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"Impressive Fernando Zúñiga has considerable breadth to his disputes practice and is a name to note"

 

 

 

 

"Arbitration / Mediation and Litigation"

 

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FERNANDO ZÚÑIGA | Partner

Education

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,Law School (2012)

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diploma in Liability and Tort Law (2015)

  • Columbia University, Master of Laws (2018)

  • Universidad de Chile, Diploma in Probate Arbitration (2025)
     

Other Activities and Memberships

  • Young Arbitrator at the Center of Arbitration and Mediation of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce

  • Member of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club (CEIA)

  • Former Board Member of the Santiago Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (SVYAP)

  • Chilean Bar Association

  • LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
     

Academic Activities

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile:
    Professor of Civil Law  (Since 2022)
    Professor of Economic Analysis of Law (2016)
    Assistant of Civil Law (2014-2021)
    Assistant of the Arbitration Seminar (2017 - 2019)
    Assistant Professor of Law and Economics (2009 - 2012) 
     

  • Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez:
    Assistant of Procedural Law (2014)
           

  • Universidad Finis Terrae:
    Assistant Professor of Competition and Antitrust Law (2014)

     

​Awards

  • Highlighted by The Legal 500 in Dispute Resolution

  • Highlighted by Best Lawyers in Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation
     

Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • Author of the chapter “Arbitrabilidad de materias relacionadas con la partición y cuyo conocimiento no está comprendido en la competencia inherente al árbitro partidor” in the book “Partición de Bienes. Cuestiones actuales”. Tirant Lo Blanch, 2025

  • On the Right Track: Chile’s Supreme Court Recent Ruling on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards. Kluwer Arbitration Blog, November 2023.

  • New developments regarding recognition and enforcement of international awards in Chile. Financier Worldwide Magazine. Business Resource Series 2016, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution. Co-author.

  • Getting the Deal Through, Merger Control: Chilean Chapter. Co-author
     

Areas of Practice

  • Civil and Commercial litigation

  • Domestic and international arbitration

  • Antitrust and regulated markets
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Formerly

  • White & Case LLP, Paris (2018)

  • Foster & Quan, LLP (2010)

 

Languages

  • Spanish and English

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