Practice Areas
- Civil and Commercial Litigation.
- National Arbitration.
- International Arbitration.
- Administrative Litigation.
- Out of Court Negotiations.
Languaje
- Spanish
- English
Claudio Matute leads the Dispute Resolution group. His practice is focused on civil and commercial litigation, and domestic and international arbitration (CAM Santiago, ICSID and ICC) in several matters, including contractual and tort liability, foreign investment, corporate law, consumer law, unfair competition, distribution contracts, warranties, and environmental law, among others. He is also a member of the roster of arbitrators of CAM Santiago and the Court of Appeals of Santiago.
His practice also includes pre-litigation advice to national and international clients in the mining, energy, foreign investment, international trade and retail sectors, among others.
Mr. Matute previously worked in the litigation and arbitration areas of Carey y Cía., Santiago (2017-2018) and Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana, Santiago (2010-2014) (2016-2017), and served as a foreign associate in the international arbitration group of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C. (2015-2016).
Educación
- LL.M, University of Pennsylvania (Beca Chile) (2015).
- Law, Universidad de Chile (Graduated summa cum laude)
Claudio Matute leads the Dispute Resolution group. His practice is focused on civil and commercial litigation, and domestic and international arbitration (CAM Santiago, ICSID and ICC) in several matters, including contractual and tort liability, foreign investment, corporate law, consumer law, unfair competition, distribution contracts, warranties, and environmental law, among others. He is also a member of the roster of arbitrators of CAM Santiago and the Court of Appeals of Santiago.
His practice also includes pre-litigation advice to national and international clients in the mining, energy, foreign investment, international trade and retail sectors, among others.
Mr. Matute previously worked in the litigation and arbitration areas of Carey y Cía., Santiago (2017-2018) and Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana, Santiago (2010-2014) (2016-2017), and served as a foreign associate in the international arbitration group of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C. (2015-2016).
Practice Areas
- Civil and Commercial Litigation.
- National Arbitration.
- International Arbitration.
- Administrative Litigation.
- Out of Court Negotiations.
Educación
- LL.M, University of Pennsylvania (Beca Chile) (2015).
- Law, Universidad de Chile (Graduated summa cum laude)
Languaje
- Spanish
- English
- Counsel for a Japanese mining company, sued for USD 50 million in an ad hoc arbitration related to the construction of a high-altitude dump leach in northern Chile.
- Counsel for a Chilean hydroelectric company sued for more than USD 20 million in a contractual-corporate dispute in an international CAM arbitration.
- Counsel for CORFO, in the so-called “CORFO-Inverlink” case, seeking the restitution of funds defrauded against more than 28 investors, totalling over $80 billion.
- Counsel for CODELCO, in a national CAM arbitration against a thermoelectric generator in a dispute related to the execution of an electricity supply contract.
- Counsel for a Brazilian power transmission company, in an international arbitration conducted under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris (ICC), which was sued for USD 30 million in a dispute related to the construction of an electricity substation.
- Chile Scholarship (Becas Chile), for master’s degree studies abroad (2014).
- “Constitutional Tribunal 2012″ award for the thesis “Regulatory Takings. Applicability to the Chilean case”, awarded by the Constitutional Court.
- Listed in the Leaders League ranking (2022) in the area of Civil and Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation and Environmental Litigation.
- Listed in the Best Lawyers ranking (2021) in the field of Arbitration and Mediation.
- Member of the Roster of Young Arbitrators of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (AJCAM) (since 2020).
- Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Court of Appeals of Santiago (since 2019).
- Founding member of the Executive Committee of the arbitration network “Santiago Very Young Arbitration Practitioners” (SVYAP) (since 2018).
- Lecturer in Procedural Law, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (since 2018).
- Foreign Associate, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. (2016-2017).
- Member of the roster of arbitrators of the Pro Bono Foundation (since 2013).
- Member of the international arbitration network “Young International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes” (YOUNG ICSID).
- Member of the international arbitration network “Young Arbitrators Forum of the International Chamber of Commerce” (ICC YAF).
- Member of the international arbitration network “International Council for Commercial Arbitration” (YOUNG ICCA).
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Author of the book “Expropiaciones Regulatorias. Aplicabilidad al caso chileno”, Thomson Reuters, Santiago. 2nd Ed. (2020).
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Co-author of the Chilean chapter of the Global Litigation Guide 2019, Chambers and Partners.
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Author of the article “Forum Shopping in the Execution of ICSID Awards: Is it Time to Revive the UN Convention on State Immunity?”, Kluwer Arbitration Blog. (Jun. 2016).