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Paula Gajardo Matthews

Paula Gajardo Matthews

Work Department

Environment

Position

Director

Career

Paula is director at MSyA Attorneys and focuses her practice on environmental law, with extensive experience in strategic advice to investment projects, particularly in matters of environmental assessment, citizen participation, indigenous consultation and community relations.

Before joining MSyA she worked at Vergara Galindo Correa, in the areas of Environment and Communities. Previously, she was an associate lawyer at Cariola Diez Pérez – Cotapos law firm and lawyer at the Legal Division of the Environmental Assessment Service.

Languages

Spanish, english

Memberships

» Chilean Bar Association.

» Member of the Chilean Association of Environmental Law (ACHIDAM).

» Member of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA, www.iaia.org).

Education

» Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad Católica de Chile, 2008.

» Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Assessment of Projects and Environmental Law, Universidad Finis Terrae, 2012.

» Diploma in Indigenous Rights, Environment, and Dialogue Processes within the framework of 169 OIT Convention Consultation.

» Master in Environment: Environmental Management, Assessment and Law, Universidad Finis Terrae, 2013.

» Diploma in Community Relations and Prevention of environmental Conflicts, Universidad Católica de Chile, 2021.

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