Conversatorio Internacional sobre la Abogacía, organizado por la Universidad del Sinú, Colombia al Derecho y UniColombo (Colombia, Junio 10, 2020). Panelista.
Lecturer, Where’s the Seat? How to Identify the Proper Law of the Arbitration Agreement: Domestic and Abroad panel, at Dispute Resolution Section, New York State Bar Association Jan. 30, 2020
Presenter at lecture by Dr. Domenico di Pietro on “Retrospective Analysis and Future Legacy of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties,” held at the D.C. Bar November 6, 2019
Lecturer, “Impacto de la Convención Internacional de Resolución de Diferencias relativas a Inversión Extranjera (CIADI) en América Latina (experiencia comparada) y ventajas y desventajas para Brasil de los Convenios Bilaterales de Inversiones (BITs) y del Arbitraje Internacional de Inversiones. Propuestas de modificación en el arbitraje internacional de inversiones” [Impact of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, ICSID, in Latin America (Comparative Experience), Advantages and Disadvantages for Brazil of International Bilateral Treaties (BITs), and International Investment Arbitration. Proposals for the Reform of International Investment Arbitration] in IV International Conference on Arbitration and Mediation, Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of Santa Catarina (CAMESC) Brazil, July 12, 2019
Moderator, Current Issues and Perspectives on Trade and Investment in Brazil and its Impact in the Region,” at DC Bar, featuring speakers from the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C., a senior partner of a NYC-based law firm, and a former chief counsel of the Canadian team negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement D.C. Bar, April 23, 2019
Moderator, Panel on Type of Contract, Measure of Damages & Differential Hypothesis, DC Bar Advanced Seminar on Damages in International Arbitration Feb. 12, 2019
Lecturer, Temas Actuales del Arbitraje en el Perú: el Estatuto Jurídico de los Árbitros [Current Issues in Arbitration in Peru: the Legal Regime of Arbitrators], Webinar with Co-Panelists Alvaro Aguilar, Secretario General, Comité Nacional de Perú, International Chamber of Commerce & Dr. Herfried Woss (University of Lima’s Graduate School) #arbitration #disputeresolution #internationalarbitration. Peru, October 22, 2018
Lecturer, Use of Dispute Boards for Infrastructure Projects in Peru Workshop, with Co-Panelist Maria Pradillas, from Jones Day (University of Lima’s Graduate School) Peru, August 8, 2018
Lecturer, Latin American Responses to President Trump’s Section 232 Measures: Mexico’s and Brazil’s Responses. D.C. Bar Association D.C. Bar, June 24, 2018
Moderator, “Dispute Boards in Latin America & Beyond,” co-organized by the DC Bar, the Inter-American Bar Association’s DC Chapter, and the Georgetown International Arbitration Society. Other speakers are: Maria Eugenia Roca (IDB), Rachael Kent (WilmerHale), Robert Smith (Akerman LLM), and Patricia Sulser (IFC). May 17, 2018
Desafíos del Arbitraje Internacional de Inversiones – CIADI y Novedades contenidas en los TLCS (BITS) [Challenges of International Investment Arbitration – ICSID and Novelties in BITS, at “VI Simposio Internacional de Arbitraje” [6th International Arbitration Symposium] Peru, November, 2018
Discussion on the Mexican Annulment and U.S. Recognition of the Commisa v. Pemex (PEP) Award, hosted by the Georgetown Law Association of Mexicans Students (GLAMS) and the Georgetown International Arbitration Society (GIAS) April 7, 2017
Promoviendo las Inversiones en el Perú: Marco Legal para el Desarrollo y Protección de las Inversiones y del Interés Público en Contratos de Construcción e Infraestructura [Promoting Investment in Peru: Legal Framework for the Development and Protection of Investments and the Public Interest in Construction and Infrastructure Contracts], Graduate School, University of Lima Peru, November 29, 2016
Comparative Constitutional Law between Civil and Common Law Jurisdictions, invited by Professor Lucio Pegoraro, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy November 22, 2016
The Origins of the Non-Arbitrability of the Administrative Rescission; the Commisa v. Pemex Case and the CNH Arbitration Clause, at the Eighth Investment Arbitration Forum: Investment Protection and the Mexican Energy Reform Mexico City, November, 2016
Asociaciones Público-Privadas y Solución Alternativa de Disputas: Dispute Boards [Public-Private Partnerships and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Dispute Boards], at the 51st Annual Conference of the Inter-American Bar Association Lima, Peru, July 3, 2015
La Ley General de Arbitraje de Perú de 2014, at the Latin American Law Students’ Association Luncheon held at the Georgetown University Law Center February 27, 2015
Managing Risks in Foreign Investment in Latin America: The Lessons from French Administrative Law, at “Risk Management and Investment Dispute Resolution, with a Focus in Latin America,” Georgetown Law Center’s International Arbitration Month February 5, 2015
Infrastructure Projects, at I Congreso Iberoamericano de Derecho Internacional de los Negocios, “La CNUDMI y el futuro del derecho comercial internacional” [First Ibero-American Congress on International Business Law, “UNCITRAL and the Future of International Commercial Law] Bogotá, Colombia, October 28, 2014
The Commisa Case: Arbitrability of the Contrat Administratif in Latin America, and the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in New York’s Southern District, presented at the 2014 Annual International and Comparative Law Symposium organized by the Maryland Journal of International Law and the International & Comparative Law Program Baltimore, Maryland, October 24, 2014
