PRACTICE AREAS
- Commercial Contracts
- Regulatory
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Territorial Management
- Real Estate and Urban Planning
- Minning
- Permits
- Projects and Infrastructure
EXPERIENCE
Roberto has focused his professional practice in the area of Regulatory Law, especially in matters of energy and natural resources. He advises important local and foreign companies on electrical, territorial management, mining, and environmental matters.
He has extensive experience in the processing of electrical concessions, negotiations for the establishment of easements, mining rights, due diligence reports for solar, wind, electrical transmission, energy storage, and desalination projects, as well as in project financing and high complexity contracts for construction and infrastructure.
He has represented clients in administrative and judicial-administrative procedures, and also constantly advises the development managements of companies in the processing of strategic permits and authorizations for solar, wind, electrical transmission, storage, and desalination projects.
Prior to founding SPG, he served as a partner at Lavín Abogados y Consultores in charge of the energy and natural resources area of that firm and led the Legal Management of the SIC-SING Interconnection Project.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
- Master of Laws in Energy & Environmental Law (LL.M.) Tulane Law School, United States, 2014.
- Recipient of the “Tulane Law School Scholarship” 2014.
- Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Executives, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Faculty of Economics and Administration, 2022.
- Diploma in Environmental Law, University of Chile, Faculty of Law, 2019.
- Diploma in Electrical Sector Regulation, University of Chile, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, 2017.
- Diploma in Economic Administrative Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Faculty of Law, 2009.
- Attorney’s degree awarded by the Supreme Court, 2007.
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Faculty of Law, 2004.
PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Recognized attorney by Legal 500 as a “Recommended Lawyer” since 2022.
- LNG in Chile: The 10th Anniversary of Chile’s Natural Gas Crisis and the Continued Operation of LNG Terminals, Vol. 8 N° 4, INST. FOR ENERGY L, 2014.
- Alternative Energy & Power, Chilean chapters, CHAMBERS & PARTNERS, 2019 and 2020.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Partner at SPG Abogados & Consultores since 2024.
- Partner at Estudio LAVIN Abogados & Consultores from 2017 to 2023.
- Legal Manager at Transmisora Eléctrica del Norte S.A, a company of Engie and Red Eléctrica Internacional, from 2017 to 2017.
- International Associate at Cogan & Partners (now Stone & Pigman) in Houston, United States, in 2015.
- Attorney at GNL Mejillones S.A., an Engie subsidiary, from 2010 to 2014.
- Associate Attorney at PPU Legal in the natural resources area from 2006 to 2010.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Chilean BAR Association (Colegio de Abogados de Chile A.G.)
- Institute for Energy Law
LANGUAGES
Spanish and English.
