Advising on projects from their earliest stages, IMAD Abogados' ‘highly-qualified team’ has extensive experience in water, mining and environmental matters. The group’s coverage encompasses environmental impact studies, sectorial permits, and defence-side administrative and judicial matters before Chile’s Environmental Administration, Environmental Courts, Courts of Appeals, and Supreme Court. It also acts in sanctioning proceedings. The practice is led by name partner Domingo Irarrázaval, who has ’great technical and practical knowledge’. Irarrázaval’s expertise includes advice on environmental assessment strategies and community relations, as well as sanctioning proceedings.
Testimonials
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‘Excellent team structure and very good relationships with clients.’
‘Great knowledge of this area.’
Key clients
- Besalco Energías Renovables
- Acuícola e Inversiones Nalcahue
Work highlights
- Represented Besalco Energías Renovables in administrative claims against two unprecedented resolutions made by the regional authority, which sought to change the established environmental criteria for primary distribution substations.
- Represented Acuícola e Inversiones Nalcahue in a lawsuit against the Environmental Assessment Service, which demanded the invalidation of the Loncotraro Aquaculture project’s environmental permits.