Montoya Tapia,
Matías

counsel

Mail: mmontoya@bye.cl

Phone: +56 22378965

Matías has focused his practice on environmental matters, advising companies in strategic environmental planning processes, obtaining permits, legal disputes before administrative and judicial authorities in the environmental regulatory field and the Supreme Court, environmental damage claims and supporting companies in transactional processes from a regulatory point of view.

 

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Education

  • Master of Environmental Law, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile (2015)
  • Law School, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción, Chile (2006)

Professional Experience

  • Counsel, Barros & Errázuriz (2013)
  • General Counsel, Environmental Assessment Service (2012)
  • Regional Projects Coordinator, Environmental Assessment Service (2010)
  • Legal Advisor to Executive Director, National Environmental Commission (2010)
  • Attorney, National Environmental Commission of the Metropolitan Region (2008)

Academic Activities

  • Professor, Diploma in Management of Environmental Compliance, Use and Application of Tools in the New Environmental Institutions, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile (2016 – to date)
  • Professor, Diploma in Environmental Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaíso, Chile (2013)

Languages

  • Spanish

Recognitions

  • Next Generation Partners, Legal 500 2025, Chile, Environment
  • Banda 4, Chambers & Partners Latin America 2024, Chile, Environment

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