Professor Chikoc Barreda specializes in Private International Law and Comparative private law in a context of globalization. She holds a PhD in Law (University of Lleida, Extraordinary Doctoral Prize, 2020), a LL.M (University of Montreal, 2014), a diploma in notarial law (University of Montreal, 2011) and a LL.B. (University of Havana, 2001). She has been a visiting researcher at the Institute of Private International Law of Heidelberg University (2022), the Centre for Private International Law at the University of Aberdeen (2023), the Research Institute for Notarial Law at Humboldt University of Berlin (2024), the Catholic University of Córdoba (2025), and the University of Buenos Aires (2025).
Her research interests cover a wide range of topics relating to cross-border situations on civil and commercial matters, as well as the notarial profession. In the field of private international law, her studies encompass a variety of subjects, including contracts, cross-border teleworking, the circulation of notarial acts, succession, surrogacy, marriage, divorce and tortious liability. She is a member of the European Association of Private International Law (2021), the Quebec Association of Comparative Law (2020), the Multidisciplinary Observatory on the Future of Private Law (2022), the Centre for Private international law of the University of Aberdeen (2023) and the International Academy of Succession Law (2024). She is a member of the Quebec Chamber of Notaries and represents Quebec as general advisor to the International Union of Notaries (2023). She is a member of the American Affairs Commission, where she serves as coordinator of the Regional Integration and Treaties Subcommittee, and the working group on “Digitalization and authentic instruments”.