Catalina specializes in environmental, administrative and natural resources law, particularly the evaluation of investment projects within the Environmental Impact Assessment System. She has developed expertise in the technical analysis of reports on flora, fauna, territorial compatibility and climate change, building on her training and specialization in these fields, as well as her experience working as a lawyer for the Environmental Assessment Service and the Ministry of the Environment. She advises clients throughout the environmental assessment process, from its outset to the issuance of the Environmental Qualification Resolution, and during the corresponding administrative and judicial appeal stages. She has also gained experience in oversight proceedings, filing charges and sanctioning proceedings before the Superintendency of the Environment and various Regional Health Secretariats.

 

Furthermore, she has recently gained in-house experience through a secondment, serving as a prosecutor in environmental and compliance matters. In this role, she participated in designing and implementing compliance systems with a specialized focus on the Economic Crimes Act and the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities. She identified risks, established control mechanisms, and coordinated internal audits and investigations. This has enabled her to provide external counsel on these matters, with a thorough understanding of the specific needs of a company’s internal departments.

 

Prior to joining PRB, she worked as a lawyer in the Environmental Assessment Office of the Ministry of the Environment, as an advisor to the Undersecretary of the Environment, as a lawyer in the Metropolitan Regional Directorate of the Environmental Assessment Service, and as an associate consultant at Targeting Consultores Ltda.

 

She is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.

 

Professional formation:

 

- Lawyer, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile (2016).

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- Diploma in Oral Litigation with a specialisation in Criminal Procedure Law. Universidad Finis Terrae (2018).

 

- Master's degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Law. Universidad Finis Terrae (2021).

 

- Diploma in Urban Law. Universidad de Los Andes (2023).

 

- Diploma in Mining Law. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2024).

 

- Course: Development and Financing of Energy Projects. Universidad de Los Andes (2024).

 

- Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Law and Compliance. Universidad de Los Andes (2024).

 

- Diploma in Management and Regulatory Environment in Construction. Pontificia Universidad Católica (2026).

 

- Diploma in ESG: Corporate, Social and Environmental Sustainability. Pontificia Universidad Católica (2026).

 

- Master's in Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Compliance. Universidad del Desarrollo (currently studying).

 

​Languages:

- Spanish

- English