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Martín Santa María

Martín Santa María

Work Department

Real Estate and Environmental groups

Position

Martín is the managing partner of Guerrero Olivos and a member of the real estate area. In addition, he is a member of the environment department.

Career

He specializes in project development, construction, real estate regulatory and permitting, acquisition and sale of real estate projects and AAA Class buildings, environmental regulatory and transactional matters, and environmental disputes.  His real estate practice has both a transactional and a regulatory focus. In the regulatory area, Martín has become one of the most prominent experts in Chile in zoning regulations and real estate permits conflicts.

Martín served as Adviser and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Housing and Urban Planning of Chile (1997-2000) and was CEO of the Chilean environmental consultancy firm Sustentable S.A. (2002-2006).

Languages

Spanish and English.

Memberships

He is a member of the Legislation Committee of the Chilean Chamber of Construction. Currently, Martín is President of the board of the Vivienda and Techo-Chile Foundation, Director of Déficit Cero, and a board member of the Moreau Foundation. In the academic field, he is Co-Director of the Real Estate Law and Business Diploma at the School of Law of the Universidad Católica de Chile and has served as a Professor in the Urban Planning Master's program at the Architecture School of the same university

Education

He graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Law (1995). He has a Master of Laws (LLM) and a Master in Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Michigan (2002).

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