Felipe Arévalo

PPU partner expert in Environment and Sustainable Development. His professional practice focuses on advising on all types of environmental, regulatory and judicial matters of investment projects.
Specialization in environmental litigation issues, both at the administrative level (environmental sanctioning procedures) and at the judicial level (claims for environmental damage).
Experience in environmental evaluation processes of projects, processing of sectoral environmental permits, inspection processes, obtaining sectoral permits.


Work Experience

• 2021 - PARTNER Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
• 2014 - 2021 CHIEF AND SENIOR LAWYER Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
• 2008 - 2014 LAWYER Urrutia & Cía

Education

• 2020 MAGISTER Administrative Law Universidad de los Andes 2011 DIPLOMA in Natural Resources and Energy Law Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 2004 LAWYER Degree in Legal and Social Sciences Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Academic Activities

• 2015 - TO DATE Natural Resources Course (Mining Law) PROFESSOR - Universidad del Desarrollo 2014 - TO DATE Master in Environment, modules of Incentives for Environmental Compliance and Legal Aspects of Waste in Chile PROFESSOR - Universidad Finis Terrae 2020 - 2022 Diploma in Environmental Law and Master in Administrative Law PROFESSOR - Universidad de los Andes 2014 - 2022 Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development PROFESSOR - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Memberships

• Administrative Law Association of Chile
• Chilean Bar Association

Publications

• Situation of mining projects that have exhausted the useful life of their RCA in light of the new Law on Environmental Economic Crimes. The Law on Economic Crimes and Attacks against the Environment in Chile is published. The New Law on Economic Crimes and Attacks against the Environment in Chile. Urgency and convenience of regulating mining liabilities and contaminated urban soils. Industries remain open to conciliation after seven years of litigation over environmental damage in Quintero. Court of Appeals of Santiago rejects appeal against Las Salinas Environmental Resolution. Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría advised Ibereólica Renovables Chile S.A. Weaknesses of the environmental sanctioning procedure and its jurisdictional control related to ensuring due process.