President of the General Contractors Committee of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (2020-) and Vice President of the Chilean Society of Construction Law (2021-), as well as a member of the Chilean Association of Mediators and of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
José Pedro Silva Prado
Member
José Pedro Silva Prado
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Partner at Yávar & Silva Abogados. Associate Professor of Procedural Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Faculty Counselor and Director of the UC Justice Reform Program. He was Director of the Procedural Law Department between 2004 and 2010. Previously, he was Vice-President of the Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law and President of the Chilean Institute of Procedural Law. President of the Ciudad del Niño Foundation. From 2005 to 2009 he was a member of the Civil Procedure Reform Forum. Subsequently, between 2010-2012 he was a member of the Intraministerial Commission formed by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights for the drafting of the Civil Procedure Code Project. He has been linked to this reform process in his capacity as Advisor to this Ministry since 2010.
Juan Pablo Schaeffer Fabres
Member
Juan Pablo Schaeffer Fabres
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile, with a postgraduate degree in Community Relations and a Master in Mediation and Conflict Resolution from the University of Queensland, Australia. Corporate Affairs Manager of Colbún. He is an internationally accredited mediator by CEDR and by the Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation. He is also an academic of the Diploma in Community Relations of the Public Policy Center of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and professor of the Master in Business Law (LLM) of the Faculty of Law at the same university. He has worked in the public sector, being the representative of Chile before the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland.
Luis Alberto Aninat Urrejola
Member
Luis Alberto Aninat Urrejola
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from Universidad de los Andes. Master in Alternative Dispute Resolution from St. Thomas University (Minnesota). Partner at Molina Ríos Abogados. He has focused his professional practice on litigation, arbitration, and mediation, especially in the areas He is the first young arbitrator of CAM Santiago (AJ CAM Santiago) to join the Council.
Dr. Santiago Montt Oyarzún
Member
Dr. Santiago Montt Oyarzún
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the Universidad de Chile. LL.M. from Princeton University and LL.M from Yale University. PhD from Yale University. Vice President of Corporate Affairs (Americas Operations) at BHP Billiton. Member of the Board at Fundación Chile. Former Director of the Centre for Regulation and Competition at the Universidad de Chile Law School.
Víctor Vial del Río
Member
Víctor Vial del Río
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Author of "Teoría General del Acto Jurídico" (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 5th ed., 2003), "La tradición y la prescripción como modos de adquirir el dominio" (Ediciones UC, 3rd ed., 2009) and "Manual de las Obligaciones en el Código Civil Chileno". Previously, he was a member of the Supreme Court; Vice-Dean of the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Professor of Civil Law at the Universidad de Chile, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Universidad Andrés Bello; and In-House Counsel of the Central Bank.
Ricardo Riesco Eyzaguirre
Member
Ricardo Riesco Eyzaguirre
Member
Lawyer. Graduated with a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Laws from Columbia University, where he was a visiting professor in 2017 and 2018. In addition, he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Procedural Law Department of the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he served as director between 2015 and 2017. Between 2018 and 2022 he served as National Economic Prosecutor and has been an arbitrator at CAM Santiago since 2009. Additionally, he was a partner at Philippi, Yrarrázaval, Pulido & Brunner (currently Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría) and a lawyer at Claro & Cía. and Clifford Chance.
Luis Alberto Aninat Urrejola
Member
Luis Alberto Aninat Urrejola
Member
Lawyer. Graduated from the Universitdad de Chile. He holds a Diploma in Economics for Lawyers from the University of Chile. LL.M. from Columbia University. Partner at Aninat Schwencke & Cía. Adviser at the Chilean Bar Association. He has been Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Chile Law School and Columbia Law School’s Visiting Scholar.