Jorge Balmaceda

Jorge Balmaceda has a PhD in Private Law from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France, and a Master’s of Law in Advanced Litigation and Dispute Resolution from Nottingham Law School at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has lectured private law for the past 20 years, and currently teaches at Mayor University and Bernardo O’Higgins University, Chile. He also practices law as a barrister in civil matters and commercial arbitration disputes, and is a member of the Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française, the Chilean Association of Private International Law, and the Chilean Bar Association. He has published books and several articles on litigation risk management, commercial negotiation, and influence of the Napoleonic code on the Chilean civil code.