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    María Jesús Herrera

    Associate
    Mailmjherrera@carey.clPhone+56 2 2928 2203

    Her practice is mainly focused on civil, commercial and environmental litigation and arbitration before ordinary and special courts.

    • The Not Company (NotCo), a Chilean unicorn company dedicated to food production using artificial intelligence, on an appeal that overturned the conviction against it for alleged violation of the unfair competition law.
    • A Spanish company dedicated to the operation and maintenance of electrical installations on an arbitration for damages, in the context of the development of an energy transmission project in Chile.
    • A security company pioneer in the use of technology on a complex dispute between shareholders that involved various arbitration, civil and criminal proceedings.
    • Equinix, a US multinational company and the world's largest provider of data centers and colocation infrastructure, on the acquisition of Entel's data center business in Chile and Peru for UF18,580,000 (USD703 million approx.).
    • Izarra, a drinking water and sewage services company, on a lawsuit against one of its users in order to judicially force the execution of a contract to enforce the payment of a refundable financial contribution.
    • Motorola Mobility on its successful defense against a claim for contractual liability deducted by a service provider.
    • Cencosud on its successful defense in a case of unfair competition.
    • Domestic and foreign companies on contractual matters and tort claims before ordinary courts and arbitrators.
    • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
    • Degree in National and International Commercial Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce and Universidad de Chile (best average of her generation).
    • LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution, King's College London (2025).
    • Executive Director, Women in Dispute Resolution (WDR Chile) (since 2023).
    • Teaching Assistant of Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (since 2015).
    • Intern, Jurisprudence Database Modernization Project Through Artificial Intelligence, Chilean Supreme Court (2020-2021).
    • Teaching Assistant of Civil Law, Universidad Diego Portales (2018-2021).
    • Academic Intern, Linkage Program, Yale Law School, USA (2017).
    • Intern, Summer Program, Carey (2016).
    • Teaching Assistant of Torts, Universidad de Chile (2016).
    • Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

    Education

    • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
    • Degree in National and International Commercial Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce and Universidad de Chile (best average of her generation).
    • LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution, King's College London (2025).

    Admissions

    • Chile (2021).

    Languages

    • Spanish.
    • English.

    Seminars

    • Coordinator, IV Student Congress on Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (2015).
    • Member of the Organizing Committee, Civil Law Seminar "The Difference between Contracts and Fiduciary Relations", Universidad de Chile (2014).
    • Member of the Organizing Committee, III Student Congress on Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (2013).