Practice Areas
Environmental Policy and Public Law
Our deep understanding of the Chilean environmental regulatory framework and government relations allows us to offer exceptional strategic advice at the intersection between business and public policy.
Lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1990). Master’s Degree in Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.), Harvard University, United States.
I joined VGC Abogados as a Senior Councel, where I focus on public and constitutional law issues. Previously, I was Senior Counsel at Carey Abogados and a founding partner of Zapata y Abogados. I have been a member of the Presidential Commission on Public Ethics (1994), the Presidential Commission on Transparency (2003-2005), and the Presidential Commission on Electoral Reform (2006).
In the academic field, I am a professor of constitutional law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. I have served as dean of the law schools at the Universidad Andrés Bello and the Universidad de Las Américas.
I am currently President of the Board of Directors of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights and also host of the program Derecho Global on EMOL TV.
Experience: Complex litigation in the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Chile. Legal reports.