Smart Compliance

Smart Compliance

Isidora Goyenechea 3520, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

Smart Compliance is a multidisciplinary advisory firm specialising in environmental regulation, compliance and sustainable project management. Its strategic objective is the analysis of regulatory frameworks and provision of legal, regulatory and risk management counsel for national and international clients across highly regulated sectors in Chile—including environmental, mining, energy, urban planning, sanitation and infrastructure.

Its team is made up of lawyers, professionals with various specializations in environmental sciences, and a team of information technology professionals, all with experience in the private and public sectors, including the Superintendency of the Environment, the Environmental Assessment Service, and the Ministry of the Environment.

• Environmental and Regulatory Compliance – Preventive environmental oversight, environmental risk mitigation, and regulatory assistance aligned with the relevant Environmental Assessment Statements and Studies.
• Corporate and Licencing Advisory – Legal and strategic support in obtaining, renewing, modifying and regularising permits and licences across sectors.
• Risk & Damage Response – Advisory in cases involving environmental harms or damages, providing litigation-ready strategies.
• Integrated Risk Management – Environmental, industrial and infrastructural risk analysis within legal frameworks and supported by ad-hoc analysis based on massive data analytics.
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution – Representation of clients in environmental litigation and administrative sanctioning proceedings before the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA), sectoral agencies, and Chilean courts and tribunals. The practice includes defending against sanctions, challenging administrative acts, and pursuing claims in environmental courts concerning environmental damages, regulatory breaches, or disputes linked to industrial and infrastructure projects.
• Legal and Environmental Data Analytics – All services provided by Smart Compliance are integrated and complemented with environmental and legal data analysis extracted and systematized from public information sources of the various state agencies relevant to project execution.

Though headquartered in Santiago, Smart Compliance’s corporate charter explicitly supports services delivered to national and foreign clients, across a broad range of regulatory spheres. This implies operational readiness for cross-border mandates, especially in areas such as mining, energy, and infrastructure where Chilean-regulatory expertise is highly sought.

• Practice Areas:
  • Environmental regulation & compliance
  • Project permitting and licensing support (environmental, mining, energy, urban planning, water, industrial sectors)
  • Regulatory risk management and mitigation
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Advisory services following environmental or project-related incidents

• Office Location: Santiago (Las Condes) – principal office providing all firm services.

Santiago, Chile (Las Condes) – serves as the firm’s headquarters, from where it handles its comprehensive environmental and regulatory compliance practice.