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Ms Paulina Riquelme

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Work Department

EELAW

Position

Founding Partner

Career

Paulina Riquelme has more than 20 years of experience in the practice of environmental law. Along her career she has consolidated an extensive and recognized professional practice in a wide range of environmental law matters, including advice on investment projects regarding the environmental impact assessment system (SEIA), preventive environmental compliance strategies. defense in litigation and sanctioning administrative procedures, waste regulation, remediation of contaminated sites, corporate environmental issues and due diligence, emission compensations, among others.

In this context, Paulina has provided environmental legal advice to mining, energy, natural resources, aquaculture and sustainability projects. In addition, she has provided legal advice in the development of national environmental regulations and participating in legal discussions on environmental public policy issues.

Additionally, Paulina has experience in international environmental law, especially with regard to the numerous multilateral environmental agreements to which Chile is a Party.

She participated as a guest expert in the Presidential Commission of Experts for the reform of the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA).

Paulina is a member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Environment of Chile (MMA); Member of the roster of arbitrators of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CAM); and advises on environmental regulatory issues to the National Mining Society (SONAMI).

Paulina began the development of her practice in environmental law and natural resources in 1999. As a Fulbright Scholar, she completed an LLM in Energy & Environmental Law, obtained with distinction at the University of Tulane. Currently, in addition to leading Eelaw, Paulina is part of the Teachers Counsil of the Master in Environmental Law of the Universidad del Desarrollo Law School, as well as part of the Teachers Counsil of the Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Law: “Management Instruments – New Trends”, taught by the Universidad de Chile School of Law.

Languages

Spanish and English.

Memberships

• Member of the “International Association for Impact Assessment” (IAIA). International organization of professionals dedicated to exchanging good practices and knowledge in environmental impact assessment.
• Member of the “Environmental Law Institute” (ELI). Organization dedicated to research on issues of international environmental law and public policies. Washington, USA headquarters.
• Member of the “Chilean Association of Environmental Law” (ACHIDAM).
• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry: International organization of professionals linked to the chemical sciences and their practice. Headquarters London, UK.
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association A.G.

• Member of the Postgraduate Advisory Council, Universidad del Desarrollo School of Law, 2018 to date.
• Professor of Environmental Law, Master and Post Degree in Environmental Law, Universidad del Desarrollo School of Law, 2011 to date.
• Postgraduate Diploma Professor in Environmental Law, Management Instruments – New Trends. Universidad de Chile School of Law, 2018 to date.

Education

• Lawyer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Law.
• LLM in Energy & Environment, University of Tulane, New Orleans, United States. Fulbright Scholarship, approved with distinction.
• Course on Risk Assessment. “Analyzing Risk: Science, Assessment and Management”, Harvard School of Public Health. Center for Continuing Professional Education.
• “Seminar on Trade and Environment”, taught by American University Washington College of Law in conjunction with the OEA.