About

As the general counsel of the largest Latin American forestry business in terms of surface area and plantation yield, Felipe Guzmán heads up the legal support of five strategic business areas: forestry, wood pulp, timber, panels and energy. His team covers all legal issues facing ARAUCO’s pulp mills and engineered wood manufacturing plants across Chile, Argentina and Brazil, and supports its commercial offices and world-wide agent network, enabling the company to sell products in over 60 countries. Over the year Guzmán’s legal department has been at the heart of ARAUCO’s commercial affairs, assisting on international trade transactions and large-scale industrial projects, including a $2.3bn MAPA Project (Modernización y Ampliación Planta Arauco), Stora Enso-Arauco’s joint venture Montes del Plata (Uruguay), and Teno MDP Mill, among others. Guzmán’s recent highlights at ARAUCO focus on facilitating a culture of strong links and communication with various areas of business, as well as building clear policies that enable the company to alleviate a plethora of external challenges, related to issues such as market fluctuations, regulatory changes, competition and labour issues.