Felipe Riesco

Practice Areas

Public Law

Environmental Law.

Regulatory and Administative Procedures.

Career

Felipe co-heads the Public, Regulatory and Environmental Law area of the Firm where he focuses on providing strategic advice to his clients, especially in the area of environmental assessment of investment projects, advice on administrative regulations, administrative sanctioning procedures, administrative litigation, legal reports, presentations to the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, public procurement, etc. He has focused his career in the public sector, where he served as Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Legal Advisor to the Superintendency of the Environment, and Secretary of the Third Environmental Court of Valdivia, among others. His time at these institutions has earned him deep knowledge of current regulations and litigious matters related to his area of practice.

Professional Memberships

Chilean Bar Association.

Former president of the Geothermal Council of Chile, 2020 - 2022.

Member of Chilean Association of Environmental Law, 2020 - present.

Public Policy Advisor, of Think Tank Libertad y Desarrollo, 2020 - present.

Personal

Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2005.

Degree in Sanctionatory Law, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain, 2014.

Master in Constitutional Procedure Law, Universidad de Talca, 2022.