Carlos Troncoso

Associate

ctroncoso@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2213



His practice focuses mainly on civil and commercial litigation, national and international arbitration and insolvency proceedings, including reorganization and liquidation.


REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • A renowned group of Chilean shareholders on their successful defense regarding the control of a public limited company, against different arbitration and ordinary lawsuits for breach of a shareholders' agreement.
  • A relevant energy generation company on its sucessul defense against a lawsuit for breach of contract regarding the construction of a wind farm, for USD20 million.
  • Codelco on its successful defense in a trial in relation to the exercise of termination clauses without expression of cause.
  • Fantástico Sur on its defense against a lawsuit filed by the Chilean Treasury, related to the claim of constructions and land adjacent to the Torres del Paine National Park.
  • An international hotel chain on an international commercial arbitration based in Chile, for breach of a management contract under the "Hotel Management Agreement" modality.
  • CorpGroup and its subsidiaries, CorpGroup Banking and Compañía Inmobiliaria y de Inversiones SAGA, among others, on the restructuring of their liabilities, including 144A Notes issued under New York's law and secured and unsecured bank debt, in a Chapter 11 proceeding before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court; as well as on a number of related litigation and direct renegotiations of debts.
  • A Chilean agricultural company on its defense against a lawsuit for breach of a machinery lease contract subject to the Law of the State of Colorado, USA.
  • Various construction companies and principals on arbitration and ordinary trials for the construction of port infrastructure projects, power generation plants and homes, under the modalities of lump sum, EPC and EPCM construction contracts.

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Coach of Universidad de Chile team in the C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (since 2022).
  • Teaching Assistant in Private Law, Universidad de Chile (since 2017).
  • Teaching Assistant in Remedies for Breach of Contract, Universidad de Chile (2019).
  • Teaching Assistant in Private Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2017-2018).
  • Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

SEMINARS

  • Speaker, XV National Conference on Commercial Law, with the presentation: “Scope of the public order exception of article 305 of Law No. 20,720.”
  • Speaker, 20th National Conference on Civil Law, with the presentation: “Can a legal entity criminally convicted request compensation from the natural person?”

EDUCATION

  • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
  • Degree on “Economic and Business Criminal Law: New Crime Law”, Universidad de Chile, (2024).

ADMISSIONS

  • Chile (2022).

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish.
  • English.

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