Fernando Landeros

Head Partner of WAGEMANN | Consulting

Architect with more than 16 years of experience in the fields of Construction Law, he has participated as an expert and advisor in ongoing projects, Dispute Board, arbitrations and trials in Chile and Latin America.

He has collaborated in the resolution of disputes in numerous cases, contributing from a technical point of view with an emphasis on delay analysis and quantum of damages, according to international standards. This experience includes the fields of construction of infrastructure, contract administration and claims analysis in engineering and construction.

He has provided testimony and statement as an expert in numerous arbitrations and trials, in Chile and abroad, preparing expert reports requested by the parties or by the courts themselves. This experience includes CAM arbitrations; ordinary trials; ICC arbitrations, and UNCITRAL arbitrations in Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, among others.

Furthermore, he has also provided services in multiple projects, including claim and contract management, technical consulting, and expert opinions in more than 90 cases of disputes between owners and contractors -for a total amount of over $3,000 MUSD per year-, and which include mining, industrial, port, energy, real estate, hospital, sports, railway and road works, among others.

Within the framework of controversies, he has participated before technical panels and Dispute Boards, presenting requests for rulings regarding situations that have generated delays in the execution of works, and the quantification of damages. This experience includes presentations before the Technical Panel of Concessions of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP Chile) and several Dispute Boards for FIDIC contracts.

He has also been appointed member of Dispute Boards for projects in Chile and abroad.

Fernando was highlighted by the Leaders League international ranking in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 in the category of “Litigation support in Construction & engineering”.

  • Architect, University of Chile.

  • Former Member of the Infrastructure Committee of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Chile (Camacoes).
  • Coordinator of the 2020-2021 Construction Contract Group of the Latin American Construction Association (ALDEC).
  • Member of the Construction Law Chilean Society.
  • Member of the Association of Architects of Chile.

  • 2022 – Member of Dispute Board in power generation project in northern Chile.
  • 2022 – Expert witness for arbitration of a highway Construction Contract (Colombia).
  • 2021- Expert witness for arbitration for Construction Contract of Women’s Hospital (Burundi – Africa).
  • 2021 – Expert opinion in ordinary lawsuit for the construction of a Highway Interconnection Contract between Temuco and Padre Las Casas (Chile).
  • 2020- Expert witness in arbitration for the Construction of Route PY-06 (Paraguay).
  • 2020 – Expert witness in arbitration for the Construction of the Regional Hospital of San Miguel (El Salvador).
  • 2019- Advisor to the Ministry of Public Works and Communications of Paraguay. Main Transport Line System – BTR – Main Corridor Sections 2 and 3. Contract amount: MUSD 45 (Paraguay).
  • 2019- Expert opinion for arbitration in Peru for Contract for the supply and installation of fireproofing materials. Amount claimed: MSD 6 (Peru).
  • 2019 – Expert opinion for arbitration for the Construction of the Concession Ruta 5 Norte, Segment La Serena – Vallenar. Amount in dispute: MUSD 25 (Chile).
  • 2019 – Consultant for the Contractor in contract management. Linares Hospital. Amount of contract: USD 100 M.
  • 2019 – Consultant for the Contractor in Technical Survey. Construction of the Antofagasta Hospital. Amount of contract: USD 100 M.
  • 2018 – Consultant for the Contractor in contract management. Development project in Santiago of Chile. Amount of contract: USD 80 M.
  • 2018 – Consultant for the Contractor in contract management. Underground works project for reservoir in Arica, Chile. Amount of contract: USD 5 M.
  • 2018 – Consultant for the Owner in contract management. Oil co-gen plant and refinery project in Concón, Chile. Amount of contract: USD 136 M.
  • 2018 – Consultant for the Owner in contract management, gas treatment plant, oil refinery project in Concepción, Chile. Amount of contract: USD 12 M.
  • 2018 – Consultant for the Owner in contract drafting. Industrial project in Concepción, Chile. Amount of project: USD 1,200 M.
  • 2017 – Consultant for the Contractor in contract management. State-run project Regional Hospital of Quillota, Chile. Amount of project: USD 100 M.
  • 2017 – Consultant for the Contractor in negotiation and subsequent arbitration proceeding due to higher project costs of leaching piles construction projects in Antofagasta, Chile. Amount of claim: USD 4 M.
  • 2017 – Consultant for the Owner in contract closure. Electromechanic assembly and piping of a cardboard plant in Maule, Chile. Amount under dispute: USD 15 M.
  • 2015 – Performer of survey required by the arbitration court in the proceedings against the Chilean Ministry of Public Works over the Concession “Camino de la Fruta”, Chile. Claimed amount: USD 40 M.
  • 2013 – Performer of survey required by the courts during the proceedings against the State of Chile over the Construction of the La Reina Military Hospital, Chile. Claimed amount: USD 70 M.

  • Chilean chapter of “FIDIC Contracts in the Americas: A Practical Guide to Application” (2023), with Elina Mereminskaya and Alex Wagemann.
  • Latin Lawyer Regulator – Construction Chile, with Alex Wagemann and Elina Mereminskaya, 2020-2021.
  • Former head of the Contractual Engineering Division of IDIEM, University of Chile.
  • Training in Practical Use of FIDIC Contracts – Santiago, Chile.
  • Training in management of Dispute Board, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation – Santiago, Chile.
  • Course “Arbitration and Dispute Settlement”, Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
  • Course “ICC-FIDIC International construction contracts and the resolution of disputes” – Bogota, Colombia.
  • Course “Practice and contractual aspects of underground construction works”.
  • Course “Advanced project leadership with PMI standards”
  • Languages: Spanish and English