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Teresita Chubretovic

+56 2 2385 0000

Her practice focuses on public and regulatory law, particularly in environmental, cultural, and heritage matters.She previously worked as a lawyer in the Environmental Superintendence (SMA), the Environmental Assessment Agency (SEA), the Ministry of the Environment, and the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage. Through these roles, she gained extensive knowledge of the environmental and cultural heritage institutional and regulatory framework, as well as of environmental management instruments and related administrative procedures.Since 2022, she has advised on the development and assessment of investment projects subject to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), as well as on the design of environmental compliance strategies and the identification and management of regulatory and sanctioning risks. Her experience includes projects in energy, mining, real estate development, and aquaculture sectors.

Education

  • Law, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011).
  • MA in Cultural Management, Faculty of Arts, Universidad de Chile (2015).
  • MSc in Environment, Culture and Society, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh (2019), Chile–CONICYT Scholarship.

Activities and Memberships

  • Visiting Lecturer, Environmental Assessment Course, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh (2021–2023).
  • Visiting Lecturer, Diploma in Sustainable Heritage and Territorial Development, Faculty of Architecture (2021–2023).
  • Visiting Lecturer, Master’s in Cultural Management, Universidad de Chile (2019–2022).
  • Lecturer, Cultural Management, Faculty of History, Journalism and Literature, Universidad Finis Terrae (2014–2017).
  • Member of the Chilean Environmental Law Association (ACHIDAM) and the Chilean Society of Socioecology and Ethnoecology (SOSOET).

Publications

  • Is agreement a criterion for determining the adequacy of environmental measures? Environmental assessment, indigenous consultation and environmental protection in non-conventional renewable energy projects. Environmental Law Review, 1(23), 2025 (co-author).
  • Administrative infraction of Environmental Impact Assessment Avoidance:  Criteria and effectiveness of the procedures of the Superintendence of the Environment. Environmental Law Review, 2(20), 2023 (co-author).
  • Nearly ten years after the regulation of the expiry of Environmental Permits: Ten legal-practical dilemmas in its application. Environmental Law Review, 2(18), 2022 (co-author).
  • Sustainable Development Dilemmas: Opportunities and Contributions from Cultural Management. MGC Review, Master’s in Cultural Management, No. 17, 2021.
  • Transcultural Challenges: New Institutional Framework and the Environment. MGC Review, No. 11, 2018.
  • Institutional Framework and Legal Instruments for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. Journal of Economic Administrative Law, No. 23, 2017.
  • Constitutional claims in environmental issues: a proposal for new standards after the arrival of specialized agencies and courts (2010-2015). Chilean Law Review, Vol. 43 No. 1, 2016 (co-author).
  • Manual of Legal Tools for Cultural Management. Calabaza del Diablo, Santiago, 2015.

Languages
Spanish and English.

Admission
2012