ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
  • Support during the performance of five construction contracts related to the extension of a mining site.
  • Support during the performance of diverse construction contracts related to power transmission lines.
  • Support in the preparation of contracts for the construction of a transmission line.
  • Support during the performance of diverse construction contracts related to sanitary landfills.
  • Support during the performance of a construction contract related to a sewage treatment plant.
  • Support during the performance of a construction contract relating to a shopping center.
  • Support during the performance of a construction contract relating to a public hospital.
  • Support during the performance of a construction contract related to a mining site.
  • Support during the performance of a construction contract relating to a luxury hotel.
  • Support in the preparation of diverse contracts for the construction of a hydroelectric plant.
  • Preparation and negotiation on behalf of a mining company of contracts for a combined amount of more than US$ 4.5 billion, for a project in northern Chile. These contracts include:
  • An EPC for the construction of a concentrator plant with a capacity of 95,000
  • A BOOT for the construction, water supply, and operation of a desalination plant.
  • A contract for the construction of a tailings dam and auxiliary services.
  • Advising a mining company in the negotiation and in the construction stage of three desalination plants in northern Chile, both owned and outsourced, for a combined amount of US $ 5+ billion.
  • Support to a Canadian engineering and construction company in the administration of an EPCM contract for the construction of a mining project in northern Chile, whose value was US $1.7 billion.
  • Support to a mining company in the preparation and negotiation of contracts for the engineering and construction of the lift of a retaining wall of a tailings dam, for a total value of US $600+ million.
LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
  • Representation of a Japanese mining company in an arbitration regarding the construction of a dump leach in the north of Chile, involving claims of over USD 80 million.
  • Representation of an engineering company in an arbitration related to the performance of an EPC contract.
  • Representation of an engineering company in an arbitration in connection with the performance of an EPCM contract.
  • Representation of a solar energy company in a construction arbitration related to cost overruns and collection of penal clauses.
  • Representation of a construction company in a conflict related to the construction of a public hospital.
  • Representation of a construction company in a conflict related to the construction of a shopping center.
  • Representation of a solar energy company in a conflict with sub-contractors in the context of the construction of a solar power plant.
  • Representation of an engineering company regarding the construction of an industrial production plant.
  • Representation of a construction company in an arbitration related to cost overruns and differences in the scope of the project (construction of a hydroelectric power station).
  • Representation of a construction company and an insurance company in a civil litigation against the owner, due to cost overruns and differences in the scope of the project (luxury hotel).
  • Representation of a landfill company in a civil litigation against State agencies, due to cost overruns in the performance of the construction contract.
  • Representation of a construction company in a civil litigation related to cost overruns in the construction of a sub-section of a hydroelectric plant.
  • Representation of a construction company in a civil litigation related to cost overruns in the construction of a section of the central highway of Santiago.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES AND ITS PREVENTION RELATED TO PROJECTS
  • Advice on the management, determination and mitigation of environmental contingencies for around US $ 40 million, in a project with a high national impact.
  • Advice on the management, determination and mitigation of environmental contingencies, in a project related to public utility services.
ARBITRATION. ENERGY SECTOR
  • Representation of mining companies in diverse conflicts about higher electricity costs (two arbitrations, including the lack of publication of the Enargas index, theory of improvidence, contract integration, integrative interpretation, among others).
ARBITRATION. AQUACULTURE PROJECTS
  • Representation of an aquaculture company in an arbitration relating to the compensation of damages, as a result of the improper design of a fish farm.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION RELATED TO PROJECTS
  • Diverse judicial claims challenging resolutions of several State agencies, related to projects.
  • Several requests for legal opinions in the Comptroller General of the Republic Office, related to projects.
ARBITRATIONS WITH STATE-OWNED COMPANIES RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CONCESSIONS
  • Representation of a sanitary company -operator of a wastewater disposal concession-, in a conflict of contract termination with the concessionaire company.
LEGAL OPINIONS
  • Legal opinion about termination clauses in contracts for the supply and construction of thermoelectric power plants.
  • Legal opinion on the contractual liability that the agent of an EPCM contract may hold, with the contractor that signed the contract with the owner of the Project.
  • Legal opinion on the scope of clauses limiting liability in an EPCM contract.
  • Legal opinion on the theory of unwariness in a contract for the supply of treated water for mining processes.