Karl has focused his practice on national and international arbitrations, both commercial and investment, based in various forums (ICSID, Permanent Court of Arbitration, ICC, CAM Santiago), and in litigation, mainly in the field of construction, oil and gas, energy, mining and financing.

Previously, Karl worked in the arbitration team of the international firm King & Spalding in New York. He was also a senior associate in the PPU arbitration team. Karl has a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard University.

Karl has taught classes in Civil, Administrative, and Constitutional Law courses at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In addition, he has publications, in Chile and abroad, on international arbitration, electrical contracts and civil liability. Karl is Chile’s representative of the Latin American Arbitration Association.

Studies
Law Degree (LL.B.), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Master of Laws, Harvard University (with honors).

Academic activities
1. Administrative Law Teacher Assistant (2014 – 2021)
2. Civil Law Teacher Assistant (2014 – 2018)
3. Constitutional Law Teacher Assistant (2012 – 2013)
4. Roman Law Teacher Assistant (2011 – 2013)
5. Collaborator in the Fondecyt Project «The Chilean Administrative Law in the period of the nineteenth-century substantive codification (1861-1890)»

Acknowledgments
Diploma of Honor (2014 and 2010), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 

Publications
1. “Contractual rights’ protection in international arbitration against interference from third non-signatory parties ” Spain Arbitration Review (No. 32), Wolters Kluwers Arbitration and Dialnet

 2. “Equality before the Law and Indigenous Law: a Matter of Fundamental Rights” First Inter-University Congress on Constitutional and Economic Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013)

3. «A Contemporary Perspective in the Revision of Power Purchase Agreement in Light of Unforeseen Circumstances» Chilean Journal of Private Law (N ° 34)

Memberships

Representative of Chile of the Latin American Arbitration Association.

International investment arbitration. Representation of a North American investment fund against the Mexican State for violation of NAFTA protections

International investment arbitration. Representation of Canadian and Lebanese investors against the State of Armenia for violation of protections guaranteed by Bilateral Investment Treaties.

International arbitration. Concession litigation. Representation of French investors against the Peruvian State due to differences arising from a highway concession.

Domestic arbitration. Energy Litigation. Representation of a mining company against a power plant for differences arising from a power purchase agreement. USD $350 million. 

Domestic arbitration. Energy Litigation. Representation of a mining company against an electric holding company for differences arising from the construction of a solar power plant, a power purchase agreement and a call option. USD $220 million.

Domestic arbitration. Energy Litigation. Representation of an energy distribution company against an energy company for differences arising from tendered power purchase agreements. USD $80 million.

International arbitration. Construction Litigation. Representation of a construction company against a subcontractor for differences arising from the construction of a refinery plant. USD $100 million.

International arbitration. Construction Litigation. Representation of a construction company against an investment fund for differences arising from an investment framework agreement. USD $80 million. 

Concession litigation. Representation in civil lawsuit of a company that owns cemeteries, against the concessionaire, for differences arising from the concession contract. USD $60 million.

Domestic arbitration. Construction litigation. Representation of a foreign company against a subcontractor for differences arising from the construction of a thermoelectric power plant. USD $40 million.