CHILE Law and Practice Contributed by: Andrés Jana, Rodrigo Gil, Francisco Grob and Victoria Demarchi, Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution
Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution is a law firm specialis - ing in international and domestic arbitration and com - plex civil and commercial litigation. The team is com - posed of multilingual and highly skilled lawyers who have gained international experience in important global firms and studied at some of the world’s lead - ing universities. Clients receive expert representation in international commercial disputes under global ar - bitration rules including those of the ICC, UNCITRAL, the LCIA, the American Arbitration Association and
CAM Santiago. The team regularly acts as a lead counsel in investment arbitrations under ICSID, rep - resenting both state and foreign investors. The firm’s lawyers have successfully represented clients in IC - SID arbitrations. The team has also intervened in the vast majority of international arbitration enforcement proceedings held in Chilean courts, including the de - fence, execution and appeal of international awards issued in Santiago.
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Andrés Jana is a founding partner of Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution. He is a lawyer, arbitrator and international expert in the resolution of
Francisco Grob is a partner at Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution. Before joining the firm, Francisco worked for more than seven years for ICSID at the World Bank offices in Washington, DC, where he was secretary of
commercial, investment and public international law disputes before the International Court of Justice and ICSID and under the international arbitration rules of the ICC, UNCITRAL, the LCIA, the American Arbitration Association and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, among others. Andrés has been a member of ICSID arbitral tribunals and ad hoc committees, acting in four of them as chair. He has also acted in local courts in different jurisdictions, such as Chile, the UK, the Netherlands, the USA and Argentina.
numerous international tribunals in investor-state disputes under the rules of ICSID, the Additional Facility and UNCITRAL. Francisco has extensive experience in international arbitrations (the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce) and local procedures (CAM Santiago). He is a professor of private international law at the University of Chile, as well as the author of numerous publications and a frequent speaker at specialised conferences.
Rodrigo Gil is a founding partner of Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution. He has more than 20 years of experience in international commercial arbitration under the most significant rules and arbitral institutions (the ICC,
Victoria Demarchi is a partner at Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution. Her practice focuses on international arbitration, commercial and investor-state
disputes, and domestic arbitration. Victoria has advised in multiple cases under ICC, ICSID and CAM Santiago rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations, both nationally and internationally. She has particular expertise in dispute resolution in the areas of energy and natural resources, construction, advertisement, media, retail, insurance, and conflicts between shareholders. Victoria is a Fulbright Scholar and holds an LLM from Columbia Law School (2018). She is a professor of private law at the Universidad de Chile.
UNCITRAL, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the American Arbitration Association). Rodrigo is an expert in large-scale construction disputes (including bridges, airports, power plants, mining infrastructure and highways). He has been lead counsel in investment disputes under ICSID rules, representing both investors and states. Rodrigo is one of the most active litigators in Chile, where he is considered a leading figure in arbitration, with participation in more than 100 procedures.
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