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Mario Arrué

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His practice focuses primarily on strategic planning and advisory services for the environmental assessment of investment projects in sectors such as energy, real estate, agribusiness, and mining.Before joining the firm, he served as a senior project consultant at the environmental consultancy ECOS – Chile until March 2022, where he provided both technical and legal strategic support in environmental impact assessment processes, sanctioning procedures, environmental compliance, prefeasibility studies, among other matters.Previously, he worked at the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA), serving as a project evaluator at the Metropolitan Regional Directorate (2010–2013), head of the Assessment Area of the same region (2014–2017), and later as head of the technical unit of the Appeals Department at the Executive Directorate (2017–2019).

Education

  • Law (Highest Distinction), School of Law and Humanities, Universidad Central de Chile (2017).
  • Environmental Engineer, School of Engineering and Environment, University of Valparaíso (2005).
  • LL.M. Candidate, with a concentration in Regulatory Law, School of Law, Universidad Católica de Chile. 

Publications

  • Environmental Assessment and Project Modification: Notes for a Proper Understanding, Journal of Economic Administrative Law, No. 36, 2022.
  • The Area of Influence in the Environmental Impact Assessment System, in Bergamini, Pérez, and Araya (eds.) – Environmental Compliance Management, Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. RIL Publishers, 2022.

Languages
Spanish

Bar Admission
2019