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Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti Offices

Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti
ALCANTARA 200, OFICINA 305
LAS CONDES
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti > The Legal 500 Rankings

Chile > Environment Tier 2

Particularly active in the energy, aquaculture, mining and industrial sectors, Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti’s ‘environmental law practice stands out from other teams’. On the contentious front, the practice’s recent mandates include sanctioning proceedings before the Environmental Superintendence, and an administrative claim involving an environmental license. The seven-strong department is co-led by two of the firm’s name-partners: the ‘very prepared, fast, intelligent and competent’ Jose Domingo Ilharreborde focuses on the environmental assessment of energy and industrial projects, his caseload including high-stakes environmental and administrative litigation; and environmental and regulatory law specialist José Pedro Scagliotti, who routinely acts in administrative proceedings and disputes involving major energy and industrial companies. Experienced senior associate Felipe Infante specialises in environmental law, mining, energy and infrastructure.

Practice head(s):

José Domingo Ilharreborde; José Pedro Scagliotti

Testimonials

‘Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti’s environmental law practice stands out from other teams in this area. Despite being young lawyers, they have a lot of experience in the development and environmental evaluation of projects; and they fully understand how the Administration operates, which greatly facilitates processes before the authorities.‘

‘High levels of knowledge of environmental law.‘

‘Clear and solid in its analysis and proposals – great commitment to the client.’

‘Full commitment to clients’ challenges and problems as clients.‘

‘Very good litigants, which means that they have a comprehensive vision of each matter in which they participate. They are also very flexible in their billing systems, and they adapt very well to the needs of clients. They are therefore able to propose different charging structures for different matters depending on clients’ requirements. Another strength of this practice is that they have a very good understanding of the technical issues of the energy industry and clients’ activities.’

‘Good contact networks with consultants and different authorities; and the partners are constantly involved in each of the matters on which they advise. They are also experts in environmental and regulatory matters, and they know the energy industry very well, which is why they always manage to propose practical solutions.‘

‘José Domingo Ilharreborde is very prepared, fast, intelligent and competent.‘

‘Both partner José Domingo Ilharreborde and senior associate Felipe Infante are very sharp lawyers, who are capable of identifying problems quickly and proposing answers. They also have a high degree of commitment to clients and are always available to meet clients’ requirements.’

Key clients

Anglo American

SQM (Soquimich)

Aqua Chile

Salmones Aysén

Embotelladora Andina

Re-Ciclar

Torretagle

SOLEK Group

Fotovatio Renewable Ventures

Sociedad Industrial y Minera Los Esteros (Greenrec Lepanto)

Cintazul

Agrícola San León

Work highlights

  • Advised Anglo American on the environmental assessment of a $3bn project for the Los Bronces mine.
  • Defended Salmones Aysén against a sanctioning procedure before the Environmental Superintendence, further to certain alleged breaches to environmental authorisations (caused by a salmon escape in 2019).
  • Advised Re-Ciclar (a joint venture between Coca-Cola Andina and Embonor) on the design of its environmental assessment strategy.

Chile > Competition and antitrust Tier 4

Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti's competition law practice is noted for its particular expertise in the consumer goods industry. The team also advises on the competition law aspects of the transportation sector. Founding partner Pedro Echeverría focuses his practice on abuse-of-dominant-position matters, cartel cases and merger-control work; and providing key associate-level support, Camila Appelgren assists with the implementation of internal antitrust guidelines and compliance programmes.

Practice head(s):

Pedro Echeverría

Testimonials

‘Great knowledge of this area and solid understanding of clients’ business, which helps deliver a great service that is of very good quality’

‘Pedro Echeverría is a lawyer with extensive knowledge in free competition – always analyses business situations, while putting the theoretical into practice.’

Key clients

Coca-Cola Andina

Turbus

Sky Airline

Sociedad de Inversiones en Infraestructura

Laboratorios Saval

Caren

Salinas y Fabres

Cristalerías Toro

Anglo American Sur

Re-Ciclar

Coca-Cola Embonor

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas

Coca-Cola Andina

Servicios de Información Yapp

Jedimar Inversiones

Empresa Nacional del Petróleo

ENAP Refinerías

Work highlights

  • Advises Coca-Cola Andina (Embotelladora Andina) on its day-to-day competition law matters.
  • Advising AB Chile on the design of the bidding process for the sale/purchase of after-market PET plastic, and discussions with the authorities on the competitive effects of the Extended Producer Liability Act and the Single-Use Plastics Act.
  • Advises Turbus (and its related companies) on day-to-day competition law matters.