Maximiliano Barrenechea

Associate

mbarrenechea@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2205



His professional practice focuses on natural resources, mining law, environmental law and project development.


REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Pan American Silver on a mining due diligence related to an offer for the acquisition of the mining company, Yamana Gold, which includes the El Peñón and Minera Florida projects for USD4.8 billion.
  • Hapag-Lloyd, a German listed company and global leader in container shipping, on the acquisition, for approx. USD1 billion, of the port terminals and inland logistics business of SAAM, a Chilean listed multinational company that provides foreign trade services. Hapag-Lloyd acquired the entire operation of the port terminals business of SAAM, which includes 10 terminals in six countries in the Americas, and of the inland logistics business of SAAM.
  • Marimaca on corporate, regulatory, environmental, mining and main supplies matters for the implementation of its copper project Marimaca in the Antofagasta region.
  • 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 Mining Law, Universidad de Chile (since 2018).
  • Law Clerk, BHP Chile (2017-2021).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Co-author of "Positive non-financial benefit in B Corporations: Tax regime of associated disbursements, from the perspective of income taxation", Undergraduate Thesis, Universidad de Chile (2022).

EDUCATION

  • Law, Universidad de Chile.
  • Academic Excellence Award, granted to the best student of the generation in Labor Law and Social Security, Universidad de Chile (2020).

ADMISSIONS

  • Chile (2023).

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish.
  • English.

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