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  • Newsletter on the energy market in Chile, Colombia and Peru - January 2024

    We provide the main legal and market developments for the energy sector in Chile, Colombia and Peru. Dedicated Energy teams in these countries address topics of interest to sponsors, developers, financiers and other stakeholders in the sector, such as draft legislation, summaries of new regulations, relevant case law and market trends.

  • Garrigues receives the award as the best law firm in Chile from ‘LatinFinance’

    Garrigues was presented with the award by LatinFinance as the 'Law Firm of the Year in Chile' last night in New York. This recognition, one of the most prestigious in the Latin American legal field, takes into account key factors such as innovation and excellence demonstrated by the lawyers, as well as ESG impact and the success of the transactions advised.

  • Chile issues new regulation for capacity payment to encourage investment in energy storage

    The Ministry of Energy has submitted amendments to the current regulations on capacity payments to the Office of the General Comptroller, which include storage systems.  This regulation was largely expected by the market, given the need of enabling investments in battery storage.

  • NPLs in Spain, Portugal and Latin America: more selective deals and increasing activity in secondary markets and debt servicing industry

    In the first three quarters of 2023, we saw investors adopting a more selective and specialized approach in their NPL investments, increasing their appetite for unlikely-to-pay (UTP) and reperforming loans (RPLs).

  • Energy Market Newsletter for Chile and Peru – September 2023

    We are pleased to showcase the main legal and market developments for the energy sector in Chile and Peru. Garrigues teams focused on Energy in Chile and Peru address topics of interest to sponsors, developers, financiers and other stakeholders in the sector, such as draft bills, summaries of new laws, relevant case law and trends in the project financing market. 

  • Chile: Publication of Law No. 21.592, which establishes a whistleblower protection statute

    The law conceives access to protection as a right of any whistleblower who reports irregularities within organisations and guarantees their personal integrity and that of their property, as well as the preservation of their living and working conditions, which could be threatened as a result of their whistleblowing or their participation in the respective investigations.

  • Antitrust damages actions in Latin America: on the path to the European model?

    We look at the progress made in relation to damages actions for infringements of competition law in Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Chile.

  • Latin American Viewpoints - April 2023

    Infrastructure projects in the energy sector do not stop growing in Latin America and, with it, the possibility of disputes arising. We analyze the dispute resolution clauses and the key points to take into account when agreeing to them.

  • Garrigues, the firm of choice for financial institutions in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru

    The firm tops the LACCA/Latin Lawyer ranking of law firms advising the 50 biggest banks in Latin America.

  • Dispute resolution clauses in energy projects in Latin America

    In recent years, the number of infrastructure projects in the energy sector in Latin American countries has increased, and therefore, the possibility of disputes arising relating to them. In this article we discuss primarily dispute resolution clauses and the key points to be taken into account when agreeing on them.