Álvaro Ortúzar

Practice Areas

Álvaro is a founding partner of OVB and a renowned local attorney with more than 40 years of experience in dispute resolution, complex negotiations, civil, commercial and anti-trust litigation. He has stood out during his career for his role as litigator, arbitrator, advisor and author of legal opinions.

He has had outstanding participation in many of the most relevant disputes in recent decades and has great prestige as a litigator before the Superior Courts of Justice, as an arbitrator and as an author of legal opinions. He represents companies in various productive sectors, including forestry, mining, construction, agroindustry, real estate, fishing, finance and the securities market, regulated markets and shareholder disputes.

Career

B.A. in Legal and Social Sciences, Law School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (1978) (summa cum laude).

Professional Memberships

Member of the roster of Arbitrators in the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce (CAM Santiago).

Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Member of the roster of Arbitrators in the Concessions Panel (2018-2019).

Professor of International Private Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and of Civil Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the University of Chile.

Frequent speaker at seminars, conferences and specialized commissions.

Senior Counsel for Group One of Banks in Liquidation (1982-1984) and Vice-President of Banco Continental (1986-1987).

Publications

El Abuso del Derecho ante la Constitución (An Abuse of Law in respect of the Constitution), Editorial Jurídica (2003).

Diverse publications and articles in specialty magazines.