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Maximiliano Alfaro

Associate+56 2 2385 0000

His practice focuses primarily on environmental law, administrative law, and administrative litigation.Before joining the firm, he worked as an attorney at EELAW Medio Ambiente y Energía (2019–2021), advising mainly on environmental enforcement and compliance matters, administrative litigation, and environmental impact assessment of projects.

Awards and Recognitions
Best Lawyers (Ones to Watch) – Environmental Law (2024 and 2025).

Education

  • Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Chile (2018).
  • Diploma in Environmental Law, School of Law, Universidad de Chile (2020).
  • Diploma in Legal Argumentation and Evidentiary Reasoning, Judicial Studies Institute (2022).
  • LL.M. candidate, Regulatory Law specialization, School of Law, Universidad Católica de Chile.

Activities and Memberships

  • Former teaching assistant for the Environmental Law course and for the Environmental Law Center, School of Law, Universidad de Chile (2020–2022).
  • Currently a teaching assistant for the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) course in the LL.M. in Regulatory Law program, School of Law, Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Member of the Chilean Association of Environmental Law.

Publications

  • Areas Officially Placed Under Protection: Elements of the Grounds for Environmental Review and Criteria for Their Temporal Application, Environmental Law and Science Journal, Primer Tribunal Ambiental, No. 1, 2024
  • Urban Wetlands: Regulation, Implementation, and Jurisprudence, DER Ediciones, 2023.
  • Environmental Assessment and Project Modification: Notes for a Proper Understanding, Economic Administrative Law Journal, No. 36, 2022.
  • Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory Execution of Compliance Programs in Environmental Sanctioning Procedures, Economic Administrative Law Journal, No. 36, 2022.

Languages
Spanish

Admission
2019