Lawyer, Universidad del Desarrollo, Master’s degree in Construction Management from the School of Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with maximum distinction.

Arbitrator and Board Member of CAM Santiago.

She has over 20 years of experience in the construction, infrastructure, mining, and real estate sectors and specializes in contract management, claims, arbitration, mediation, and dispute resolution, as well as in corporate, civil, and commercial matters.

Founding partner of WAAK ABOGADOS, a firm specializing in contract management, arbitration, dispute prevention and resolution, and corporate advisory services.
With a long career, she integrates a cross-functional, in-house perspective with experience advising clients and contractors, trade associations, companies, and executive teams.

 

Her professional practice is distinguished by:
🔹 Contract management and project support.
🔹 Preparation and claims management.
🔹 Administration of traditional and collaborative contracts.
🔹 Arbitration, mediation, and dispute boards.
🔹 Compliance and business ethics.

🎓 Education: 
•    Lawyer — Universidad del Desarrollo.
•    Master´s degree in Construction Management of Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with maximum distinction.
•    Specialization in International Commercial Arbitration — American University Washington College of Law.

•   Specialization in Arbitration and Mediation in Property Partition — School of Law, Universidad de Chile.

•    Civil and Commercial Mediator — Spanish School of Mediation, Madrid.
•    Diploma in Economic Administrative Law (Natural Resources), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 

🏛️ Professional Association Involvement: 
•    Arbitrator and Board Member — CAM Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Center, Santiago Chamber of Commerce. 

•    Board Member — C-MEDYAR Araucanía, Temuco Chamber of Commerce. 

•    National Board Member — Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC).
•    Has been President and Past President — CChC General Contractors Committee.
•    President — CChC Client–Contractor Group.
•    Former Vice President — Chilean Society of Construction Law

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She has participated as a speaker in important conferences and programs, primarily at the University of Chile, Diego Portales University, Adolfo Ibáñez University, and Austral University of Buenos Aires. She taught the course “Contractual and Non-Contractual Civil Responsibility” with professor and lawyer Hugo Rosende Álvarez (R.I.P.) at the Universidad del Desarrollo (2005–2006).

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Languages: Spanish - English.
Nationality: Chilean - Italian.