Sebastian Chandía Olivares

ASSOCIATE

Number: +56223862850 Anexo (#866)
Mail: schandia@momag.cl

Lawyer (2025), Supreme Court de Chile. Bachelor´s Degree in Legal Sciences (2025), Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile. Diploma in Administrative Authorizations, Permits, and Concessions (2025), Law School, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago de Chile.

He has received the following distinctions: Enrique Wiegand Frödden Award, as the graduate with the highest grade point average in the class of 2007-2011 (2012), Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile, Osvaldo Oelckers Camus Award, as the graduate with the highest grade point average in the subjects of Administrative Law and Constitutional Law (2012), Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile, Edmundo Eluchans Malherbe Award, as the graduate with the highest grade point average in Civil Law (2012). Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile, “Professor Raul Le Roy” Award, as best student in the first (2008), second (2009), fourth (2010), and fifth (2011) years. Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, and Barros & Errázuriz Scholarship (2012). Member of the Chilean Bar Association (2025).

In his professional capacity, he served as Legal Advisor in the 2023 Constitutional Process, Constitutional Council (2023). Jurisdictional Function and Autonomous Bodies Commission and Joint Commission, Professor, Law School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2025), Santiago de Chile and Professor at the Law School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2021 to date), Santiago de Chile.

In his academic capacity, since 2021 and currently, he is a professor of Forensic Skills at the Faculty of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago de Chile, Assistant Professor of Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago de Chile (2023-2025) and Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile (2009-2013).

He has published several works, including: “A critique of the schematic-functional approach to government and internal administration of the State,” Faculty of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Chilean Administrative Law Association, XX Administrative Law Conference, November 2024. [In press], “Some elements for a general theory of legal principles. State of the art and critique,” in Proceedings of Legal Theory, Economic Administrative Law Program, Law School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, No. 1, 2015, pp. 87-111, and "Legal principles and legal system. Bases for a general theory of legal principles in the Chilean constitutional system," in Law and Humanities Journal, University de Chile, No. 20, January 2013, among others.