Who's Who Legal 2019: "Alex Wagemann posee un enfoque estratégico, buen conocimiento de la industria de la construcción y un entendimiento profundo de los modelos de contratación"

Who's Who Legal 2019: "Alex Wagemann posee un enfoque estratégico, buen conocimiento de la industria de la construcción y un entendimiento profundo de los modelos de contratación"

El abogado fue recientemente destacado por el prestigioso ranking británico en la categoría de "Construcción".

"Alex Wagemann has followed an outstanding professional path that has allowed him to acquire a unique knowledge and experience in projects of engineering and construction, integrating his legal formation by an in-depth comprehension of technical matters.

Alex is a Chilean lawyer and a graduate of the University of Chile (1996). He has two diplomas, from the engineering faculties of the University of Chile and the University of Santiago.  

For over 20 years Alex has worked on complex construction and infrastructure projects, for owners and construction companies in Chile and other Latin American countries. He has provided support and advice for the drafting and improvement of contractual documents, and the identification of best practices in the field of contract management in engineering and construction, as well as for design and management of best practices in bidding and contracting processes and contract negotiations. He acts also as adviser to contract administrators, and project and construction managers during the execution of infrastructure projects, offering support for legal and strategic contract administration and for the improvement of projects in the supply chain. He has a particularly broad expertise in early resolution of disputes and ADR, handling of contractual claims, expert opinions and forensic analysis, in particular, in disputes related with delay and disruptions.

He started as a contract engineer working onsite in the Mining Company Disputada de las Condes (Exxon Mobil). Soon after this he moved to the Chilean National Copper Corporation (CODELCO), where he worked in the chief of contractor’s management department, leading the area of claim prevention and analysis and where he also introduced the use of dispute boards for engineering and construction contracts.

In 2009, he founded Wagemann Lawyers & Engineers, an interdisciplinary firm focused on construction and infrastructure, which has been advising local and international owners and contractors in several projects in Chile and Latin America.

Since 2013, Alex has been professor of contract and claim management in the Faculty of Engineering of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and national counsellor at the Chilean Chamber of Construction. From 2015 to 2018 he acted as board member of the Chilean Society of Construction Law.

Currently, Alex moves between Chile and Europe. In addition to his duties as founding partner of Wagemann Lawyers & Engineers, he acts as the chairman of the working group on construction contracts at the Paris-based Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations (CICA). He is also pursuing a master’s degree in international construction at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Alex speaks fluent Spanish, English and basic German.

WWL says: Alex Wagemann is a highly esteemed member of Chile's construction community

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