Helping the industry innovate in a changing environment
Accelerating the energy transition will require virtually every business, particularly those in the energy and natural resources industry, to innovate and adapt to build a better future. We support you in tackling these challenges, seizing opportunities in an uncertain environment.
The energy and natural resources industry faces fresh challenges every day. A highly volatile and uncertain market is fraught with increasing regulation, price shifts, supply chain issues and geopolitical disruptions. You’re looking for new technologies, innovative ways of doing business, efficiencies and market breakthroughs – such as hydrogen – to reshape your business and shift to a more sustainable future.
Our Energy and Natural Resources team understands this fundamental change and how it affects your business, whether you are in the power, renewables, mining, commodities trading, oil and gas, waste, water or hydrogen markets. We advise the regulators, the regulated, investors, developers and other key industry stakeholders, including governments.
“We are both advocates for our clients and players in the industry. So we know what it’s like to walk in your shoes.”
Our team walks alongside you during your project lifecycle including: inception, development, completion, operation and sale. We cover the legal, geographical, commercial and geopolitical aspects of your business across its entire value chain.
We handle the full spectrum of your legal needs in the industry, from finance and project development to regulatory, corporate transactional, restructuring and dispute resolution. Our lawyers approach every issue with sustainability and ESG in mind.
With 400+ lawyers in over 40 countries, we can help you wherever you do business. We become a part of your team and your decision-making process, sharing insights about what shareholders need and what’s trending.
We are both advocates for our clients and players in the industry. So we know what it’s like to walk in your shoes. For example, when we advise you on corporate power purchase agreements, we bring to the table our own experience as the first law firm in the world to have signed one as off-takers.
In Chile
In an ever-changing energy, oil, and gas market, DLA Piper in Chile leverages its local knowledge of the Chilean marketplace with DLA Piper’s highly experienced global Energy Sector.
DLA Piper in Chile provides services in all areas related to the development of energy and natural resources projects, with a team specialized in these matters, incorporating lawyers from other practice areas to solve legal needs comprehensively. Our experience allows us to identify the key aspects when developing a project in Chile and further the applicable laws. The advice provided by DLA Piper in Chile includes regulatory matters related to energy projects and their development and operation; obtaining sectorial permits and approvals for the development of the project; communications with relevant authorities; compliance with environmental regulations and interconnection requirements; and, in general, all kind of regulatory matters related to energy projects, such as tolls payment, interconnection requirements, regulatory claims, among others.
We also advise clients on the due diligence processes of energy projects, identifying if the project has secured the relevant assets for project development and agreements needed for its operation and energy sale. Our team is experienced in aiding in negotiating and drafting all the relevant documents and agreements required for the project acquisition, including stock purchase agreements and shareholders agreements, among others. Further, we advise clients on the negotiation and drafting of all relevant documents and agreements needed for the project development, such as Development Agreements, Leases or Easements, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), EPCM, Balance of Plant (BoP), Operation and Maintenance (O&M) agreements, and subcontracts related to the projects.
DLA Piper in Chile also provides advice in negotiating and drafting Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to be subscribed before executing the project and in power bidding processes for the supply of electrical energy for consumers subject to regulated prices. We have assisted clients in developing projects from diverse energy sectors, such as solar, hydro, wind power, and biomass generation and transmission projects.
Experience
To find out how we have delivered for our clients, visit our Commodity Supply Chain and Trading, Corporate Power Purchase Agreements, Hydrogen, Mining and Mineral Resources, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Power, Renewables, Waste and Water pages.