The Board of Directors of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre is the governing body of the CAM Santiago.
In accordance with article 3 of the Statutes of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre (effective as of 17 October 2019) the CAM Santiago Board of Directors is comprised by 15 members, appointed by the Board of Directors of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce A.G. (CCS). The Past-President will also be part of the Council with full rights.
Within the functions of the CAM Santiago Board of Directors are the preparation, maintenance and updating of the lists of domestic arbitrators and mediators, as well as the appointment of these in the cases administered by the CAM Santiago.
The appointment of domestic arbitrators and mediators is made by selecting those individuals who are members of our lists when the parties have delegated such power to the Santiago Chamber of Commerce A.G.
Regarding international commercial arbitration cases, the CAM Santiago does not have a list of arbitrators, and it is the duty of the Board of Directors in each appointment to take into account the elements involved in each case, such as the nationality of the parties, the applicable laws, the seat of the arbitration and the languages involved in the dispute (article 11 of the CAM Santiago Statutes).
The Members of the Board of Directors are arbitrators, but they can only be appointed as such in case they are directly appointed by the parties.
The CAM Santiago Board of Directors is currently composed of Ricardo Riesco Eyzaguirre (Chair), Juan Pablo Schaeffer Fabres (Vice Chair of Mediation), lawyers Sabina Sacco Aquino, Marcela Radović Cordova, Nicole Duclos Toporowicz, Fabiola Garcia Waak, and Dr. Maria Soledad Krause Muñoz, and attorneys Dr. Enrique Barros Bourie, Felipe Correa Molina, Dr. Santiago Montt Oyarzún, Ramiro Mendoza Zúñiga, Dr. María Agnes Salah Abusleme (Past President International), Manuel José Vial Vial (Past President), and Herman Chadwick Piñera (Past President).
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Ricardo Riesco Eyzaguirre
Chairman
Ricardo Riesco Eyzaguirre
Chairman
Lawyer, with a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Laws from Columbia University, where he was a visiting professor in 2017 and 2018. In addition, he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Procedural Law Department of the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he served as director between 2015 and 2017. Between 2018 and 2022 he served as National Economic Prosecutor and has been an arbitrator at CAM Santiago since 2009. Additionally, he was a partner at Philippi, Yrarrázaval, Pulido & Brunner (currently Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría) and a lawyer at Claro & Cía. and Clifford Chance.
Juan Pablo Schaeffer Fabres
Deputy Chairman
Juan Pablo Schaeffer Fabres
Deputy Chairman
Lawyer. Graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with a postgraduate degree in Community Relations and a Master in Mediation and Conflict Resolution from the University of Queensland, Australia. Corporate Affairs Manager of Colbún. He is an internationally accredited mediator by CEDR and by the Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation. He is also an academic of the Diploma in Community Relations of the Public Policy Center of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and professor of the Master in Business Law (LLM) of the Faculty of Law at the same university. He has worked in the public sector, being the representative of Chile before the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sabina Sacco Aquino
Member
Sabina Sacco Aquino
Member
Sabina Sacco is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an LL.M. from Harvard University. In January 2021 she founded Sabina Sacco Arbitration LLC in Switzerland, and has been involved in numerous commercial and investment arbitrations in various arbitration institutions. Previously she worked for 12 years at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler (Geneva). He was Chile's alternate representative before the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Nicole Duclos Toporowicz
Member
Nicole Duclos Toporowicz
Member
Lawyer from the University of Valparaíso. Master in Law from Harvard University. Partner at Covington & Burling LLP in New York. Her areas of expertise include international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, domestic and international litigation, energy law, financial services and mining law.
Marcela Radović Córdova
Member
Marcela Radović Córdova
Member
Lawyer from Universidad de Chile. Diploma in Economic Administrative Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Master in Regulation with mention in Public Services, Infrastructure and Energy from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Founding partner of the law firm Radovic & Asociados. Representative in Chile of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. Founder and Vice-President of the Chilean Society of Construction Law. Adjudicator of the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL). Professor of the Magister de Construcción UC, Diploma de Derecho de la Construcción UC and specialized course of the U. de los Andes. At CAM Santiago she has been professor of the Courses on Management and Resolution of Disputes in Companies (2019) and Collaborative Dispute Management in Construction Contracts (2021); as well as speaker at the 1st CAM Santiago Conference (2020). Previously, she was a lawyer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Ministry of Social Development, at the National Energy Commission and at Wagemann Lawyers and Engineers.
