
Felipe Bahamondez
Senior CounselFelipe Bahamondez is the partner who leads the Regulated Markets and Antitrust practice group at DLA Piper Chile. He focuses his practice in the diverse areas of Energy, Natural Resources & Natural Gas, as well as, Regulatory Law, Insurance, Antitrust and Corporate Law, having participated in his professional life in transactions, such as, the design and legal implementation of the first gas pipeline in Chile, development and advising of natural gas projects and LNG terminals representing diverse clients, development of energy projects especially Renewable Energies, including solar projects, numerous financing operations, mergers & acquisitions, both on behalf of local and multinational companies. Also, he has advised multiple clients on insurance regulatory issues.
Felipe has experience in regulatory matters and antitrust. National and foreign companies have asked for his counsel on matters related to litigation before the Competition Tribunal (TDLC) for example representing Uber in an antitrust case started by taxi drivers. He also represents clients before the FNE in investigations and merger control procedures. In his role, Bahamondez conducts and plans the best strategies in our clients’ interests.
EXPERIENCE
Energy and Natural Resources
- SUSI Partners A.G in its entry to Chile, assisting in the Framework Agreement with Biwo Renovables S.A. (“Biwo”) and Latsolar Energy Investment Limited for the purchase, development, construction, operation, and maintenance of a portfolio of power plants
- CarbonFree Technology Inc: The Firm has been actively advising the client during all stages of development of photovoltaic power plants, from the due diligence processes in a greenfield stage until the acquisition, execution of the EPC and O&M agreement, and the operation stage of the power plants. We have performed due diligence in over 60 projects, and we have counselled the client in the acquisition of mor than 40 power photovoltaic plants in the last years, many of them are now operating, comprised of approximately 360 megawatts (MW) of generation
- SUSI Partners A.G.: Advised the client, a Swiss energy transition fund that conducts sustainable energy infrastructure investments, in the execution of a Framework Agreement with Biwo Renovables S.A. for the purchase, development, construction, operation and maintenance of a portfolio of power plants, including PV solar and wind power plants, for approximately 243.6 MW in total capacity
- BEE SUDAMERICA S.L.: Legal advice in the formalization of a joint venture between Blue Elephant and oEnergy, for the development, construction, financing, debt structuring, operation and maintenance of 12 photovoltaic plants totaling approximately 120 MWp
- Sky Solar Holding Ltd.: Advice in due diligence processes for the acquisition of photovoltaic plants and transmission line and consultation in the negotiation of purchase contracts
- Agrofruta S.A.: Advise client, an energy consumer, in the transfer from a system of regulated prices to one of free price. Advise on the review andnegotiation of contracts signed with Engie and Enel
- ENAP: Advise the client in the analysis of the modification to the Natural Gas Supply Contract, and the obligation to declare supply conditions in accordance with national regulations
- EDF Energies Nouvelles: Assist with due diligence and acquisition of several SPVs of Laberinto Este and Laberinto Oeste solar projects in the north of Chile from Ingenostrum
- Total/Sunpower: Advise in the due diligence of four solar power plants in the north of Chile owned by Spanish Solventus
- Gasoducto GasAndes: Design and implementation of a bid procedure for a gas compressor station
- Fundación Chile: Assist in the sale of Solar Chile to First Solar Inc. – the first Chilean deal in the solar power industry and the first deal in which a local developer was acquired
Antitrust
- Uber: Defense of Uber Chile SpA and Uber International Holding B.V. before the TDLC in a lawsuit filed by a union of taxi drivers against the clients and other ridesharing app firms
- American Tower Corporation: Advice client on the purchased of 30,722 telecommunication towers from Telefónica Group in Europe (Germany and Spain) and Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Peru)
