Description
Stephan leads the Dispute Resolution team at A/C/R. He has practiced as a civil, commercial, environmental, and administrative litigation lawyer for more than 15 years before the country's various courts, including Civil Courts, Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court, Environmental Courts, institutional arbitrators (i.e., CAM) and ad hoc, the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), and before various administrative authorities in administrative summary proceedings, claims, and sanctioning processes.
During his career, he has represented domestic companies, multinationals, and high-net-worth individuals in the aquaculture, retail, mining, financial services, pharmaceutical, agricultural, nuclear medicine, PRTs (vehicle inspection stations), and educational sectors, among others, in all their needs associated with Dispute Resolution. Likewise, he has represented two municipalities in the central zone of Chile in regulatory and environmental matters, as well as litigation of various kinds.
He has been recognized by The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, Best Lawyers, and Leaders League.
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution | Regulatory, Environmental.
Studies
2015 – Master in Corporate Governance, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile.
2013 – Master of Law (LL.M.), University of California, Berkeley.
2009 – Tort Seminar, Universidad de Salamanca.
2009 – Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Relevant Experience
· Falabella | Advice on matters associated with contractualdisputes in the insurance sector, in complex litigation, before various CAM andad hoc arbitrators.
· Maersk | Advice on regulatory and contentiousmatters for its various business units. Advice on contractual disputes in CAMarbitration.
· Charles Taylor | Advice on matters associated withcontractual disputes and unfair competition, before a CAM arbitrator and civilcourts.
· Nueva Unión | Advice to this mining company ownedby Teck and Newmont Goldcorp, on a strategy towards coastal indigenouscommunities within the framework of the Lafkenche Law.
· Cepas Chile | Advice on regulatory complianceanalysis, sanitary summary proceedings conducted before Customs, SEREMIs, andSAG, use and disposal processes for imported products, as well as productlabeling and advertising.
· Nevasa | Advice on matters of compliance withcontractual guarantees in civil proceedings before ordinary courts, concerningpreferred capital businesses.
· Novofish | Advice before environmental authoritiesand the Environmental Court regarding appeals and requests filed by localcommunities concerning the RCA (Environmental Qualification Resolution) of oneof its fish farming projects.
· SGS Chile | Advice on insolvency and bankruptcyproceedings under Law 20,720.
