About

Operating in 30 countries across five continents and distributing electricity and gas through a network covering around 1.9m km – Enel Chile is Chile’s largest electricity group in terms of installed capacity. The company prides itself on its development of new uses of power that it has provided its customers over the years, being the first company in Chile to offer clients smart metering technology and the country’s first and only electric bus which serves the main thoroughfares of Santiago free of charge. The legal team have been tasked with a number of transformative projects over the years, supporting the company in becoming the powerhouse company that it is today. They have been noticed by peers for having a clear and accurate strategic vision of the business and always being ahead of market trends and tendencies over the years. A project that they have been central to in the recent past is the corporate restructuring process that began in 2015 in what was then Enersis, the main company that controlled generation, distribution and transmission businesses in the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Enersis approved, as part of the initial restructuring, the spin-off creating Enersis Chile as the company controlling the group’s generation and distribution assets in the country. Later, in September 2016, the legal function assisted in the merger which saw Enersis Américas absorb the businesses of Endesa Américas and Chilectra Américas leading to the creation of Enel Chile in October 2016. The team is directed by its longstanding and highly praised general counsel, Domingo Valdés Prieto, who since 1999 has served as legal counsel and secretary of the board of directors of Enel Chile and Enel Américas. Described by nominators as ‘one of the best corporate counsel of the Chilean market’ with ‘great leadership skills and very proactive’, he is a hands-on counsel and a strong team player who encourages the legal team to provide solutions that make a tangible difference to the business.