- Uber - Cornershop: Advice both ¬clients and participated as joint counsel on the acquisition of a majority stake in Cornershop by Uber Technologies, Inc., for a value of USD456 million - Awarded “Deal of the Year 2021” in the category “private M&A” by Latin Lawyer
Regulatory and Public Law
- Komatsu: Advice on issues related to claims in administrative bids
- BASF: Advice on issues related to public and regulatory bids
- English
- Spanish
J.D., University of Chile, 1991
- LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1993
Diploma in Regulation & Competition, Faculty of Economics, University of Chile, 2007
Diploma in Competition Law, Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2008
Diploma in Environmental Regulation, University of Chile, 2010
Awards
The Legal 500 Latin America
- Recommended, Chile Competition and Antitrust, (2019, 2021 – 2022, 2024)
- Recommended, Chile Data Privacy, (2021 – 2022)
- Recommended, Chile Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity and Hydrocarbon, (2024)
- Recommended, Chile Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity and Hydrocarbon, Oil and Gas, (2017 – 2019, 2021 – 2022)
- Recommended, Chile Projects and Infrastructure, (2018 – 2019, 2021 – 2022, 2024)
- Recommended, Chile Public Law, (2017 – 2019, 2021 – 2022, 2024)
- Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Projects and Energy, (2023)
Additional Recognitions
IFLR 1000
- Energy, (2019 – 2023)
- Natural Resources, (2019 – 2023)
- Capital Markets, (2019 – 2023)
- Banking, (2019 – 2023)
- Financial Services Regulatory, (2019 – 2023)
- Restructuring and Insolvency, (2019 – 2023)
- M&A, (2019 – 2023)
Latin Lawyer 250
- Highly Recommended, Energy, (2019 – 2024)
- Highly Recommended, Antitrust & Competition, (2019 – 2024)
- International Counsel, Energy, (2024)
Best Lawyers
- Corporate and M&A, (2019 – 2022)
- Energy, (2019 – 2022)
- Natural Resources, (2019 – 2022)
- Oil and Gas Law, (2022)
Leaders League
- Merger Control – Recommended, (2020 – 2021); Highly Recommended, (2022)
- Competition Antitrust & Investigations - Recommended, (2021)
- Innovation, Technology and Telecoms: Telecommunications law – Highly Recommended, (2021)
- Intellectual Property: Technology – Highly Recommended, (2021)
Pro Bono
- Círculo Polar, 2019
- UNICEF, 2018
- The Nature Conservancy, 2018
Publications
- "Ley REP: Catálogo de productos que se consideran “Envases” May, 2022
- Author, Chilean chapter of the book Renewable Energy, in Getting the Deal Through, 2020 (in English)
- The energy transition and renewable energy in Chile: Top points for foreign investors, 8 October 2020
- Distributed generation: A rising energy market in Chile, 16 September 2020
- Author, Chilean chapter of the book Renewable Energy, in Getting the Deal Through, 2018-2020 (in English)
- Author, Chilean chapter of the book Public Procurement, in Getting the Deal Through, 2019 (in English)
- Author, Chilean chapter of the book Gas Regulation, in Getting the Deal Through 2011-2012-2013- 2016 (in English)
- Author, "Sentencias Destacadas 2007," Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, Santiago, 2008 (in Spanish), and "Sentencias Destacadas 2008, "Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, Santiago, 2009 (in Spanish)
- Author, "Los Límites del Arbitraje Internacional: Algunas Consideraciones Respecto al Orden Público y la Arbitrabilidad," Actas de las II Jornadas de Derecho de la Empresa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006 (in Spanish)
- Author, "Sentencias Destacadas 2006," Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, Santiago, 2007 (in Spanish)
- Author, "Integración Vertical en el Mercado de Gas Natural en Chile," Revista de Derecho Administrativo Económico, Vol. N°2, 2003 (in Spanish)
- Author "El Rol de los Abogados en los Procesos de Due Diligence en la Compra de Empresas," Revista Chilena de Derecho, Vol. 29 N°3, 2002 (in Spanish)
- Author "El Sistema de Acceso Abierto y el Mercado del Gas Natural en Chile," Revista de Derecho Administrativo Económico, Vol. III/ N°1-Enero-Junio 2001 (in Spanish)
- Author, "La Prelación de Créditos," Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 1993 (in Spanish)
Memberships And Affiliations
- International Bar Association
- American Bar Association