Mr Ignacio Urrutia > Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr Offices
AV. ANDRES BELLO 2711
16TH FLOOR
LAS CONDES, SANTIAGO
Chile
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Mr Ignacio Urrutia
Work Department
Environmental / Energy and Natural Resources / Public Law.
Position
Partner
Career
With Urenda Rencoret (2008 – to date), partner since 2012. With the Regional Direction of the National Environmental Commission – Metropolitan Region (2001-2008). Professor in the Master in Environmental Law, Universidad de Chile (2010 – to date). Professor in the Master in Environmental Management, Universidad del Desarrollo (2009). Professor in Environmental Law, Universidad de Las Américas (2006). Professor in Environmental Law, Universidad Andrés Bello (2005). Publications: “Management of Hydrological Resources” and “Appeals in Environmental Law”, Legal Publishing Company and National Center of the Environment of the Universidad de Chile; “Citizen Involvement in Free Trade Agreements” of the Environmental Corporation of the South and Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Has been ranked by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Who´s Who Legal, IFLR1000, Latin Lawyer 250 and Best Lawyers.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
Chilean Bar Association.
Education
Bachelor of Law, Universidad de Chile (1996). Master in Corporate Law, P. Universidad Católica de Chile (2004). Master in Environmental Law, Universidad de Chile (2011).
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Compliance
The eight-member team at Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr assists with developing, adjusting and implementing internal corporate policies and codes, in order to comply with anti-corruption, competition, data protection, securities, labour, and environmental law regulations. For the firm’s international clients, the group regularly assists with adapting their compliance programmes (including those concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act) to align with Chilean legislation. The practice is co-led by Nicholas Mocarquer and Rafael Rencoret, who both advise on compliance matters. The group further includes labour-related compliance practitioner Alberto Rencoret and Ignacio Urrutia, who assists with environmental law compliance.
Chile > Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons
Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr‘s ‘very prepared’ energy team handles matters ranging from risk analysis, corporate governance and asset acquisition-related due diligence, to M&As, strategic alliances and joint ventures. It also assists with assessing the environmental impact of projects, obtaining easements, permits and authorisations, project financing, and public and private bidding process. The group additionally represents clients in dispute resolution and administrative procedures. Energy and natural resources head Sergio Orrego is a ‘great negotiator’ and energy project development specialist, while Ignacio Urrutia is an energy and environmental law expert. In the firm’s associate ranks, Javiera Vicuña‘s practice covers energy, water, mining and corporate matters.
Chile > Environment
(Leading partners)Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr‘s environmental law practice advises on the environmental permits and authorisations required for the implementation of mining and energy investment projects. The five-member group also acts in administrative sanctioning procedures and legality reclamation processes before Chile’s environmental, health and water authorities. It additionally assists during the judicial phases of such processes before the environmental courts and the Supreme Court. The team is led by energy and environmental law expert Ignacio Urrutia, who is ‘an excellent and reliable lawyer’; while associate Javiera Vicuña‘s practice covers water, energy and mining matters.
Chile > Projects and infrastructure
Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr‘s nine-member practice has longstanding project development experience, particularly in relation to non-conventional renewable energy, mining, infrastructure and real estate. The team advises at all stages of projects, including bidding processes, corporate structures, taxation, and construction and financing agreements. It also fields experts in labour law, environmental impact matters, and permits and licensing. The group is co-led by Sergio Orrego, who is ‘a great negotiator’; and Gonzalo Errázuriz, an adviser to both national and international clients regarding their projects. The team further includes environmental law specialist Ignacio Urrutia and Felipe Rencoret, who has wide-ranging experience in projects and infrastructure work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Chile > Environment
- Compliance Chile
- Electricity and hydrocarbons Chile > Energy and natural resources
- Environment Chile
- Projects and infrastructure Chile
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Consumer and advertising law
- Corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons
- Real estate
- Capital markets
- Data privacy
- Environment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Dispute resolution: litigation