Francisco Irarrázaval A.
He focuses his practice on the development of electric infrastructure projects and regulatory issues, including private and public bidding processes (supply to regulated and electric transmission customers), power supply contracts, and construction of infrastructure projects, land use and ownership permits, electrical sanction procedures, environmental issues and litigation related to regulatory issues in the energy industry.
- Experience
- Education
- Academic Activities / Acknowledgments
- Relevant Experience
- Coeymans, Edwards, Poblete & Dittborn (2022 – present).
- Garrigues, senior attorney in the National Resources, Energy and Environmental Group (2016 – 2022).
- Fontaine y Cía., senior attorney in the National Resources, Energy and Environmental Group (2015 – 2016).
- Ministry of National Assets, legal adviser to the Minister on onerous use concessions for energy projects (2014-2015).
- Prieto y Cía., attorney in the National Resources, Energy and Environmental Group (2012 – 2014).
- Highlighted as a “Rising Star” by the Legal 500 publication in 2021.
- Law, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2010).
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of California, Los Angeles (2015).
- Professor of Electrical Law, School of Law, Universidad de los Andes (2016 – present).
- Professor of Administrative Law, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2018 – 2020).
- Professor of the Master's Degree in Natural Resources and Environment Law, Universidad Finis Terrae (2020 – present).
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Regulatory advice
On international financing of PMGD electric projects (2021-2022).
- Drafting of reports and legal opinions
On the regulatory framework for PMGD generation plants in Chile (2018-2022).
- Legal opinions
On disputes submitted before the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels, for non-compliance by distribution companies in the development of PMGD projects.
- Regulatory advisory services to financial institutions
In the national financing of biomass PMGD electric projects (2021).
- Regulatory advisory services
In the development of the USD 520 million desalination plant project for Minera Spence, advising financiers, including, among others, SMBC MUFG, NAB, Credit Agricole, Banco Santander, S.A. and BBVA (2018-2021)
- Advisory services to Arroyo
El Arrayán and Conejo Solar in an international project financing generation companies, for USD 410 million (2020).
- Regulatory advisory services
In the international financing of backup electric and renewable energy projects, with debtors in various jurisdictions, for USD 1.1 billion (2020).
- Regulatory advisory services
For the financier of national electric projects owned by Energía 7 (2020).
- Regulatory advice
To international financiers of a participant in the tender for a Codelco-owned water desalination plant (2021).
- Regulatory advice
To the financier in a mezzanine financing for the acquisition of an electric project, for USD 80 million (2019).
- Advising Natixis
• On the granting of financing to CapVert (2019).
• Advisory services to Banco Security on the granting of financing to CapVert project companies (2019).- Advisory services
To Banco Security on the granting of financing to CapVert project companies (2019).
- Regulatory advice to Sinia (Banco Sabadell)
In a mezzanine financing for Grenergy’s Parque Eléctrico Quillagua Solar (2019).
- Advice to the financier
Of a purchase transaction regarding a generator company, for rights stemming from electricity distribution contracts (2019).
- Drafting of reports and legal opinions