Jorge Baraona G.

Practice areas: Litigation, Domestic and International Arbitration, Corporate Law, Corporate Governments and Compliance, Agribusiness disputes, Real Estate, Legal Opinions in the practice areas, Inheritance Law.

Education: School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Bachelor of Laws, 1985). Doctorate in law, Universidad de Navarra, Spain (1996).

Admitted to Practice: 1987

Academic Activity: He has been professor of the School of Law at Universidad de los Andes, Chile; currently, he is professor of Civil Law at the School of Law of P. Universidad Católica de Chile. He is permanently invited to give classes in different postgraduate programmes of Law Schools of our country.

Other Activities: Former advisor for the Colegio de Abogados A.G.; former Supreme Court attorney and arbitrate for the Arbitration and Mediation Center at Santiago’s Chamber of Commerce.

Publications: Jorge Baraona is author of several publications, including the following books: “El retraso en el cumplimiento de las obligaciones”, Madrid, Dykinson (1998); “La nulidad de los actos jurídicos”.
Consideraciones históricas y dogmáticas”, Bogotá, Universidad Javeriana/Grupo Editorial Ibáñez (2012).

Prior Work Experience: Colegio San Benito (1982-1987); Mayor of the Municipality of Renca (1989-1992); Consejo de Defensa del Niño (1992-1994); Professor at Universidad de los Andes’ School of Law, where he was Director of the School of Law’s Doctorate Program (2001-2007) and Dean (2010-2012).

Languages: Spanish, French and English.