José Domingo Villanueva

Practice Areas

José Domingo Villanueva is a partner in the Environment and Natural Resources group in Dentons' Santiago office.

His practice focuses on assisting domestic and foreign clients in environmental and regulatory matters, focusing on developing and planning investment projects in Chile and their processing in the Environmental Impact Assessment System.

José Domingo has extensive experience advising a range of companies in developing strategies and procedures to obtain environmental and sectoral permits. He also represents clients in sanctioning processes followed before administrative authorities and their respective judicial claims in the ordinary courts of justice. Furthermore, he assists companies in environmental compliance audits and environmental due diligence.

Career

Partner, Dentons Chile, 2023 – Present

Senior Associate, Dentons Chile, 2019 – 2022

Senior Associate, Nieto Moran & Cía. Abogados, 2018 – 2019

Senior Associate, Urrutia & Cía. Abogados, 2015 – 2018

Associate, Cubillos Evans Abogados, 2014 – 2015

Associate, Urrutia & Cía. Abogados, 2012 – 2014

Publications

Co-author, "Desalination for human consumption: challenges of a pioneering concession", Diario Financiero, 2025.

Author, "Winds of Change in Chile," Dentons Mining Law Blog, 2024.

Author, "Desalination in Chile: A crucial challenge for sustainable development and the importance of mining in the industry," Mining Law Blog, 2024

Author, "Seawater desalination: an increasingly urgent challenge to address," Mercurio Legal, 2022.

Co-author, "Regulation of Glaciers in Chile; New Bills and their Possible Impact on the Mining Industry," Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chile: Trends & Developments, 2021.

Co-author, "Permitting and Electric Infrastructure: Let's start with the IFC," Mercurio Legal, 2021.

Co-author, " The role of the offender's previous conduct in the administrative sanctioning procedure of the Environmental Superintendency," Revista de Derecho Ambiental, Facultad de Derecho Universidad de Chile, N°7, 2017.

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Education

Awards