Energy & Natural Resources
Carolina Schiele is a senior associate lawyer in our associated office in Santiago de Chile, with experience both in university academic management as well as in the professional practice of law.
Regional experience
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Carolina brings a wealth of experience to our team, having worked in both university academic management and the professional practice of law. Her diverse background equips her with unique insights and skills that contribute to the success of our team and the satisfaction of our clients.
Carolina has specialized in various aspects of property law, including property protection actions and obligation law, as well as contract law. She has focused her academic publications and professional advice on these topics. Additionally, Carolina has extensive experience in civil litigation, representing clients before both ordinary courts and arbitration panels.
Carolina has actively participated in negotiating construction contracts, drafting construction claims, and handling contractual disputes related to infrastructure and energy projects.
Carolina brings extensive experience in university teaching and management, having held various academic leadership positions, including the role of Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Universidad Andrés Bello. Presently, she directs the Master of Real Estate and Registry Law program at the Law School of the Universidad Central de Chile. Additionally, Carolina serves as a professor of private law at both the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad del Desarrollo.
Qualifications
Carolina has an LLM from the Faculty of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and is PhD from the same University.
Publications
- "Título XIV: De los modos de extinguirse las obligaciones, y primeramente de la solución o pago efectivo", Comentario Histórico-Dogmático al Código civil de Chile, Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch (2022).
- “Sobre la noción de mejor derecho del artículo 894 del Código civil chileno”, Jornadas Nacionales de Profesoras de Derecho privado, Ediciones DER (2020).
- “Artículo 894 del Código Civil chileno: ¿Prueba del mejor derecho?”, Estudios sobre propiedad y posesión, Editorial Thomson Reuters (2019).
- “La improbable existencia de impensae en la Lex Icilia de Aventino publicando”, Revista de Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos, PUCV (2018).
- “Los gastos ordinarios para producir frutos en el código civil chileno”, Jornadas Nacionales de Derecho Civil, Estudios de Derecho Civil XI, Editorial Thomson Reuters-La Ley (2016).
- “La jurisprudencia como fuente del Derecho: el papel de la jurisprudencia”, Dogmática y Sistema, Editorial LegalPublishing-ThomsonReuters [pero, Revista Ars Boni et Aequi, 4 (2008)] (2015).
- “Sentencia que acoge el criterio de la no solidaridad del dueño de la obra, empresa o faena”, Revista Chilena del Derecho de Seguros 20 (2011).
- “Artículo 2329 del Código Civil: La interpretación de presunción por hechos propios existe en la jurisprudencia”, Revista Chilena de Derecho N°37 (2010).