Mr Felipe Bahamondez > DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Delivering ‘advice that is tailored to clients’ realities’, DLA Piper Chile‘s four-strong competition and antitrust practice routinely works alongside the firm’s corporate and M&A teams on both transactional and compliance matters. The group also assists with internal investigations, external procedures conducted by the FNE (and through the TDLC), and merger control analyses. The team is co-led by Felipe Bahamondez, who oversees the Santiago office’s strategy for antitrust cases; and counsel and antitrust specialist Sofia O’Ryan, who ‘has sophisticated knowledge of the Chilean free competition system’.

Delivering ‘full-service quality with boutique availability and dedication to clients’, DLA Piper Chile‘s eight-strong practice has extensive experience in advising on electricity, oil and gas, renewables and hydrogen projects. Its expertise ranges from regulatory advice to leading energy project-related transactions and contractual matters. The team also assists with related mining and environmental law issues, as well as merger control and antitrust matters. The group is mandated by clients to advise at every stage of the development and construction of energy generation projects, including associated works such as transmission lines, substations and gas pipelines. It additionally assists with the resolution of conflicts regarding concessions. The local team is co-led by Felipe Bahamondez, who has extensive expertise in energy and natural resources project development; and Diego Peña, who is ‘a shining example of a new generation of partners for the 21st century’. Peña’s experience includes high-stakes energy projects involving natural gas, hydro, wind, biomass and solar energy plants in Chile, Perú, Uruguay, Nicaragua and Australia, as well as the financing and construction of power transmission facilities in Chile. Providing support, Roberta Andreani is a mid-level associate who is particularly focused on renewable energy projects and energy transition work.

’At all times well prepared, strategic and optimistic’, DLA Piper Chile‘s nine-member team advises on the development, acquisition, sale and financing of energy and infrastructure projects. Assisting at every stage of projects’ lifecycles, it is notably experienced in the energy and natural resources space. The key practitioners are project and infrastructure specialist Diego Peña, who ‘definitely deserves to be ranked among the best lawyers’; and Felipe Bahamondez, who has a significant track record in energy, natural gas and LNG projects. At associate level, senior Felipe Massardo acts for clients from the energy, infrastructure, construction, transportation and telecoms sectors; while intermediate Roberta Andreani focuses on renewable energy projects and energy transition work.

DLA Piper Chile‘s seven strong regulated markets team advises on the gamut of administrative public law issues, in relation to clients’ interactions with regulatory bodies. Active in both the public and private sectors, the full-service firm handles the public law aspects of a range of industries, such as technology, public infrastructure, construction, real estate, energy, education, media, and food and beverages. The local practice is co-led by Felipe Bahamondez, whose experience covers administrative procedures, public bids and litigation; and Diego Peña, an adviser on clients’ energy and infrastructure project-related interactions with Chile’s administrative bodies. Senior associate Felipe Massardo assists with bidding processes, public works concessions, sanctioning procedures and litigation.