EXPERIENCE
José Luis has a great deal of experience in arbitration and dispute resolution and in complex and innovative deals and transactions in civil and commercial areas.
He practiced as an attorney with Banco JP Morgan in Chile from 1981 to 1986. He then joined the firm Carey & Cía in 1986.
He founded his own firm in 1993 entitled Honorato, Russi y Eguiguren Ltda., and then left it in 2013 to create Honorato & Cía., which is now HD Legal, where he currently practices.
He is on the roster of arbitrators with the Santiago Chamber of Commerce Center for Arbitration and Mediation.
EDUCATION
Attorney, Universidad de Chile (1982).
Graduate studies at the Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA (1991).
RECOGNITIONS
THE LEGAL 500
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration y Litigation (2025).
- Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M & A (Including Compliance), Project and Infrastructure (2018).
- Banking and Finance, Corporate and M & A (2021).
IFLR 1000
- Banking and Finance (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,2024).
BEST LAWYERS
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice and Corporate and M & A (2018).
- “Lawyer of the year”, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (2020).
- Banking and Finance, Corporate and M & A, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).
- Banking and Finance Law, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice (2025, 2026).
LEADERS LEAGUE
- M & A (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025).
- Compliance (2021, 2022).
- Dispute resolution – Civil and commercial litigation (2024,2025).
- Arbitration (2024, 2025).
EXPERIENCE
Gonzalo has vast experience in complex and innovative domestic and international corporate, financial and commercial transactions and in the development of projects related to energy, mining, public concessions and natural resources.
Between 2012 and 2014 he served as Of Counsel at Aninat Schwencke y Cía. Prior to that, he was a partner at Guerrero Olivos (2000-2012).
Gonzalo also worked as Corporate Area Counsel for The Chase Manhattan Bank in Santiago, Chile, and was an associate at Ossandón, Uribe y Hübner.
He is a member of the Best Practice Committee of the Santiago Stock Exchange and Chilean Electronic Exchange.
EDUCATION
Attorney, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1990).
Graduate studies at the Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA (1993).
RECOGNITIONS
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
- Capital Markets (2019, 2020, 2021).
- Corporate and M&A (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
THE LEGAL 500
- Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A (Including Compliance), Project and Infrastructure (2018).
- Corporate and M & A (2020, 2021, 2025, 2026: Hall of Fame).
- Leading Individual in Corporate and M&A (2022, 2023,2024,2025).
IFLR 1000
- Capital Markets, Project Development, Energy, Social Infrastructure (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,2024).
BEST LAWYERS
- Corporate and M&A Law, Derivates, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Private Equity Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, Structured Finance Law, Venture Capital Law (2018 a 2026).
LACCA
- Banking & finance in Chile (2019).
- Banking & finance, Energy in Chile (2021).
LEADERS LEAGUE
- Banking & Finance, Startups & Venture Capital, Corporate and M&A (2020). Strong Expertise and Recommended Lawyer.
- Corporate and M&A (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025).
EXPERIENCE
Mauricio has extensive experience advising the development and operation of projects in the energy, mining, and infrastructure industries. His trajectory highlights the legal support to multinational companies in their investment decisions in Chile, the development and financing of greenfield energy projects, the advice of large-scale copper mines in the management of their legal requirements, participation in public and private infrastructure tenders and M&A operations of conventional and renewable energy assets.
He worked between 2007 and 2011 as an associate in the infrastructure and natural resources practice at Aninat Schwencke y Cía. Between 2011 and 2013, he acted as Chief Legal Advisor of the National Irrigation Commission and –after obtaining a master’s degree from the University of Dundee in 2014– he developed a career as an in-house lawyer, first at Generadora Metropolitana (formerly Biobío Genera) as Legal Coordinator, and then as the Senior Lawyer of Antofagasta Minerals in charge of attending the legal requirements of its 3 mining operations in the Antofagasta Region.
In the academic field, Mauricio has published and collaborated in various publications in Chile, United Kingdom and Germany, on matters such as the regulation of access to critical infrastructure, the development of policies to promote private investment in infrastructure, glaciers regulation and desalination policies, among others. The following publications are highlighted:
- “Chile: Energy Policy – Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy”, Editorial Springer, Berlin, 2018.
- “Shared-use mining infrastructure: Why it matters, and how to achieve it”, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, 2015.
- “Modification of the irrigation promotion law: a boost to efficient and associative water management”, Water Law Acts (ADAg) No. 5-2015.
- “Rainwater and Valleys: Legal Nature and Practical Implications”, Proceedings of the XIV Conference on Water Law, Nº3, p. 233-240, Thomson Reuters, 2013.
- Several opinion columns on infrastructure, energy and desalination.
Mauricio is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and partner of the Chilean Mining Chamber.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Law School (2000 – 2005).
- LLM in Natural Resources and Energy Law, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK (2014).
- Natural Resources and Energy Law Diploma, from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Law School (2011).
- Specialization Course in Structuring and Documenting Mining Transactions, Saint Andrews, UK (2014).