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Prieto Abogados
Alonso de Córdova 4355 (piso 15)
Vitacura
Santiago
Chile

Work Department

Environment and Climate Change, Regulatory Law and Public Law

Position

Counsel

Career

Romina Tobar has been counsel of Prieto since 2023. She is part of the Firm’s environmental and regulatory team.

Specialist in environmental advice to investment projects in all their regulatory stages, with emphasis on energy, aquaculture, infrastructure and mining projects.

She has vast experience in environmental assessment in the SEIA, in processes of community participation and indigenous consultation, in permitting and administrative and judicial procedures in general from the developer perspective as well as from the regulator.

Before joining Prieto, she was head of the legal departament for the evaluation of the Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental.

She was previously an associate lawyer in the projects area at Vergara Galindo Correa and in the environment area at Correa Gubbins (Currently Correa Squella).

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

Law Degree from Universidad de Chile, 2008.

Diploma in Community Relations and Socio-environmental Conflict Prevention, Pontificia Universidad Católica, 2020.

Diploma in Natural Resources and Energy Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica, 2011.

Lawyer Rankings

Chile > Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons

Prieto Abogados‘s 25-strong energy and natural resources practice ‘stands out for its extensive knowledge of the energy industry’, with recent mandates including regulatory work, major energy M&A deals and energy sector projects. Examples include the acquisition of a large energy generation portfolio and the development of battery energy storage system projects. Acting for electricity generators, transmission companies, construction firms, and investment funds, the team’s experience also covers the sale of unconventional renewable energy projects’ plant portfolios, including the management of bidding processes. Among the team’s several key advisers, Juan Tagle‘s specialisms encompass the electricity generation, distribution and transmission markets, as well as natural gas transportation, joint ventures, and energy and natural resources project-related bidding processes; Fernando Bravo serves as the longstanding secretary to Engie Energía Chile’s board of directors; Nicolás Yuraszeck K is increasingly involved in the acquisition and development of electricity projects; and Agustín Martorell advises on energy and natural resources-related projects and regulatory issues. The department further includes counsel Andrea Von Chrismar, whose energy sector experience covers regulatory matters, competition law, tender processes and transactions. Notable growth includes the hire of practice director Romina Tobar from Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service in April 2023; and -following the departure of former counsel Federico Rodríguez– the promotion of energy M&A practitioner Andrés Laymuns to counsel in January 2024.

Chile > Environment

(Next Generation Partners)

Romina Tobar – Prieto Abogados

Prieto Abogados‘ ‘lawyers stand out for their application of environmental regulations and laws to business contexts’. The eight-strong environmental law team, which comprises industry expertise in mining, energy and real estate, routinely acts in judicial cases, administrative sanctioning proceedings and environmental assessments. It has also developed notable compliance experience in relation to environmental offences. The team is co-led by Agustín Martorell, who is ‘truly an excellent lawyer’; and counsel Romina Tobar, an April 2023 hire and former Environmental Assessment Service legal department head. Tobar advises on environmental assessments, community relations, and permitting, administrative and judicial procedures. Associate Ignacio Matte is also a key member of the firm’s environmental and regulatory law team.