
Graciela Venegas
Partnergraciela@carrascobenitez.cl+56 2 2385 0000
Her practice primarily focuses on planning and providing strategic advice for the environmental assessment of investment projects in areas such as energy, real estate, agribusiness, and mining. Additionally, she provides advice in the administrative and judicial defense of these types of projects.Before joining, she worked until April 2019 as a lawyer for the Environmental Assessment Agency, where she was in charge of the Legal Area, later becoming Director of the Regional Director of the Metropolitan Region (2014–2018), and then a lawyer at the Administrative Claims Department of the Executive Director of the same agency (2018–2019). Previously, she worked as a lawyer at Castillo y Prieto Abogados (2011–2013) and as a legal advisor on environmental matters at the environmental consulting firm GESCAM (2008–2010).
Awards and Recognition
Recognized in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 continuously since 2022.
Education
• Law, School of Law, Universidad de Chile (2007).
• Diploma in Negotiation and Coaching, Universidad Católica de Chile (2010).
• Diploma in Indigenous Rights, Environment, and Dialogue Processes in the Framework of the Consultation under ILO Convention 169, School of Law, Universidad de Chile (2017).
Activities and Memberships
Member of the Chilean Association of Environmental Law (ACHIDAM).
Languages
Spanish
Admission
2009