Phillipi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero y Uría

Matías

Desmadryl

Partner

Water Resources

Personal Contact

Desmadryl Matias PPU legal

Front-running practitioner and co-head of department Matías Desmadryl garners plaudits from clients and peers alike for his prowess in water rights matters in Chile. He is frequently sought out by clients for his expertise in water rights matters in relation to mining projects, including sanctioning procedures and strategic regulatory advice. One clients states: “Matías Desmadryl is an expert lawyer in water law and has vast experience in the public and private sectors, which allows him to understand the most complex conflicts posed by water law and propose strategic solutions not only with a legal approach but also a technical one”. Antoher client enthuses: “Matías offers assertive advice that is hard to beat”. Chambers & Partners 2024.

Partner at PPU, expert in Water Resources, Environment and Natural Resources, with extensive experience in general regulatory matters and litigation. His professional practice focuses on the experience and ability to manage highly complex matters, which has allowed him to participate in the most varied and important investment projects, advising national and foreign clients. In 2010, he was appointed by the President of the Republic as the highest water authority in Chile, General Director of Water, where he led a team of experts from the World Bank in the preparation of a diagnostic report on water resources and their institutionality, for the definition of the National Water Resources Strategy. During his administration, he headed the creation of the National Water Information System, the drafting and discussion of two bills to modify the Water Code and the Penal Code, and the preparation of the texts that subsequently gave rise to the regulations on Exploration and Exploitation of Groundwater, Major Hydraulic Works, and Ecological Flows.

Education

2018 - 2019
ADVANCED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
ESE Business School
2003
DIPLOMA
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
1994 1999
LAWYER
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Languages

English, Spanish

Work experience

2021 - TO PRESENT
PARTNER
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2013 - 2020
PARTNER
Carcelén, Desmadryl, Guzmán & Tapia
2010 - 2012
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WATERS
Dirección General de Aguas, Ministerio de Obras Públicas
2009 - 2010
REGULATORY AFFAIRS LAWYER
Aguas Andinas
2003 - 2009
REGULATORY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAWYER
Allende Bascuñán Abogados

Memberships

  • Director at APEMEC (Association of Small and Medium Hydroelectric Power Plants)
  • Director of the Chilean Water Rights Association
  • Santiago Chamber of Commerce Arbitrator (CAM)
  • Representative of the National Agricultural Society at the National Water Roundtable for the development of new public water institutions (2020)

Academic and Teaching Activities

2012 - TO DATE
LLM Water Law
TEACHER- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2018 - TO DATE
Environmental Compliance in the Diploma of Compliance and Good Corporate Practices
TEACHER - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2014 - 2018
Water Law in the Master of Environment
TEACHER- Universidad Finis Terrae
- TO DATE
Water Law in the Diploma in Natural Resources and Environment
TEACHER - Universidad de Los Andes