Mrs Magdalena Prieto Pradenas > Moreno Sáez & Avilés > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Moreno Sáez & Avilés
ISIDORA GOYENECHEA 3477
PISO 22, LAS CONDES - SANTIAGO
Chile

Work Department

Environment

Position

Director

Career

Magdalena is director at MSyA Attorneys and focuses her practice on Environmental Law, having a recognized track record in the project development authorization and permit processing, as well as in various administrative procedures before the authority.

Before MSyA, she actively participated in the design and implementation of environmental institutions, where she served as Regional Director of the Environmental Assessment Agency in Valparaíso Region and later in the same Agency as Regional Coordinator in the Executive Directorate in charge of the environmental assessment of highly complex projects.

Languages

Spanish, english

Memberships

» Director of Environmental Law and Public Contracting Diploma program at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

» Professor of Environmental Law and Administrative Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

Education

» Law, Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
» Doctor of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Lawyer Rankings

Chile > Environment

Exclusively focused on environmental law, boutique firm Moreno Sáez & Avilés‘ client base comprises major mining, energy, green hydrogen, pulp and forestry players, as well as oil and gas, port, infrastructure, fishery, real estate, waste management and chemical sector clients. The sizeable, 17-member practice is consistently sought out for its advice on environmental assessments, environmental sanctioning procedures, environmental litigation, and indigenous and citizen participation processes. The team is co-led by name partners José Adolfo Moreno, an expert in environmental and sectoral permits, enforcement procedures, and environmental litigation; energy, real estate, mining and infrastructure sector specialist Andrés Sáez, who advises on environmental permitting processes and associated judicial reviews; and regulatory enforcement and litigation expert Sebastián Avilés, whose ‘very deep strategic vision is present in all his advice‘. Promoted to partner in December 2022, Luis Prieto is an urban planning and construction law expert; while at director level, Doris Sepúlveda Solar specialises in regulatory issues, sanctioning procedures, and risk assessment and compliance strategies; and Paulina Rivera Muñoz, the recently promoted Magdalena Prieto Pradenas and Paula Gajardo Matthews (a 2022 recruit from Vergara Galindo Correa Abogados) all focus on environmental law work. Former practice director Pablo Méndez left the firm in June 2022.