Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos

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.