Sebastián Fuentes

Associate

sfuentes@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2213

His practice focuses on arbitration and civil and commercial litigation as well as insolvency proceedings, including reorganization and liquidation.

A photovoltaic energy project multinational on its succesfull defense in a lawsuit to determine damages for USD6 million for breach of contract against it.
An electric project developer company on an arbitration regarding the interpretation of a Power Purchase Agreement, whose collection and damages amounted to USD2.4 million.
Several companies on construction litigation and claims related to projects of diverse kind.
Cuerpo de Voluntarios de los Botes Salvavidas de Valparaíso on a Pro Bono case for the collection of unpaid rents by a lessee.
Several national and foreign companies on filing of proof of claims in reorganization and liquidation proceedings under insolvency law.
A mining services company on a judicial proceeding for the invalidation of a reorganization agreement and on the negotiation for the payment of USD1.5 million by the debtor.

Teaching Assistant of Procedural Law, Universidad Diego Portales (since 2017).
Teaching Assistant of Commercial Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2015).
Teaching Assistant of Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2014-2015).
Teaching Assistant of Procedural Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2013).
Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Co-author of the article "Preventive Imprisonment as Anticipatory Protection in the Chilean Criminal Procedural Code", Derecho Procesal Contemporáneo Magazine, Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Procesal (2016).

Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
Degree in Insolvency Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2021).
R.P. Eduardo Lobos SS.CC Award, given to the best student of his class (2015).
Professor Raul Le Roy Award, given to the best student of his class (2012 and 2014).
Enrique Wiegand Frödden Award, given to the student with the highest grades in his class (2010-2014).
Tito Solari Peralta Award, given to the student with the highest grades in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law (2010-2014).
Osvaldo Oelckers Camus Award, given to the student with the highest grades in Constitutional Law and Administrative Law (2010-2014).