Bulnes & Urrutia

Magdalena 140, piso 12,
Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

tel +562 2431 9300
fax +562 2431 9253

  • Felipe Bulnes Serrano

  • Enrique Urrutia Pérez

  • Beatriz Cabrera Oemick

  • Sebastián Julio Mujica

  • Franco Palavecino Muñoz

Franco Palavecino Muñoz

Associate

fpalavecino@bub.cl

+56224319300

Education

  • Master in Investment, Trade and Arbitration (LL.M.) from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2025). Summa cum laude.
  • Lawyer from Universidad de Chile (2023). Summa cum laude.

Academic Activities

  • Teaching Assistant in Procedural Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2024 – present).
  • Teaching Assistant in Civil Law, International Business Law, Private International Law, Commercial Law, General Theory of Law, and Introduction to Law at Universidad de Chile (2016–2023).
  • Coach of the Universidad de Chile team for The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2022–2023).
  • Coach of the Universidad de Chile team for the Foreign Direct Investment Moot (2021–2023).

Publications

  • Palavecino, Franco, “State-Owned Enterprises in Investor-State Dispute Settlement”, En las fronteras del Derecho, 3, 2024.
  • Palavecino, Franco, “Consideraciones para la configuración de una norma de conflicto moderna de derecho corporativo”, Revista Chilena de Derecho Internacional Privado, year VIII, No. 8, Second Semester, 2022.
  • Palavecino, Franco, “La litispendencia en el arbitraje comercial internacional”, Cuadernos de Estudios Internacionales Nº 2, Instituto de Estudios internacionales de la Universidad de Chile, 2021.

Awards

  • “Francisco Orrego Vicuña” Award granted by the Universidad de Chile upon the most outstanding graduate in the fields of Public International Law, Private International Law, International Human Rights Law and International Relations.
  • “Fernando Albónico Valenzuela” Award from the Chilean Association of Private International Law in recognition of the most outstanding thesis in Private International Law.
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Scholarship.
  • Best Overall Performance in the Diploma in International Economic Law, Universidad de Chile.
  • Best Overall Performance in the Diploma in Domestic and International Commercial Arbitration, Universidad de Chile and Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
  • Honourable Mention for Best Respondent Memorandum at the Vis East Moot.
  • Best Oralist at the São Paulo Pre-Moot of the Foreign Direct Investment Moot.

Memberships

  • Chilean Bar Association.
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIAC).
  • Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG).
  • Young ICSID.

Formerly

  • Associate at Barros y Errázuriz (2022-2023).
  • Paralegal at Albagli Zaliasnik (2022).

Languages

  • Spanish, English and German