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Eduardo Picand Albónico

  • Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences, School of Law, Central University (Highest Distinction, Unanimous).
  • Master of Laws with a Mention in International Law, School of Law, University of Chile (Highest Distinction).

  • Arbitrator at the National Arbitration Center (CNA).
  • Former Director of the International Cooperation and Extraditions Unit (UCIEX) of the National Prosecutor’s Office.
  • Former Advisor and Deputy Director of the International Cooperation and Extraditions Unit (UCIEX) of the National Prosecutor’s Office.
  • Former Assistant Prosecutor of the Western Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Public Ministry.

  • Professor of Private International Law, International Contracts, and Arbitration at the School of Law of the University of Chile.
  • He has been a professor of Private International Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
  • Professor at the Graduate School of the School of Law of the University of Chile.

  • Member of the Chilean Bar Association A.G.
  • President of the Chilean Association of Private International Law (ADIPRI).
  • Full Member of the Hispanic-Luso-American Institute of International Law (IHLADI).
  • Member of the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP).

  • Recognized as Lawyer of the Year in international litigation and arbitration by Best Lawyers (2021 to date).

  • National and international commercial arbitration
  • Division of assets
  • Private international law
  • International contracts
  • Economic crimes
  • Extraditions and international asset recovery

  • “Arbitration. Between Autonomy and Judicial Control,”  Tirant lo Blanch Publishing, 2023.
  • “Code of Private International Law. Annotated and Concorded,” Tirant lo Blanch Publishing, 5th edition, 2024.
  • Aylwin Azocar, Patricio. “The Arbitral Trial,” 7th Edition, Updated and Supplemented by Eduardo Picand Albónico. El Jurista Publishing, Santiago, 2023.
  • “Family, Human Rights and Private International Law,” Judicial School of Mexico and Tirant lo Blanch Publishing, Mexico, 2019, 236 pp. Coordinators: Picand, Eduardo and Pereznieto Castro, Leonel.
  • “Foreign Private International Law Legislation,” El Jurista Publishing, Santiago, 2019, 543 pp.
  • “Chilean Private International Law. Laws, treaties, and jurisprudence,” Thomson Reuters Publishing, Santiago, 2018, 721 pp.
  • Editor of the Chilean Association of Private International Law Journal. 1st edition in 2015; 2nd edition, 2016; 3rd edition, 2017; 4th edition, 2018, 5th edition, 2019, 6th edition, 2020. http://adipri.org/v1/doctrina/revista-chilena-de-derecho-internacional-privado/
  • “Arbitration Studies,” homage book to President Patricio Aylwin, 2nd edition. Legal Publishing, Santiago, 2014. 1200 pages.
  • “Studies of Chilean and Comparative Private International Law,” 1st edition. Legal Publishing, Santiago, 2014. 742 pages.
  • “Study on Judicial Cooperation, Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition of Drug Traffickers and other drug-related crime offenders, between the EU and its Member States and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Countries,” Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2013, 320 pp.
  • “International Law Studies, Tribute Book to Professor Hugo Llanos Mansilla,” 2 volumes. 1st edition. Legal Publishing, Santiago, 2012. 1178 pages.
  • “International Law Studies, Tribute Book to Santiago Benadava,” 2 volumes, 1st edition. Librotecnia Publishing, Santiago, 2008. 1080 pages.
  • “International Commercial Arbitration,” 2 volumes. Juridical Publishing of Chile, Santiago, 2005. Collection: Legal Studies. 854 pages.

  • National Prosecutor’s Office. Director of the International Cooperation and Extraditions Unit (until 2016).