Claudio Matute
Partner
Our Practice
- Civil and Commercial Litigation.
- National Arbitration.
- International Arbitration.
- Administrative Litigation.
- Out-of-court Negotiations.
Education
- LL.M, University of Pennsylvania (Beca Chile) (2015)
- Law, University of Chile (graduated with highest honors)
Languages
- 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).
- 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. ad hoc relacionado a la construcción de un dump leach en altura en el norte de 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.
- Counsel for a European State, in six international investment arbitrations related to the introduction of the so-called "solar tax" applicable to solar photovoltaic power generators.
- 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 (2022 and 2023) in the areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution in Construction Litigation, and Environmental Law.
- Listed in the Best Lawyers (2021 and 2022) in the field of Arbitration and Mediation.
- Member of the Young Arbitrators List of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (AJCAM) (since 2020).
- Member of the Arbitrators List 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).
- Professor of Procedural Law, University of Santiago de Chile (since 2018).
- Foreign Associate, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. (2016–2017).
- Member of the list 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).
- Author of the book “Expropiaciones Regulatorias. Aplicabilidad al caso chileno”. Editorial Thomson Reuters Chile. Santiago. 2° Edición (2020).
- Co-author of the Chilean chapter of the Global Litigation Guide 2019, Chambers and Partners.
- Author of de article "Forum Shopping in the Execution of ICSID Awards: Is it Time to Revive the UN Convention on State Immunity?”, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 24 June 2016