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Verónica Cuadra

Senior Associate · Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos

ChileEnvironmental, EnergySpanish, English

About

Senior Associate at Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos in Chile, she has been with the firm since 2014 and a senior associate since 2019, specialising in regulatory and environmental law and related public law matters. She advises Chilean and foreign clients on development of projects in regulated sectors (including renewable energy, mining, forestry, aquaculture and real estate), sectoral permits and authorisations, environmental impact assessments, sanctioning procedures, public procurement, waste management under Law 20.920 (REP Law), and the drafting and negotiation of energy supply and other contracts; she is part of the firm's interdisciplinary ESG & Compliance team.

Practice areas

EnvironmentalEnergyPublic LawRegulatoryProjects / InfrastructureConstitutional LawCompliance

Office

Expertise

Non-conventional renewable energyMiningForestryAquacultureReal estate projectsWaste management (Law 20.920 - REP Law)Electricity marketPublic procurement

Education

  • Diploma in Administrative Sanctioning Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School in association with the University of Valladolid, 2023
  • Master of Laws (LL.M), Cambridge University, England, 2019
  • Member of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative Secretariat, 2018-2019
  • Diploma in Regulation of the Electricity Market, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, 2016
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Law School, summa cum laude, 2013
  • Exchange student, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy (2011-2012)
  • II Seminar on International Roman Law, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2011)

Languages

SpanishEnglish