##  [Maria Ignacia Arratia Salinas](/en_GB/team/maria-ignacia-arratia-salinas) 

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 Maria Ignacia Arratia Salinas  Senior associate 

 <maria.ignacia.arratia@garrigues.com> - [Santiago de Chile](/en_GB/office/santiago-chile)+56 2 29419000





 

 

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María Ignacia Arratia Salinas is a senior associate in the Litigation and Arbitration practice. She has experience in civil litigation and arbitration, mainly in commercial, construction, class actions, and electrical matters, among others. Besides that, she has advised privates on contracts of various kinds, accompanying the pre- and post-contractual stage.

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María Ignacia Arratia Salinas is an associate in the Litigation and Arbitration practice.

She has experience in civil litigation and arbitration, mainly in commercial, construction, and electrical matters, among others. Besides that, she has advised privates on contracts of various kinds, accompanying the pre- and post-contractual stage.

She was an assistant professor at the Law School at Universidad de Santiago de Chile, in the subjects of Procedural Law and Clinical Law Teaching.

 

 

 

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- Lawyer (2019). Degree in Legal and Social Sciences at Universidad de Chile, approved with maximum distinction.
- Diploma in Tort Law (2022). Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
- Course "Gender and Law" (2023). Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
- Course "Legal Skills in the United States Legal System" (2018). Universidad de Chile.

 

 

 

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She was an assistant professor at the Law School at Universidad de Santiago de Chile, in the subjects of Procedural Law and Clinical Law Teaching.

She was an assitant student's professor at the Law School at Universidad de Chile, in the subjects of Criminal Law, Argumentation Theory and Law History.

 

 

 

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- Colegio de Abogados A.G.
- Member of Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje.

 

 

 

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She has been recognized as a Leading Associate in The Legal 500, in the areas of Litigation and Arbitration (2026).

 

 

 

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Emergence of new rights on climate change, in light of the Ninth Amendment of the United States. Thesis to obtain the Degree in Legal and Social Sciences at Universidad de Chile.

 

 

 







 

 



 

 

### Services

 

[ **Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration** ](/en_GB/services/dispute-resolution-litigation-and-arbitration)



 

 



 

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