Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in Chile

He was born in Santiago, Chile, Attorney at Law graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Law School. He is a PHD in Law graduated from Universidad Nacional de Rosario, School of Law. He is a LLM in Procedural Law. Mr. Pinochet’s main professional area is foreign investment and energy law with experience in International Public Tender (Bids) and its regulatory law. Pursuant to an international bid, on April 30, 2008, the Chilean Government granted eight blocks (territory portion) to several foreign companies for the exploration and exploitation of natural gas and oil deposits, in Magallan’s Region Mr. Pinochet represented one of the largest international companies which obtain a concession and representing it before the Chilean Government on the negotiations and signature of the Special Petroleum Operation Contract or CEOP (Contratos Especiales de Operación Petrolera) He also represented this client before the Empresa Nacional del Petróleo or ENAP (National Oil Company of Chile) to negotiate, closing, performance and compliance the Joint Operating Agreement between the two companies. The Firm still represents this company in Chile. Besides, Mr. Pinochet is a Civil and Commercial Procedure Law Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, having written papers published in Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Perú and México. Mr. Pinochet is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and of the “Instituto Chileno de Derecho Procesal” (Chilean Institute of Procedural law). He is also Chairman of the Chilean Chapter of the “Instituto Panamericano de Derecho Procesal” (Pan American Procedural Law Institute) Languages: Spanish and English