Michael HANTKE-DOMAS

Dr. Michael Hantke Domas is an internationally recognized lawyer for his professional and academic practice in water law, natural resources law and environmental law. His experience stems from more than 25 years of experience as a judge, academic, lawyer, public servant, international official and consultant. Dr. Hantke Domas holds an LLB from Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile), and a PhD from the ESRC Center for Competition Policy and the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom). Dr. Hantke Domas served as Justice of the Third Environment Court (Valdivia, Chile) for 6 years (2013-2019). During this period, he was the first president of the Court, and in that capacity, he led its installation. Likewise, he has practised in two major law firms in Chile, and he has served as legal advisor for the Minitry of Public Works (Chile) and the Chilean Water Services Regulation Authority. Today he works as a lawyer and senior international consultant. He is an Associate Professor of Water Law at San Sebastián University (Valdivia, C:hile), and honorary associate of the ESRC Center for Competition Policy and the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia (Norwich, United Kingdom). He is author of an extensive list of publications, and is constantly invited to seminars and congress around the world. Furthermore, he is a member of the International Association for Water Law, the European Environmental Law Forum, and the Chilean Association of Environmental Law.