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Benjamín Pérez Arrieta

Benjamín Pérez Arrieta

Latin America 2027

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Guerrero Olivos
 Guerrero Olivos

Ranked in 1 practice area

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

Chile

7 years ranked

Contributions and articles

17 Articles, Press releases, highlights

About

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Latin America

Practice Areas

Mining

Water Law

Projects

Career

Benjamín is a partner and member of the mining area (Band 1). In addition, he is a member of the water law and environment departments. He specializes in mining project development, due diligence, M&A in the mining industry, on regulatory and environmental issues, water law and desalination projects, and mining and water law litigation.

Professional Memberships

Benjamín is member of the board of the Chilean-Australian Chamber of Commerce and was the President of its Mining Committee (2018-2023) and is a member of The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law. In addition, he is a regular speaker at the Mining and Water Law Sessions hosted at Universidad de Chile and has made several contributions and published articles in connection with water law in the mining industry. He is also a member of ACADES, the Chilean Desalination and Water Reuse Association.

Experience

In the academic field, he has been a Professor of Mining Law at the Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (since 2019) and was professor of Commercial Law (2013-2018) at the same university. In addition, he was assistant professor of Indigenous Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2014).

Education

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Law

2008

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Regulatory Law

2013

Academy of American and International Law of Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law, Texas, USA

2011

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Santiago, Chile

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English

Key sectors

Energy and UtilitiesIndustrials, Engineering and ManufacturingProperty, Construction and InfrastructureResources and Mining

Chambers Review

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Chambers Latin America

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining - Chile

Band 4
Individual Editorial
Solid partner Benjamín Pérez Arrieta is noted for his natural resources practice advising a range of clients on mining issues in Chile.
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Strengths

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  • Benjamín Pérez Arrieta is a lawyer we trust completely. He has extensive knowledge and experience, is always available and is willing to go the extra mile.

    Energy & Natural Resources: MiningChambers Latin America

Ranked Individuals at Guerrero Olivos (31)

Chile

Articles, Highlights and Press Releases

17 items provided by Guerrero Olivos

Highlight
Feb, 2025

Advisoring to Torq Resources Inc and Torq Resources Chile SpA

Authored by: Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Diego Rodríguez, Pablo Escobar, Ricardo Cortés, Javiera Cid, Ignacio Aswani, Katharina Díaz, Eduardo Larraín, Antonia Melelli

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