Environment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Chile
Band 4
About
Provided by Eelaw
We advise our clients in all their needs related to the fields of Environmental Law, Energy and Natural Resources, Pollution Control and provide the environmental legal advice required for a successful project.
- Design of projects in their evaluation before the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), in obtaining permits and in recursive stages if there were any.
- Execution of projects, through compliance matrices, training on new regulations, regulatory alerts, among others.
- Relationship with communities.
- Requirements or procedures of the Superintendence of the Environment (of information in inspection stages, provisional measures, sanctioning procedures, compliance programs, recursive instances, defense against eventual sanctions, legal advice).
- Sanctioning administrative procedures (native forest, water, mining, sanitation, among others).
- Regulatory monitoring in general (discussion of bills, issuance of new regulations, decrees, resolutions, circulars, guides, among others).
- Circular economy and implementation of the REP law (training, workshops and practical application to frequently asked questions from industries).
- Management of waste and chemical substances, remediation of contaminated sites.
- International environmental law (monitoring and participation in discussions, union representation, Minamata Agreement, among others).
- Good business practices, with a focus on Human Rights and the environment, according to international standards and ESG criteria.
Chambers Review
Eelaw is a Chilean specialist environmental boutique often instructed by clients from the mining and energy sectors to provide strategic advice on environmental matters relating to permitting, environmental assessment processes and regulatory compliance. The dynamic team is also well prepared to defend clients in environmental sanctioning proceedings and notable litigation proceedings.
Work Highlights
- Eelaw advised Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP) on environmental regulation compliance for all its mining sites.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Eelaw's team has extensive mastery of environmental regulations, which allows us to identify gaps from early stages to ensure their correction in time."
"Eelaw's team has extensive mastery of environmental regulations, which allows us to identify gaps from early stages to ensure their correction in time."
Notable Practitioners
Head of department Paulina Riquelme is praised by market observers for her extensive environmental law expertise in Chile. She boasts long-standing experience in regulatory and environmental compliance work for major projects in Chile, especially in the mining sector.
"Paulina Riquelme is a great lawyer. She has solid knowledge and great experience in the environmental law market."
"Paulina Riquelme is very professional and has extensive experience in environment law and its application."
Ranked Lawyers at
Eelaw
Chile
Members
Provided by Eelaw
Amelia Sagredo
Camila Martínez
Carolina Häberle
Diego Bascuñan
Doria Gallardo
Francisca Standem
Martín Vatter
Head of Department
Valtiere Espinoza
Álvaro Dorta
Clients
Provided by Eelaw
Cerro Negro Mining Company
Compañía Minera del Pacífico
Confederación de la Producción y el Comercio (CPC)
Continental Compañía de Seguros
Grupo Minero Las Cenizas
Haldeman Mining Company
KDM S.A.
Lithium Chile
Mainstream Renewable Power
Marimaca Copper Corp
Minera Tres Valles
Mitsubishi Corporation
Sociedad Nacional de Minería (SONAMI)
Industries
Provided by Eelaw
Circular Economy
Climate change
Electricity generators
Energy
Lithium
Mining
Water