Band 2
Foreign Expert
About
Provided by Jerónimo Carcelén
Practice Areas
Energy, Mining and Natural Resources: Mining.
Professional Memberships
Appointed by the Ministry of Mines to elaborate the National Mining Policy (2019-present)
Board Member, Foundation Casa de la Paz (2013-present)
Member, Georgetown University Law Center Latin American and Caribbean Law Alumni Advisory Board (2014-Present)
Personal
Partner at PPU, expert in Mining and Energy Law. His professional practice focuses in legal advice to governments on their mining public policy and legal frameworks (Ecuador, Afghanistan, Colombia), to multilateral entities (the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Swiss Cooperation Agency), and to private companies on matters dealing with foreign investments, purchase of mining companies and projects, mining-related dispute resolution and arbitration, and contractual negotiations associated to the mining industry in topics such as financing, construction and easements. He has vast experience, both in the public and private sectors, being a top notch in legal and regulatory matters, which has allowed him to participate in the negotiation of contracts between mining companies and host-States; in international investment arbitrations; and in the design of public policies and legal and regulatory frameworks for mining in more than 15 countries, including advice to the Chamber of Deputies for the drafting of bills related to the mining industry.
Chambers Review
Global
Respected practitioner and co-head of department Jerónimo Carcelén enjoys a solid reputation in the Chilean mining industry, offering clients specialist regulatory and contentious advice on their mining projects and assets. He is admitted to practice in both Chile and Ecuador.
Respected practitioner and co-head of department Jerónimo Carcelén enjoys a solid reputation in the Chilean mining industry, offering clients specialist regulatory and contentious advice on their mining projects and assets. He is admitted to practice in both Chile and Ecuador.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jerónimo Carcelén is always in permanent contact with the client, has outstanding knowledge of mining issues and the ability to deliver specific strategies."
"Jerónimo Carcelén is always in permanent contact with the client, has outstanding knowledge of mining issues and the ability to deliver specific strategies."