
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos' mining and natural resources department is sought out by a range of international and domestic mining companies to advise on major joint ventures. The full-service firm’s nine-strong group also assists with project-related exploration, development, financing and operational issues, as well as worksite closures. The practice additionally covers the acquisition and sale of mining companies and assets, its sector-specific expertise encompassing copper, gold, silver, nitrates, iron ore, coal and salt. The track record of corporate, commercial, mining and environmental law expert Carlos Pérez-Cotapos includes leading teams on foreign mining investment projects, mining companies’ M&A deals, and mining project-related financings; while Gonzalo Grez specialises in M&A, corporate law and mining project development. Grez is particularly experienced in mining-related high-tech contracts, community issues, land access and cross-border transactions. In the firm’s senior associate ranks, the experience of Cristóbal Herrera includes mining property constitution processes and defence-side mining litigation; Patricio Turner focuses on mining law, regulatory work and project development and financing, alongside commercial matters, M&A, cross-border deals and foreign investment (among others); and María Belén Fuenzalida's practice also covers mining and natural resources law. At the more junior end, Lucas Antúnez, Macarena Salazar, Agustín González and and Pablo Sotomayor complete the team.
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Key clients
- BHP
- Rio Tinto
- Newmont
- Hudbay Minerals
- Franco-Nevada
- South 32
- JSW Steel
- Newcrest Mining
- SSR Mining
- IAMGOLD Corporation
- LS Nikko
- Planta Recuperadora de Metales
Work highlights
Advised American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VIII on its binding arrangement agreement with Boart Longyear Group (BLY), in order to acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of BLY (pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement).
Advised Codelco on the acquisition of Empresa Nacional de Minería’s (Enami) shareholding stake in Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca.
Advised Franco-Nevada on Chilean securities granted under a credit agreement entered into in 2024, between EMX Royalty Corporation, EMX Chile, other EMX subsidiaries, and Franco-Nevada GLW Holdings Corp.
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Practice head
Carlos Pérez-Cotapos; Gonzalo Grez




