Felipe Ossa
Global Guide 2024
International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators + 2 more rankings
Band 1
Latin America - International Counsel
3 Years Ranked
Band 1
Band 1
About
Provided by Felipe Ossa
Practice Areas
Arbitration, Litigation, International Trade.
Publications
Felipe has authored several publications on international dispute resolution, including “Case Law on International Arbitration” (Thomson Reuters, 2014) and features regularly as a speaker in seminars and conferences held in Chile and abroad
Experience
Felipe Ossa is a partner in our Dispute Resolution group, and his practice is focused on arbitration and international litigation.
He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in several proceedings ad-hoc and under the aegis of ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA, Lima Chamber of Commerce, Permanent Court of Arbitration and Santiago Chamber of Commerce, among others. He has also served as expert on issues of Chilean and Comparative law before international arbitral tribunals, national courts of several jurisdictions and by request of the Chilean Congress. His areas of expertise include construction, shareholders agreements, post-closing disputes, distribution and license agreements and life sciences.
Felipe lectures on Arbitration and Law of Obligations to postgraduate students at Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica de Chile. Previously he has lectured on International Arbitration at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and on Civil Law at Universidad Católica de Chile.
Felipe is the Chairman of the ICC Arbitration Commission in Chile and the Chilean chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Chilean Bar, the ICDR Roster of Arbitrators, the International Arbitration Institute, the Latin American Group of the ICC, Vice chair of LCIA’s Latin American Users Council and senior officer of the IBA Arbitration Commission.
He joined Claro & Cia. in 1994, and between 2002 and 2006 he was a senior associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in the Paris and Madrid offices.
Felipe is a member of the board of Fundación Pro bono and in 2016 received the award of pro bono lawyer of the year.
Languages Spoken
Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
Education
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
J.D
1997
University of Oxford
Magister Juris
2002
Chambers Review
Global
Felipe Ossa of Claro & Cía possesses an excellent reputation for his knowledge of Latin American arbitration, particularly in Chile. He has considerable experience sitting as an arbitrator on high-level commercial and investment treaty disputes.
Felipe Ossa is highly regarded for his involvement in big-ticket and sophisticated arbitration cases, which often have a cross-border dimension. His counsel work covers commercial arbitration proceedings conducted under CAM and ICC rules, and he is also frequently appointed as arbitrator as part of a panel to decide in Chilean and international disputes.
Felipe Ossa is highly regarded for his involvement in big-ticket and sophisticated arbitration cases, which often have a cross-border dimension. His counsel work covers commercial arbitration proceedings conducted under CAM and ICC rules, and he is also frequently appointed as arbitrator as part of a panel to decide in Chilean and international disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Felipe Ossa is an expert in international arbitration."
"Felipe is a really competent lawyer and thorough, who demonstrates great attention to detail. He is absolutely top of his game."
"Felipe Ossa is an expert in international arbitration."
"Felipe is a really competent lawyer and thorough, who demonstrates great attention to detail. He is absolutely top of his game."
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