Professional Experience

Carla has over fifteen years of experience in civil and commercial litigation, as well as in domestic and international arbitration proceedings (ad hoc, CAM Santiago and ICC). She has represented and defended clients in complex disputes across a wide range of industries, including energy, construction, corporate, real estate and unfair competition, among others.

In addition to her active litigation and arbitration practice, she serves as an arbitrator at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM Santiago) and at the USMP-CIAR Arbitration Center.

She began her career at CAM Santiago (2010–2012). She subsequently joined the dispute resolution team at Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana (BMAJ), where she practiced until 2021 and became a partner. Following the dissolution of BMAJ, she joined Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution as a partner, where she remained until early 2023.

Education

Law Degree, Universidad de Chile, graduated with highest honors (2011).

Master’s Degree in International Law and International Relations, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, graduated with highest honors (2017).

Recognitions

Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Latin America: Dispute Resolution.

Rising Star, The Legal 500 Latin America: Dispute Resolution.

Best Lawyers in Chile, Arbitration and Mediation.

Valuable Practice, Leaders League: Arbitrators.

Expert Women Directory, Chilean Bar Association: Civil and Commercial Litigation.

Teaching and Academic Activities

Professor of Mediation and Domestic Arbitration, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, Diploma in Negotiation and Business Dispute Resolution (2013–2014).

Teaching Assistant, Department of Procedural Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Chile (2007–2011).

Speaker at conferences and seminars on arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution.

Memberships and Appointments

Arbitrator, Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM Santiago).

Arbitrator, USMP-CIAR Arbitration Center (Lima, Peru).

Arbitrator, Santiago Court of Appeals.

Chilean Bar Association.

Ethics Judge, Chilean Bar Association.

Club Iberoamericano de Arbitraje.

Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA).

Rising Arbitrators Initiative.

Chilean Institute of Procedural Law.

Executive Council Member, Women in Dispute Resolution Chile (WDR).

Member of the Tourism and Hospitality Working Group of the International and Ibero-American Arbitration Center of Madrid, CIIAM (Madrid, Spain).

Languages

Spanish.

English.