Dentons

Associate

Diego Abuauad is an associate in the Environment and Natural Resources practice at Dentons' Santiago office.

His practice focuses on water and mining law, advising clients in the mining, energy, agricultural, and industrial sectors. He has been involved in the management of permits and in both administrative and judicial proceedings related to applications for water use rights, transfers and changes of collection points, regularizations and improvements of titles, construction of hydraulic works, patents for non-use, and organization of groundwater communities.

In the mining field, he participates in due diligence processes for project purchase and sale transactions, covering both exploration and exploitation stages.

 In addition, Diego is a member of the firm's Environmental Law team, where he assists in obtaining environmental and sectoral permits and represents clients in proceedings before administrative bodies and ordinary, arbitral, and special courts.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2024, J.D