Originally founded as Salgado & O’Ryan Abogados in late 2025, the growing boutique now rebranded as O'SP Legal can draw on a number of figures formerly at DLA Piper Chile, notably, as regards projects and infrastructure, practice head Diego Peña and founding partner Marco Salgado. Peña advises primarily on power generation, transmission, mining and desalination projects, while Salgado also has considerable infrastructure experience, as part of a broader practice that also takes in corporate and M&A, corporate governance and life sciences. Both have expertise advising sponsors, lenders, contractors, and operators on energy and natural resources projects, and the pair can call on Mauricio Halpern, an expert in structuring credit facilities, regarding financing matters. Key associate support comes from Claudio Sepúlveda, who also focuses on infrastructure and construction projects, along with M&A.
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Work highlights
Advising a construction company on three major mining and infrastructure projects in Chile and Argentina, involving: (a) the award, in May 2026, of two construction contracts with a major Chilean copper mining company for a leach pad modification project, including a coordination agreement between the contracts; (b) the ongoing tender for a tailings storage facility for a mining joint venture in Argentina, including a joint venture with a local construction partner; and (c) the ongoing tender for a copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in Argentina, involving waste and ore hauling and road construction, also with a joint venture with a local partner.
Practice head
Diego Peña