Andrés Vodanovic

Partner

Andrés Vodanovic specializes in Public Law, Regulated Markets, and Dispute Resolution. He has been an associate at our law firm since 2016. Notably, he was appointed by former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, to serve as Executive Secretary of the Council of Observers of the Constituent Process, a prestigious commission tasked with overseeing the constitutional discussion that began in 2016. Andrés has published numerous academic papers on constitutional law, participated in many academic seminars, and was recently appointed as a professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad Católica de Chile after a highly competitive selection process. His expertise and contributions have been recognized by the international ranking The Legal 500 in its Public Law section, where he has been named in the “Rising Star” and “Leading Associate” categories for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, and 2024).

Education

• Master of Law (LLM), Chicago University, 2022.
• Admitted as an Attorney by the Supreme Court of Chile, 2014.
• Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2013.

Memberships & Academic Activities

• Professor of Constitutional Law, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, since 2023
• Teacher of Constitutional Law, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2016.
• Teacher assistant of Constitutional Law.

Languages

• Spanish and English.

Publications

• “Against Constitutionalism”, Edited by Revista Chilena De Derecho, 50(1), 2023.
• Co-author of “Inaplicabilidad de la implementación de políticas horizontales en la contratación pública: juzgando un nuevo giro jurisprudencial” (STC Rol 12.750), Edited by Sentencias Destacadas, Ediciones Libertad y Desarrollo, 2022, pp.35-66.
• “The incidence of citizen participation in the constituent process: The case of Chile”, Annual ICON·S Conference (The International Society of Public Law), Santiago, Chile, 2019.
• “Constitutional Court and preventive control: a limited power?” Edited by Sentencias Destacadas, Ediciones Libertad y Desarrollo, 2018.
• “Friendship and Universal Destination of Goods”, Edited by Asuntos Públicos, Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo (CED), 2015.