Managing Partner

Mauricio Riesco Tagle

mriesco@hdlegal.cl (+56 2) 2756 4546

PROFILE

Mauricio has an extensive track record advising on the development of projects in the energy, mining and infrastructure industries. His experience includes advising major multinational companies on their investment decisions in Chile, the development and financing of greenfield projects in the energy industry, public and private infrastructure tenders and M&A transactions involving energy assets, as well as advising large-scale copper mining operations.

Between 2007 and 2011, he was an associate in the infrastructure and natural resources practice of Aninat Schwencke y Cía. From 2011 to 2013, he served as Chief Legal Advisor to Chile’s National Irrigation Commission (Comisión Nacional de Riego). After earning his master’s degree from the University of Dundee in 2014, he pursued an in-house career, first as Legal Coordinator at Generadora Metropolitana (formerly Biobío Genera) and then as Senior Counsel at Antofagasta Minerals (AMSA), in charge of its three operations in the Antofagasta Region.

In the academic field, Mauricio has authored and contributed to various publications in Chile and abroad, including the following:

  • “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.
  • “Modificación de la ley de fomento al riego: un impulso a la gestión eficiente y asociativa del agua”, Actas de Derecho de Aguas (ADAg) No. 5-2015.
  • “Aguas Lluvias y Quebradas: Naturaleza Jurídica e Implicancias Prácticas”, Actas de las XIV Jornadas de Derecho de Aguas, No. 3, pp. 233–240, Thomson Reuters (2013).
  • Opinion columns on infrastructure, energy, foreign investment and desalination.

Mauricio is a member of the Chilean Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Chile).

EDUCATION

  • Law degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2005).
  • Master’s degree in Natural Resources and Energy Law, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee (2014).
  • Diploma in Natural Resources and Energy Law, Economic Administrative Law Program (PDAE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011).
  • Specialization course “Structuring and Documenting Mining Transactions”, St Andrews, United Kingdom (2014).
  • Executive Program on Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2023).
  • Diploma in Law Firm Administration and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2026).