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Katia Spoerer
Director

Description

Katia is Director of the Environmental Law, ESG & Compliance, and Corporate Sustainability practice at A/C/R Legal.She brings over 10 years of experience advising organizations in the energy, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, and infrastructure sectors on the strategic management of their regulatory and environmental challenges.


Her practice is defined by a collaborative and preventive approach, integrating environmental regulations and ESG criteria into corporate governance and strategy. She specializes in designing risk matrices, compliance audits, managing contingencies before sector-specific authorities, implementing regulations that drive sustainable operations, conducting environmental due diligence in complex M&A transactions, and providing end-to-end guidance throughout project evaluation, development, and permitting for project execution and operation.


Her background combines top-tier law firm experience with an in-house corporate perspective, enabling her to structure applied protocols and solutions that mitigate contingencies and generate sustainable value with a strong focus on local territory and community context.

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Practice Areas

Environmental & Regulatory Law | ESG & Environmental Compliance | Corporate Sustainability | Environmental Risk Matrices & Audits | Due Diligence & M&A

Studies

2023 – Postgraduate Diploma in Implementation and Management of Compliance with an ESG Perspective, Universidad Diego Portales. ‍

2022 – Course on Development and Financing of NCRE (Non-Conventional Renewable Energy) Projects: Regulatory Aspects, Universidad de los Andes. ‍

2017 – Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Law and Sustainability, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. ‍

2016 – Attorney at Law, Bachelor of Laws and Social Sciences (LL.B. equivalent), Universidad de Chile. ‍

2012 – Law Exchange Program, School of Law, University of California,Davis.

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