Areas of Practice
Experience
Geo has been an associate of our firm since 2022. He has also worked as a research associate at the Center for Water Law and Management of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
He advises national and foreign clients on water, environmental and energy matters. In particular, he has focused his practice on issues related to the processing of permits before the authorities, sanctioning procedures, challenging administrative acts, energy storage and water litigation. Geo has also participated in various due diligence processes.
Relevant experience:
- Advised a major water users organization in multiple administrative procedures and lawsuits against the General Water Directorate.
- Reviewed and regularized water rights for a variety of national and international companies.
- Advice to a power generation company on the regulatory regime for energy storage.
Education
- Master in Regulatory Law (LL.M.), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2025 (in progress).
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Law School, Summa Cum Laude, 2022.
Admission
- Chile, 2023.
Academic Activities
- Assistant professor of Constitutional Law, 2018-2022.
- Assistant professor of Water and Sustainable Development, 2020-2022.
- Assistant professor of Water in Chile: Use, Management and Conflicts, 2022.
Publications
- “Regulatory status of the severe drought. Analysis of the modifications incorporated by law 21,435 and of administrative and judicial jurisprudence”. In Institutionality, governance and water regulation for resilient societies. DER Ediciones (2024).
Languages
- Spanish and English.