Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti

The eleven-strong environmental practice at boutique firm Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti has a strong presence across the energy, aquaculture, mining and industrial sectors. The group advises clients throughout the full project lifecycle, including conducting environmental assessments, developing regulatory strategy, obtaining environmental permits, ensuring compliance, and undertaking litigation. The team has been highly active in both contentious and non-contentious matters, handling administrative and judicial proceedings, including high-profile sanctioning processes and challenges to environmental permits. Recent significant matters include advising major fishing company AquaChile on fourteen sanctioning procedures before the SMA; conducting highly sensitive and complex environmental impact assessments for mining company SQM; and defending renewable energy company AR Energía against administrative proceedings concerning a solar power project. Name partners, José Domingo Ilharreborde and José Pedro Scagliotti are at the forefront of the practice: Ilharreborde is an expert in environmental litigation and crisis management, particularly with regard to the aquaculture and mining sectors; and Scagliotti ‘stands out for his deep knowledge of environmental law,’ and leads on complex litigation and compliance mandates. Promoted to partner in February 2024, Felipe Infante is highly active in environmental litigation and also frequently advises on compliance matters in the fishing industry. At associate level, Santiago Samaniego has a strong agribusiness portfolio, primarily focused on environmental impact assessments and litigation; and María Ignacia Parker advises on aquaculture, environmental crimes and recycling regulation, with a key role in compliance matters for salmon companies.