“Carlos Molina is able to develop intelligent and successful strategies. He is a very solid lawyer, highly experienced and knowledgeable”.

Chambers and Partners

EXPERIENCE

Carlos Molina Zaldívar, founding partner of Molina Ríos Abogados, has developed his professional practice with particular emphasis on litigation related to commercial law, having participated in major arbitrations, litigation, claims and negotiations, both domestic and international, especially in matters of construction and concessions of public works related to airports, highways, reservoirs, gas pipelines, railway constructions and public buildings. He has also participated in complex litigation and negotiations in insurance matters, referring to risks contained in all-risk construction, civil liability, surety, national and international credit, life, fidelity, as well as reinsurance and intermediation between insurance brokers and/or agents. He has also participated in important international arbitrations in the field of air law.

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Roster of Arbitrators of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM), Chile.
Member of the Roster of Arbitrators of the Santiago Court of Appeals.
Member of the Roster of Arbitrators of the National and International Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (Perú).
Member of the Chilean Society of Construction Law.
Member of the Roster of Arbitrators of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA-CHILE).
Member of the Chilean Bar Association A.G.
Member of the Roster of Arbitrators of the Latin American Center for Mediation y Arbitration of Insurance and Reinsurance (Arias Latam).

NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

President of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Chile (CAMACOES).
President of Mapfre Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A.
President of Caja Reaseguradora de Chile S.A.
President of Mapfre Compañía de Seguros de Vida S.A.
President of Mapfre Asistencia S.A.
Director Solunion Compañía de Seguro de Crédito.

RECOGNITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Recognized as a leading insurance, arbitration and construction lawyer by several international rankings, such as Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers and Legal 500.
Author of the book “Construction Law.”
Author of the book “Credit Insurance in Chile.”
Co-author of the book “The Insurance Contract, Comments to Title VIII, Book II of the Commercial Code,” Universidad Católica de Chile School of Law.
He is also the author of several articles for national and international books and journals related to engineering and construction, as well as matters related to insurance law.

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School – Columbia University, New York.
Lawyer, Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad Gabriela Mistral.
Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad del Desarrollo.
Lecturer and professor of various undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars at various universities in the country, including the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Universidad de los Andes and Universidad del Desarrollo.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.