Andrés Ibarra

Associate

aibarral@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2210



His practice focuses on environmental law, including the Environmental Impact Assessment System, environmental audits, administrative proceedings and litigation.


REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • IFC, as lender, on a USD350 million financing to Engie Energía Chile to implement a decarbonization plan, to switch from fossil fuel to non-conventional renewable energy sources and to install a new BESS energy storage system.
  • Codelco on an agreement with Lithium Power International (LPI), a company listed in the Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) to acquire 100% of the share capital of LPI by way of a Scheme of Arrangement. LPI owns, through its subsidiary Minera Salar Blanco, the "Blanco Project", adyacent to Codelco's mining tenements in the Maricunga Salt Flat.

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Teaching Assistant of International Public Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2018-2020).
  • Law Clerk, Environmental Law and Litigation/ Mining / Water Rights Groups, Carey (2019-2021).
  • Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Assistant in the article “The climatic impact of garbage: Legal analysis of solid waste, recovery and landfill mining”, Linazasoro y Pelayo, Environmental Law Review (2020).

EDUCATION

  • Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (Magna Cum Laude).

ADMISSIONS

  • Chile (2024).

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish.
  • English.

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