About

A skilled negotiator with 20 years of experience as an in-house lawyer in Chile, seven of which were spent in the energy sector, Alberto Zavala currently serves as general counsel at AES Gener, the second-largest power generation company in Chile. Zavala’s tenure at AES is defined by his work to support the company’s most important strategic energy and infrastructure projects, including Alto Maipo, the largest hydroelectric power plant project in the country. With a combined capacity of 531 MW the project is expected to be completed by 2018. Apart from providing support to all operational legal aspects of the project, Zavala and his team have recently impressed with their work to handle the project’s complex restructuring process. Highly valued for his critical way of thinking, Zavala is frequently called upon by senior management to provide input on the legal implications of long term strategic decisions. Recently, for example, he provided advice to the signing of a multilateral agreement with GE’s Power Services for services and tools to overhaul up to nine stream turbines and generators at four thermal power plants. Prior to that (1997 to 2010), Zavala worked as a regional counsel for Latin America at the insurance company ALICO.