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State-owned ENAP is one of the leaders in the Chilean oil and gas sector, and engages in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of hydrocarbons and their derivatives. ENAP’s sizeable legal team is based in the corporate Las Condes headquarters and operational locations across the country, and coordinates day-to-day legal support to the company’s existing projects (these employ more than 3,500 employees and over 6,000 contractors) and supports national and overseas expansion efforts. One of the team’s most senior members, legal manager Alfredo del Carril recently departed the team, assuming instead the position of gas and energy manager at ENAP. Fortunately the team possesses more than enough expertise to compensate for, undoubtedly, such a significant loss of talent. Cornell educated Nicolas Garcia, who recently made the step-up to the position of legal manger has been described as a ‘very competent counsel who manages a broad range of issues’ by a nominating source. The source also shares: ‘he has the ability to negotiate and obtain consensus even in an adverse environment. Nicolás has participated in transactions that were very demanding and always produced innovative solutions’. Legal director Marcelo Andres Rodriguez Belmar, who oversees legal support primarily for the labour and human resources area of the company has impressed with his work on maintaining relationships with unions, working on collective bargaining and formulating judicial strategies to anticipate and successfully face conflicts and lawsuits. Senior lawyer Lorena Hirmas, lawyer Daniela Silva Graves and R&L legal director Francisco Javier Amenabar Riumallo are all names that have also been significant assets to the legal department in recent past.