Mr Hernán Felipe Valdés > Claro & Cia. > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Claro & Cia. houses ‘a deep bench and agile and commercially-oriented partners’. The sizeable project development team is consistently sought out to advise on high-profile energy and infrastructure projects, including greenfield and brownfield projects. It also fields experts in power plants, transmission lines and substations. The group’s representative workload routinely encompasses project finance, development and construction work, as well as operational issues, acquisitions, sales, and infrastructure-related public concessions. Its expertise further extends to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements, along with operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts. The practice is led by Rodrigo Ochagavía, who has extensive experience in projects and infrastructure; Jorge Martín assists with the structuring, developing and financing of international infrastructure and transportation projects, as well as the acquisition and sale of energy and infrastructure assets; and José Luis Ambrosy who ‘knows his projects very well’. Also key to the firm’s offering, Luisa Núñez‘s wide-ranging expertise includes project finance; Ariel Mihovilovic is an energy and project finance specialist; Hernán Felipe Valdés is an adviser on the development of construction and development projects; and José María Eyzaguirre F‘s broad sector expertise covers energy and infrastructure. Counsel Patricio Smart is experienced in the negotiation of project-related O&M and EPC contracts.