Kathia Alveal
Associate
Our Practice
- Civil and Commercial Litigation
- National Arbitration.
- International Arbitration.
- Administrative Litigation
- Out-of-court Negotiations
Education
- Law, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (graduated with highest distinction)
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Kathia Alveal is an associate at IMAD Abogados. Her practice focuses on litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international, in various areas, including contractual and non-contractual civil liability, foreign investment, consumer law, unfair competition, as well as the mining, energy, desalination, and manufacturing industries, among others.
- A Chilean contractor in a national CAM arbitration regarding alleged breaches in the construction of a desalination plant in northern Chile.
- Grupo CAP and its subsidiaries in various pre-litigation, judicial, and arbitration matters related to the steel, desalination, and real estate industries, among others.
- An Irish-owned energy generation company in an arbitration concerning the validity and execution of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), with a value exceeding USD 20 million.
- To various co-owners, in succession partition arbitrations conducted under statutory law or ad hoc rules.
- To various creditors, in executory proceedings for obligations to deliver before ordinary courts of justice.
- Member of Women in Dispute Resolution (WDR Chile)
- Volunteer lawyer at Fundación S.O.S. Legal
- Teaching Assistant in Procedural Law, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (since 2025)
- Teaching Assistant in Civil Law, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (since 2023)
- Teaching Assistant in Procedural Law, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2022-2024)
- Intern at Irarrázaval, Mardones, Matute & Donoso (2022)
- Teaching Assistant in Legal History, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2019-2023)
- Co-author of the presentation: “Disgraceful Penalties: Origin, Development, and Their Evolution in Light of the Principles of the Enlightenment,” Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, 2021.