DLA Piper Chile

Projects and Infrastructure; PFI; Energy and Natural Resources

Partner

Diego Peña co-leads the Energy and Natural Resources practice group of DLA Piper in Chile and LatAm.

He provides advice to local and foreign clients in relation to the acquisition, feasibility assessment, development, and operation of resource projects and major infrastructure projects. He assists clients with negotiating the full range of commercial agreements associated with the acquisition and development of projects, identifying and obtaining necessary approvals, and resolving associated contentious matters.

Diego is typically engaged by clients early, at the project origination stage, so he can assist with scoping and feasibility assessment, development strategy, the management of critical path approvals, government liaison, and stakeholder management. Therefore, he is normally involved from the early-stage developments of projects, until their financing, construction, commissioning, and execution of operating and supply agreements.

Diego has relevant experience advising in all matters related to private and public infrastructure projects, such as maritime and terrestrial ports and large-scale industrial facilities, desalination plants, LNG terminals, green hydrogen and renewables (hydro, wind, biomass and solar energy plants), and transmission infrastructure, including drafting and negotiating EPC, EPCM, BOT or O&M agreements, among others.

Diego also regularly provides advice to a range of clients, such as financial institutions and private investors on energy transition matters and PPP and assists underwriters in the assessment of resource projects.

He has experience developing projects in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Australia.

Spanish; English

Chilean Bar Association

Law, School of Law, Universidad de Chile, 2008

Master of Laws (LL.M.), School of Law, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2012

Certificate in Business Administration, IE Business School, Madrid, 2012

Diploma in Future Electricity Markets and their Regulation, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2021