CMS Carey & Allende‘s mining practice is experienced in mining property issues, mining contracts, and permits and licenses. The team can draw on the office’s accumulated expertise in the acquisition of land for mining purposes; and it assists with the legal and regulatory aspects of bidding processes, transfer contracts, concessions, investments, community relations and surface rights. The practice also advises on due diligence processes, joint ventures, exploration agreements, mining easements, mining disputes, and procuring water supply for mining activity. Heading the practice, engineering and construction expert Jorge Allende Z acts on a range of mining projects. Further partner-level support is provided by mining and non-conventional renewable energy project specialist, Ignacio Errazquin, who routinely advises on operating agreements; and at senior associate level, mining and water rights practitioner Manuel Ponce focuses on projects’ subsoil protection processes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Knowledge of the many different disciplines and particularities that are relevant to mining operations.’

  • ‘Specialists in each of the necessary fields.'

  • 'Ignacio Errazquin has in-depth knowledge of what corporate law is, particularly in the preparation of contracts and negotiations.’

Key clients

  • Inversiones Alxar
  • Canadian Solar
  • Solarpack Chile
  • María Elena Solar
  • Compañía Minera Sierra Atacama

Work highlights

  • Advised Inversiones Alxar on the sale of its shares in its former subsidiaries Compañía Minera Can-Can and Compañía Minera La Merced.
  • Advised Solarpack Chile on mining matters.
  • Advising Compañía Minera Sierra Atacama on various contractor relationships.

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CMS Carey & Allende
Manuel is a member of the Mining sector group for CMS Carey & Allende. His practice focuses on mining and water rights, especially in subsoil protection processes for several projects that CMS Carey & Allende advises on, through opposition suits to measurement, expiration, nullity of mining rights and the exercise of other actions contained in the Mining Code. He is in charge of the establishing mining property through exploration and exploitation concessions.
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Practice head

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Jorge Allende Z, Ignacio Errazquin