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Gabriel Villarroel B.

Attorney

Education: School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Bachelor of Laws, 1981).

Admitted to Practice: 1982.

Awards and Recognitions: Tocornal Award and Montenegro Award, awarded to the most outstanding student of his class (1980).

Academic Activity: Professor of International Private Law, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1984-). Former member of the School of Law Board at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Other Activities: Arbitrate for the Arbitration and Mediation Center at Santiago’s Chamber of Commerce. Founding partner of of the Chilean Association for International Private Law.

Publications: Author of several publications, including the following books: “La obligación natural como elemento moralizador de la relación jurídica en el Código Civil Chileno” (1982), a book that the Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile’s School of Law distinguished with the Pedro Lira Urquieta Award; “Curso de Derecho Internacional Privado”. Parte General (2004); “Derecho Internacional Privado” (2016).

Languages: Spanish and English.