Community Relations

  • Diagnosis, development and monitoring of community relations strategies with communities, interest groups and indigenous groups.
  • Evaluation and audit of policies, strategies and applied practices.
  • Negotiation of agreements and agreements between companies and communities.
  • Indigenous law, consultation with indigenous peoples and application of ILO Convention 169.
  • Review and redesign of participation processes in the SEIA.

Corporate

  • Structuring and negotiation of national and international financing (corporate loans, project finance)
  • Support in the development of corporate and tax strategies
  • Preparation and negotiation of engineering and construction contracts (EPC, EPCM, BOT) and all types of supply and service contracts (energy, sulfuric acid, others)
  • Claims and resolution of controversies and disputes
  • Regulatory compliance and contract administration

Water

  • Processing and defense of water rights.
  • Obtaining permits from the DGA and other competent authorities.
  • Advice to water user organizations (water communities, canal associations and surveillance boards), including their constitution and operation, as well as advice to companies on relationships and agreements with said organizations.

Mining

  • Processing and defense of mining exploration and exploitation rights.
  • Obtaining voluntary and judicial easements, crossings, passage agreements and others.
  • Technical and regulatory aspects.

Environment

  • Strategic legal environmental and community advice on investment and operations projects.
  • Environmental evaluation (SEIA), advice on the preparation and processing of environmental permits (DIA, EIA, Relevance Consultations) and sectoral permits.
  • Compliance audit and environmental monitoring, regularization and due diligence.
  • Community relations strategy, prior citizen participation and in the environmental evaluation process.

Other

  • Tracking and monitoring of legislative and administrative modifications, regulatory updates.

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