Legal Jargon in Spanish: Fundamental Concepts of International Investment and Commercial Arbitration, at the Georgetown Law Center’s Latin American Law Students’ Association’s Luncheon October 10, 2014
Buen Gobierno Regulatorio y Arbitraje de Inversión en Latinoamérica [Good Regulatory Governance and Investment Arbitration in Latin America], at Inter-American Bar Association’s Annual Conference San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 26, 2014
Legal Jargon en Español: Business Organizations in Latin America, organized by the Georgetown University Law Center’s Latin American Law Student Association March 21, 2014
Legal Jargon en Español: Arbitraje Internacional, organized by the Georgetown University Law Center’s Latin American Law Student Association February 28, 2014
Moderator, Current Issues Related to the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the United States, offices of Porter Wright New York, January 21st, 2014
The 'Contrat Administratif’, Non-Arbitrability and Other Issues related to State Contracts and Commercial Arbitration, in “Sixth Investment Arbitration Forum: Privately-Financed Infrastructure Projects: Managing and Resolving Disputes Involving Commercial and State Actors,” Georgetown University Law Center October 4, 2013
Legal Practice in the Common Law World, at Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia August 1, 2013
The Principle of Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence: A Review from the French Revolution to its Current Status in Latin America, at Universidad de San Buenaventura, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia August 2, 2013
Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption in Latin America: A Legislative Review Panel at Inter-American Bar Association’s Annual Conference Paraguay, June 24, 2013
We the People. Libertà, democrazia e istituzioni nel modello Americano [We the People. Liberty, Demcoracy and Institutions in the U.S. Model], at Associazione Amerigo (International Cultural Exchange Programs Alumni at the Ambasciata degli Stati Uniti d'America), Rossa dell’Hotel Boscolo Aleph Rome, April 22, 2013
Fondamenti costituzionali degli Stati Uniti d'America in una prospettiva comparativa [Constitutional Foundations of the United States of America in a Comparative Perspective] for students of LUMSA Università of Rome, held at the Aula ex Agricoltura (IV piano), Italian Chamber of Deputies Rome, April 11, 2013
Revisione costituzionale. La giustiza costituzionale in Cile: una rivoluzione in divenire [Constitutional Justice in Chile Revisited: A Revolution in the Making], at LUISS Università of Rome, a guest speaker of Professor Mirela Lecaro Rome, April 10, 2013
The Future of Legal Education in the Hispanic Community, at the 16th Annual Hispanic Law Conference: The Evolving Legal Landscape for Hispanic Lawyers Washington College of Law, February 28, 2013
Luncheon and Workshop on “Current Issues Related to ICSID Investment Arbitration,” by Meghan Kinnear, General Counsel, ICSID, at Patton Boggs, PLLC January 2013
Doing Business in Latin America, a brownbag discussion hosted by the L.L.M. Board at the Washington College of Law D.C., November 14, 2012
Current Issues in Commercial Arbitration, at Chadbourne & Parke New York, 2012
Constitutional Review in Chile Revisited: A Revolution in the Making, at the Constitutional Law Seminar, Duquesne University School of Law Pittsburgh, November 10, 2012
Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano, MILA [Latin American Integrated Market], at the 2012 Joint Fall Conference of the American Bar Association and the Inter-American Bar Association Miami, October 18, 2012
Comments on Practicing Law in a Mixed Environment: The Encounter of Civil and Common Law Lawyers in the International Context, at the Georgetown University Law Center’s Global Law Scholar Lecture Series Washington, D.C., October 17, 2012
Statutory Interpretation in Chile: from the Civil Code to the Constitution, at the Washington College of Law’s Faculty Colloquium with professors from the University of Valparaíso September 24, 2012
Constitutional Protection of Contractual Rights in the United States and Chile, a Faculty Working Paper presented at the 2012 Summer Brown Bag Workshop Series held at the Georgetown Law Center August 2, 2011
Practicing Corporate Environmental Law in Chile, at the Georgetown Law Center’s Global Law Scholars’ Lecture Series April 10, 2012
The ‘State of Nature’ and the Philosophers of Law, in particular Edmund Burke”, at the University of Costa Rica School of Law March 29, 2012
The U.S. Political Question Doctrine: Its Etiology, Axiology, and Perspectives for Latin America, at the Constitutional Comparative Law Seminar organized by the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica March 28-29, 2012
Constitutional Law Attributions and Current Developments, in Comparative Perspective, the Case of the French Semi-Presidential System, at The Evolution of Latin American Presidentialism(s) in Comparative Perspective Workshop, organized by the Center For Latin American Studies/BMW Center for German and European Studies/ Department of Government November 14, 2011
Current Constitutional Developments in Latin America, at the Center for Constitutional Democracy (CCD), Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana November 10, 2011
Piercing the (Latin American) Corporate Veil. Background and Perspectives, a Faculty Working Paper presented at the 2011 Summer Brownbag Workshop held at the Georgetown Law Center August 9, 2011
Challenges Posed by Transnational Litigation: Latin America and the Civil Law Tradition, presented at the 2011 American Association of Law Libraries’ Annual Meeting Philadelphia July 26, 2011
