Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados

‘Highly committed to the service it provides’, Arteaga Gorziglia & Cia Abogados is home to specialised electricity lawyers. The 11-strong energy practice has significant experience in the development and acquisition of greenfield energy projects; the negotiation of power plant-related engineering, procurement and construction agreements; power purchase agreements; and solar and wind power plant-related operation and maintenance contracts. The group also represents generation companies in regulatory and administrative proceedings before the country’s energy authorities. Co-heading the practice, commercial, corporate and business law expert Ignacio Arteaga advises on energy projects (and associated contracts), energy M&A, and project development and finance; while Luciano Cruz is experienced in project development and finance, as well as the acquisition and financing of energy projects. Other names to note are: regulatory specialist María Fernanda Brahm, who acts in litigation involving energy, infrastructure, environmental law, public concessions and antitrust; and director of the regulatory and contentious-administrative law practice Santiago Portaluppi F, who focuses his practice on energy disputes before the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels. Heading the firm’s project finance, restructuring and capital markets offering, former director Cristián Carpentier was raised to partner in January 2025.