Alex Wagemann

Expert Reports – Expert Witness

• Participation in a pro bono expert report on the construction of a Women’s Health Pavilion in Burundi (Africa), for an ad hoc arbitration seated in London.
• Participation in an expert report for a Brazilian company responsible for the expansion of Panama’s international airport.
• Legal report on the application of a back-to-back clause in an arbitration related to FIDIC contracts, before the Arbitration Center of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
• Legal report on the contractual interpretation of Site requirements for an Italian company responsible for the installation of photovoltaic equipment, Chile.
• Participation in an expert report for a Uruguayan company in charge of road construction in a project located in Paraguay, in an ICC arbitration.
• Participation in an expert report on the construction of a Regional Hospital, for a UNCITRAL arbitration in El Salvador.
• Participation in an expert report on the construction of a Spinning Plant for a domestic arbitration in Nicaragua.
• Participation in an expert report for a company responsible for road construction in Colombia.
• Preparation of a claim for a Spanish concessionaire against the Ministry of Public Works of Chile, regarding additional works executed in a public hospital.
• Preparation of a claim for a Brazilian company against a Portuguese concessionaire for the construction of two interstate transmission lines in Brazil.

Contract & Claim Management and Strategic Advisory

• Advisory to a state-owned oil company during the execution of a contract with a local construction company for the installation of an emission control system (wet gas scrubber), Chile.
• Risk analysis and evaluation for Spanish construction companies on various residential buildings and shopping centers to be built in Spain.
• Risk analysis and evaluation for an Austrian supplier of medical equipment to a Chinese concessionaire in a public hospital, Chile.
• Advisory to the Chilean subsidiary of a French company in a dispute with a Chinese contractor regarding the subcontract for the installation of equipment in a high-complexity public hospital, Chile.
• Preparation of a claim for a Spanish subcontractor regarding force majeure due to Covid-19, which, once submitted, was accepted by the National Electric Coordinator (CEN), Chile.
• Advisory to a Spanish construction company in the preparation of FIDIC-based claims against Costa Rican authorities, in a road construction project, Costa Rica.
• Advisory to a Chilean construction company during the execution of works and preparation of claims against a British multinational, in a mining project located in northern Chile.
• Advisory to a Spanish contractor in dispute management, including mediations, across multiple construction projects for transmission lines and substations, Chile.
• Advisory to Chile’s largest pulp producer in the structuring of the contractual framework (engineering, procurement, construction, EPC, risk assessment) with various subcontractors, for the construction of a new production line, Chile.
• Redesign and redrafting of tender information and standardized contract forms for Codelco (Chilean National Copper Corporation, a state-owned company).
• Advisory to an Irish client in the execution of a BOP contract with a Portuguese contractor responsible for the construction of transmission lines and wind power generation, Chile.
• Advisory to a state-owned oil company in the execution of an EPC contract with a Spanish contractor for the construction of a steam generation plant, Chile.
• Strategic contractual advisory and claim management for a Spanish contractor in its relationship with its Italian partner within a consortium, and with its Japanese employer, in the construction of a desalination plant for a mining project, Chile.
• Advisory to a state-owned oil company regarding the collection of penalties in the execution of a tank maintenance contract with a Peruvian contractor, Chile.
• Defense of a Chinese client against the claims of a Spanish contractor under a contract for the construction of a shopping mall in Santiago, Chile.
• Strategic contractual advisory and claim management for an Italian contractor in the execution of an EPC contract for the construction of a public hospital in central Chile.
• Strategic contractual advisory and claim management for a Spanish contractor in the execution of an EPC contract for the construction of a public hospital in Chile.
• Advisory to a Spanish contractor in the execution of a subcontract for tunnel construction and blasting in a public dam project located in northern Chile.
• Advisory to a construction company in the negotiation and execution of various real estate projects, including shopping centers and residential buildings, Chile.

Dispute Boards and Technical Dictum

• President of a Dispute Board in a conflict between a mining company and a major local contractor for the construction of a tailings dam in a mining project, Peru.
• Member of a Dispute Board in a conflict between two Italian companies for the construction of a Wind Farm, Mexico.
• Sole member of a Dispute Board in a conflict between the State and a Brazilian contractor for the construction of a road in Honduras.
• President of a Dispute Board for the development of a large river defense project in the Ica region, Peru.
• President of two simultaneous Dispute Boards for the construction of the Bicentennial Schools of Lima, Peru.
• President of a Dispute Board in a conflict between an Italian company and a Chinese contractor for the construction of a Wind Farm, Chile.

• International Adjudicator (Dispute Board) of the Dispute Resolution Center of the Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de Costa Rica.
• Member of the CIAM-CIAR Construction-Engineering Working Group
• International Adjudicator (Dispute Board) of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador.
• International Adjudicator (Dispute Board) of the Arbitration and Mediation Center ANKAWA International.
• Member of the list of Dispute Boards of the Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAM) of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CCS).
• Member of the panel of experts of the Mining Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAMMIN).
• International Adjudicator of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) Arbitration Center.
• Member of the general arbitration list of the Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAM) of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CCS).
• Former Chairman (2018-2025) of the Construction Contracts Working Group at the Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations (CICA).
• Member of the Infrastructure Committee of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Chile (Camacoes).
• Board member of the Latin American Association of Construction Law (ALDEC).
• Former Director of the Chilean Society of Construction Law.
• Former National Councilor and Chairman of the Principal-Contractor Task Force of the Chilean Construction Chamber (CChC).
• Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).
• Member of the Construction Law Group of the International Bar Association (IBA).
• Member of the Contract Management Commission of the Engineers Institute of Chile.
• Member of the Experts Committee of Implementation of Dispute Boards for public works contracts in Chile.

• Professor of the Master’s Program in Construction Management (MAC) – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
• Professional selected by the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation to act as Chair of Dispute Boards in the Olympic Games of Rio 2016.
• Professor of the Diploma Course in Project Management – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
• Languages: Spanish, English and basic German.