Environment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Chile
Band 2
About
Provided by Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados
GTR is a highly specialized firm in environmental law, natural resources, regulation, and sustainability, focuses mainly on providing legal advice on highly complex matters, achieving effective and creative solutions.
Its team has extensive experience with more than 20 years of participation in the assessment, development, and defense of projects. In addition, it stands out for incorporating a strategic approach in the analysis of each case and for providing a legal service based on the permanent accompaniment and involvement of the partners.
GTR provides advice to national and foreign clients, both public and private entities, mainly in the mining, energy, fishing, aquaculture, agribusiness, real estate, and sanitation industries, having successfully participated in high-profile cases that stands out due to its operational criticality, media repercussion and legal transcendence.
The team is led by Rodrigo Guzmán, Paulina Toro and Cristián Ruiz, who together with the associated lawyers have formed a strong team and a consolidated work system.
Chambers Review
Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados houses a solid team that is active on a variety of contentious and non-contentious environmental law matters in Chile. The team routinely assists clients from the real estate, mining and agribusiness spheres with regulatory environmental compliance, including environmental audits and impact assessments, as well as with sector-related administrative litigation.
Work Highlights
- Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados advised Inmobiliaria Providencia on a judicial claim before the Supreme Court, related to a resolution from the Superintendency of the Environment that resulted in a fine to Inmobiliaria Providencia.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm is very knowledgeable and with the ability to offer a strategic view and viable alternatives. They have enough resources to provide fast, efficient and high-quality advice."
"The firm is very knowledgeable and with the ability to offer a strategic view and viable alternatives. They have enough resources to provide fast, efficient and high-quality advice."
Notable Practitioners
Co-head of department Paulina Toro is an experienced practitioner in Chile's environment ambit. She is often called upon to advise on environmental assessment and sanctioning proceedings.
"Paulina is a detail-oriented lawyer. In that sense, her opinions are very complete and include diverse views on a subject."
Co-head of department Rodrigo Guzmán receives praise from market observers for his environmental law practice in Chile. The market recognises him particularly for his contentious work, such as environmental litigation and sanctioning proceedings.
"Rodrigo Guzmán has excellent knowledge of the subjects. He has a great trajectory and experience, which allows him to provide a strategic outlook."
Ranked Lawyers at
Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados
Chile
Members
Provided by Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados
Cristián Ruiz
Head of Department
Francisca Mendoza Ruiz
Isaías Urzúa
Pablo Garrido
Head of Department
Head of Department
Clients
Provided by Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados
Antofagasta Minerals
Banco Mundial
Cencosud
Codelco
Compañía Minera Zaldívar
Enap
Industrias Vínicas
Inmobiliaria Providencia
Inmobiliaria SMS
Matetic
Minera Cruz
Statkraft
Teck
Urbest
Industries
Provided by Guzmán, Toro y Ruiz Abogados
agroindustry
aquaculture
energy
fishing
mining
real state
sanitation