Curriculum Vitae

Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences (LL.B.), Faculty of Law, Universidad de Chile (1990). Lawyer.

Teaching and professional experience

Professor of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, from 2010 to present.
Associate Professor of Law, 2005-2009.
Assistant Professor of Law, 1997-2005.
Academic Director of the Master’s Degree in Labor Law and Social Security (MDLS-UAI).
Professor since 1997 in several postgraduate and master’s in law courses. Professor at the Judicial Studies Institute and the Judicial Academy.
Legal Advisor of the Chilean Senate (1991-2005).

18 labor law books published in Chile, Uruguay, Brazil and the USA, among others:
- Introducción al Derecho del Trabajo (ConoSur, 1998)
- Cidadania na Empresa e Eficácia Diagonal dos Direitos Fundamentais (Editora LTR, 2011)
- Principled Labor Law. U.S. Labor Law through a Latin American Method, co-authored with César F. Rosado Marzán (Oxford University Press, 2019)
- Derecho Colectivo del Trabajo (DER, 3rd ed., 2020)
- Derecho Individual del Trabajo. Doctrina, materiales y casos (DER, 2021)
One hundred chapters and papers in law journals, among others: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Washington University Global Studies Law Review, Latin American Legal Studies, Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de México, Diritto delle Relazioni Industriali, Revue de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale and Revue de Droit du Travail.

Award for Academic Career 2024 for teaching work at the Faculty of Law of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
Best Book Prize 2019, Simón Bolívar Category, from the Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico, for Principled Labor Law (New York, OUP, 2019).
Best Teacher Award 2009, 2014, 2016 and 2022 (UAI Faculty of Law).
Best Teacher Award 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2022, Master in Labor Law and Social Security (MDLS-UAI).
Academic Excellence Award 2005 and 2008, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Faculty of Law), for intellectual contribution and outstanding research input.
Academic Excellence Award 2006, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Faculty of Law), awarded to the professors best rated by students.
Recognition of the contribution to the internationalization strategy of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2024.

Since November 2025, member of the Latin American Scientific Committee of the CIELO Laboral community.
Since September 2024, member of the steering committee of the Labour Law Research Network (LLRN).
Visiting scholar at the Faculty of Law, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, January-February 2024.
Visiting scholar at the Centre for Law at Work, Faculty of Law, University of Bristol, October-November 2023.
Visiting scholar at the Master’s Degree in Social Law, University of Nantes, December 2019.
Researcher in charge of the Fondecyt Regular Project “La dignidad en el derecho privado”, No. 1200064 (2020-2022).
Researcher in charge of the Fondecyt Regular Project “La negociación colectiva y su ámbito de cobertura más allá de la empresa”, No. 1170132 (2017-2018).
Member of the Law and Society Association (LSA, USA).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Revue de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale, COMPTRASEC, Université de Bordeaux (2016).
Member of the Editorial Board of Latin American Legal Studies, UAI (2017).
Member of the Editorial Board of Revista de Estudios Judiciales (2024).