La Revolución Francesa: Una Perspectiva Histórica para Entender su Legado Jurídico en Latinoamérica (The French Revolution: A Historic Perspective to Understand its Legal Legacy in Latin America), and Propuestas para una Re-Definición de las Bases Constitucionales del Gobierno basadas en el Derecho Natural en Latinoamérica (Proposals for a Re-Definition of the Constitutional Basis for the Government Based on Natural Law in Latin America), presented at the “Legal Legacy of the French Revolution in Latin America” symposium, held at the Bernardo O’Higgins School of Law Santiago, Chile, April 26 and 28, 2011
Constitutional Reform in the Americas: Current Trends, Brown Bag Program organized by the D.C. Bar’s International Law Section’s Inter-American Legal Committee September 23, 2010
State of Judicial Independence in Latin America, Georgetown Law Center’s Latin American Law Students Association September 22, 2010
The Latin American Civil Law System from the Perspective of the U.S. Common Law, San Sebastián School of Law Santiago, Chile, June 21, 2010
Enforcement of International Arbitral Decisions in the U.S. and Latin America: Comparative Aspects, Cátedra Juan Pablo II, a symposium organized by a group of South American universities Santiago, Chile, June 15, 2010
Current Constitutional Developments in Latin America,” Power Lunch Series organized by the Law Library of Congress May 20, 2010
Historical Foundations of the Latin American Legal System. Twenty Theses on the French Revolution’s Legal Legacy in Latin America,” Latin American Law Students’ Association, Georgetown Law Center March 18, 2010
Writing for U.S. Law Practice and the Attorney/Client Relationship in the United States, at the “Graduate Certificate in International Contracts and Business Law” Program organized jointly by the American University Washington College of Law and the University of Chile School of Law, Santiago, Chile November 2006
Basic Issues in U.S. Legal Practice, at the “Graduate Certificate in International Contracts and Business Law” organized by the American University Washington College of Law and the University of Chile School of Law, held in Santiago, Chile November 2006
Current Developments in Environmental Law in Latin America, presented at the Bolivian Catholic University of San Pablo School of Law, La Paz, Bolivia, an event sponsored by the General Consulate of Chile March 2006
Regional Trade Agreements, at the 9th Annual National Latino Law Student Association Conference, held at the American University Washington College of Law October 2005
Public Participation in the Inter-American System of Human Rights, presented at the “Access to Information and Citizen Participation in Environmental Enforcement” panel for a delegation of Chilean environmental officials participating in the “Enforcement Capacity-Building Study Tour” organized by the Environmental Law Institute on behalf of the U.S. and the Chilean governments Washington, D.C., April 2005
Current Foreign Investment and Environmental Issues in Chile, presented at the Embassy of Chile, with occasion of the presentation of the book “Environmental Law in Private Practice,” March 26, 2005
Civil Law in Latin America, presented for the LLM students association at the American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. November 2004
Challenging Infrastructure Projects at the International Level in the Americas, presented at the “Human Environmental Rights” workshop, held in Lima, Peru May 2004
Petition of Organizations of the Chilean Civil Society before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights concerning the Violation by the Chilean Government, of the Human Rights of Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Participation, in a case related to Modified Living Organisms, at the “Human Rights and the Environment in the Inter-American Human Rights System” workshop, held in Mexico City, Mexico April 2004
Environmental Regulations and Legal Responsibilities in Mining Operations, at seminar on “Management of Environmental Risks in the Cooper Industry”, organized by San Sebastian University, Rancagua, Chile May 2002
The Effect of the Private Sector on the Nation-State and its Influence on Chile’s Environmental Regulatory Framework since 1990, at the 2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Berlin, Germany December 2001
Municipal Environmental Conflicts, at the “Legal Protection of the Environment” seminar, organized by San Sebastian University, Concepción, Chile May 2001
Environmental Conflicts at the Municipal Level, presented at the “Municipalities and the Environment” seminar, organized by La República University Law School, Santiago, Chile April 2001
Civil Liability for Environmental Damage, presented at the “The Right to Damages and Civil Liability: An Interdisciplinary Perspective” seminar, organized by La República University Law School, Santiago, Chile November 2000
The Environmental Damage Action, presented at the “Legal Protection of the Environment” seminar, organized by La República University Law School, Santiago, Chile October 2000
Municipal Environmental Management, presented at seminar on “Legal and Institutional Mechanisms for Public Participation in Decision-Making in the Americas,” Inter-American Strategy for the Promotion of Public Participation in Decision-Making for Sustainable Development Project, Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment of the Organization of American States, Santiago, Chile March 1998
Consequences of Joining NAFTA for Chile’s Eighth Region, on panel aired on the Television Channel of the University of Concepción March 1995