Dra. María Soledad Krause Muñoz
Member
Dra. María Soledad Krause Muñoz
Member
Lawyer from the University of Chile. Master in Philosophy from the University of Chile and in Legal Argumentation from the University of Alicante. PhD in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from Pompeu Fabra University. Professor of Criminal Law at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Former partner at Gandarillas, Montt, Del Río & Krause. Formerly Head of Litigation at the National Economic Prosecutor's Office and partner at Claro & Cía.
Fabiola García Waak
Member
Fabiola García Waak
Member
Lawyer, with a degree in legal sciences from Universidad del Desarrollo, a diploma in Economic Administrative Law with a mention in Natural Resources and a Master's Degree in Construction Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is also a civil and commercial mediator, trained at the Spanish School of Mediation and Conflict Resolution. In recent years she has been Managing Partner at Waak SpA, Vice President of the General Contractors Committee of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (2020-) and Vice President of the Chilean Society of Construction Law (2021-), as well as a member of the Chilean Association of Mediators and the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
Dr. Enrique Barros Bourie
Member
Dr. Enrique Barros Bourie
Member
Dr. Enrique Barros Bourie is a lawyer from the University of Chile and holds a PhD in Law from the University of Munich. He is currently a senior partner at Enrique Barros & Compañía and Professor of Private Law at the Law School of the University of Chile. He is one of the 4 lawyers appointed by the State of Chile as arbitrator before ICSID.
Felipe Correa Molina
Member
Felipe Correa Molina
Member
Lawyer from Universidad de los Andes. Master in Alternative Dispute Resolution from St. Thomas University (Minnesota). Partner at Molina Ríos Abogados. He has focused his professional practice in litigation, arbitration and mediation, especially in civil, construction, infrastructure, real estate and insurance matters. He is the first young arbitrator of CAM Santiago (AJ CAM Santiago) to join the Council.
Dr. Santiago Montt Oyarzún
Member
Dr. Santiago Montt Oyarzún
Member
Lawyer from the University of Chile. Master in Public Policy and Economics from Princeton University and Master in Law from Yale University. D. in Law from Yale University. Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Americas Operations, BHP Billiton. Member of the Board of Directors of Fundación Chile. Former Director of the Center for Regulation and Competition (RegCom) of the Law School of the University of Chile.
Ramiro Mendoza Zúñiga
Member
Ramiro Mendoza Zúñiga
Member
Ramiro Mendoza is a lawyer, with a degree in Law and Social Sciences from the Law School of the Universidad de Chile. Between 2007 and 2015 he was Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile, between 2015 and 2020, Dean of the Law School of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and between 2022 and 2024, President of the Chilean Bar Association. In addition, he was Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Central Bank of Chile. He is currently a partner at MOMAG Abogados and a member of the Bar Association. He has been a professor of Administrative Law at several universities, such as Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Universidad Central and Universidad de Los Andes.
Dr María Agnes Salah Abusleme
Past President International
Dr María Agnes Salah Abusleme
Past President International
Lawyer, Master and Doctor in Law, U. of Chile. LL. M. Harvard University. President of the Board of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM Santiago). Professor and researcher, Department of Private Law, School of Law, Universidad de Chile. She has advised the Technical Secretariat of Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Judiciary, the Ministry of Finance and the Good Practices Committee of the Santiago Stock Exchange. Member of Icare Legal and Red Alas. Advisor in Comunidad Mujer and Women in Dispute Resolution Chile. She has participated as a mentor in the programs Aprendiendo a Liderar, Woom Up and Mentorías CAM Santiago. She has national and international publications in civil liability, arbitration, property law, securities market, inheritance law and private law theory.
Manuel José Vial Vial
Past President
Manuel José Vial Vial
Past President
Lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Partner in Grupo Vial Abogados. Former Vice-Chairman of the Board of Scotiabank Chile. Former member of the Board of Directors of SOFOFA. Member of the Arbitration and ADR Commission of ICC Chile.
Herman Chadwick Piñera
Past President
Herman Chadwick Piñera
Past President
Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Partner at Chadwick & Reymond Abogados. He is currently Chairman of the Board of ENEL Chile S.A., Director of Aguas Andinas S.A. and Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas S.A. He is also Vice-Chairman of Intervial Chile and Director of SOFOFA and Centro de Estudios Públicos.
