Pamela Contreras


Director
pcontreras@colombara.cl


Her practice focuses primarily on high-complexity criminal litigation.

Experience

Pamela has seventeen years of experience in investigating economic crimes and money laundering, reviewing Crime Prevention Models, and handling high-complexity litigation. She has participated in over 2,000 oral trials in the criminal field, dealing with complex matters, economic crimes, and organized crime. From 2007 to 2024, she served as an Adjunct Prosecutor for the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Areas of Practice
Litigation and arbitrarions
Criminal Law
Education
  • Universidad Austral de Chile, Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences (Chile, 2003).
  • Title of Lawyer granted by the Supreme Court of Justice (Chile, 2006).
  • Pompeu Fabra University, Master’s in Compliance (Spain, 2022).
  • University of Jaén, Master’s in Criminal Law and Constitutional Guarantees (Spain, 2020-2022).
  • Universidad Mayor, Master’s in Public Management (Chile, 2010-2012).
  • Universidad de Chile, Postgraduate Diploma in Economic and Corporate Criminal Law: New Economic Crime Law (Chile, 2024).
  • Catholic Universidad de Chile, Diploma in Compliance and Corporate Governance (Chile, 2023).
Academic Activities
  • 2024 Professor, Master’s in Human Resources Management, module “Compliance and Corporate Ethics.” Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción and Valdivia campuses.
  • 2024 Professor, MBA, module “Compliance and Corporate Ethics.” Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Concepción, and Valdivia campuses.
  • 2022-2023 Professor, MBA, module “Compliance and Corporate Ethics.” Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción and Valdivia campuses.
  • 2022-2023 Professor, Master’s in Human Resources Management, module “Compliance and Corporate Ethics.” Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Concepción, and Valdivia campuses.
Publications
  • “Constitutional Interpretation: A Special Regime.” (2005) Journal of Law and Humanities, Universidad de Chile.
  • Review of “The Political Principles of the New Civil Procedure Code” (2003) Journal of Law, Universidad Austral de Chile, Vol. XIV, July 2003, p.253.
  • Review of “Lessons in Legal Logic.” (2002) Journal of Law, Universidad Austral de Chile, Vol. XIII, December 2001, p.268.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English