Mr Edesio Carrasco > Schultz Carrasco Benitez Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Schultz Carrasco Benitez Abogados Offices
Isidora Goyenechea 3250,
8th floor
Las Condes
7550083
Chile
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Mr Edesio Carrasco
Work Department
Environmental and Natural Resources Law/Environmental Litigation
Position
Partner in charge of the Public Law and Natural Resources Group
Career
His practice focuses mainly in environment and sectorial permits, energy, land use planning, and the development of industrial projects. He also advises his clients in the solution of their controversies and their defense before ordinary and special courts in administrative matters.
Prior to founding SCHULTZ CARRASCO BENITEZ he was Regional Director of the Environmental Assessment Agency and the Chief of the Litigation and Legal Department of the same agency until early 2014. Before that, he worked in the Ministry of the Environment and in Allende Bascuñán y Cía. Ltda.
In 2010 he was a foreign lawyer at the Energy Group of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, in Washington D.C., USA.
Lecturer at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad del Desarrollo Law Schools. He has written over twenty articles and three books in matters of his specialization.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School in 2006. In 2009 he was awarded the Chilean–CONICYT Scholarship and in 2010 got a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of California, Berkeley, with a specialization in Environmental Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Environment
(Leading individuals)Fielding ‘professionals with extensive experience in environmental work‘, Schultz Carrasco Benitez Abogados‘ 13-strong environmental and natural resources department is increasingly active in environmental assessment work. The team also regularly defends clients against project developments’ administrative special procedures before the Courts of Appeal, Supreme Court and Environmental Court. It additionally advises on compliance with Chile’s environmental legislation. Jointly leading the department, former Environmental Assessment Agency regional director Edesio Carrasco focuses primarily on environmental and sectorial permits, energy, land-use planning and industrial project development; while former Ministry of the Environment’s legal division head, Rodrigo Benítez is a specialist in the environmental assessment of mining, energy, infrastructure and agro-industry investment projects. At associate level, Graciela Venegas ‘provides great support‘; Carlo Sepúlveda focuses on administrative and environmental law, and environmental litigation at administrative and court levels; and Ingrid Henríquez advises on environmental, urban, energy and health law.