Ignacio Allende S. C.

Senior Associate

  • iallende@agycia.cl
  • 56229476813
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Ignacio Allende is a member of Arteaga Gorziglia's Corporate Practice. He specializes in advising local and foreign companies in M&A transactions; the development, construction, operation and financing of infrastructure projects, particularly with respect to power generation and transmission projects; antitrust; securities market; real estate matters, as well as in the negotiation and execution of relevant contracts, and general corporate and regulatory advice.

  • Advised a highway concessionaire in the purchase process of a portfolio of highways in operation.
  • Counsel to DPP Holding Chile SpA and the Chilean Association of Renewable Energies and Storage - Asociación Gremial-Acera A.G. before the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia (Antitrust Court), in the file of Regulatory Recommendation ERN-27-2021 regarding the stabilized price mechanism for small generators (PMGD and PMG) of Supreme Decree No. 88 of the Ministry of Energy.
  • Advised Obton in the acquisition, construction and financing of a portfolio of 7 renewable energy projects in Chile, all of them acquired and under construction, for more than 60 MW, for an amount of USD $60MM.
  • Advised Engie Energía Chile S.A. in the acquisition of 3 wind farms located in Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region, for 250 MW, including the approval of this transaction by the antitrust authority.
  • Advising the electricity distribution company Sociedad Austral de Electricidad S.A. (“SAESA”) in its acquisition from Enel Chile S.A. of the publicly traded Chilean company Enel Transmisión Chile S.A. for USD $1,350 MM, including obtaining approval for this transaction from the competition authority and conducting a tender offer.
  • Advised Amanecer Solar in a financing with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent, and Banco Santander S.A., MUFG Bank Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers, for approximately USD$200 MM.
  • Advised Global Power Generation Chile (GPG) on the financing and construction of the San Pedro solar plant for an amount of USD $103 million, and the Cabo Leones II wind farm for an amount of USD $231 million (USD $217 million in financing plus USD $14 million in VAT).
  • Advised Global Power Generation in the acquisition, development, financing and construction of a portfolio of eleven (11) PMGD projects, for more than 57 MW. The financing was for US$47MM plus a VAT line of US$8.8MM.
  • Advised China Southern Power Grid International (CSGI), in its participation in a consortium for the operation and execution of the HVDC Kimal - Lo Aguirre Transmission Line Project (1,500 Km and 2,000 MW of capacity), for an amount of USD $1,500 MM.
  • Advised Sunco Capital in the due diligence process, negotiation and sale of six PMGD projects for a total of 54 MW, to Neosia Renewables SpA, a subsidiary of the Italian group Maire Tecnimont.
  • Advised Parque Arauco in the acquisition of the Puerto Nuevo commercial complex in the city of Antofagasta, in northern Chile, which includes residential and commercial properties.
  • Professor of Law and Business, Universidad del Desarrollo (2026 – present).
  • Assistant professor of Civil Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Co-author of the article "Reflexiones sobre el mecanismo de notificación de operaciones de concentración en Chile, una mirada desde el sector eléctrico", Investigaciones CeCo (November, 2023).
  • Scholarship Matrícula de Honor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013).

Banking and Finance
Water Law
Energy
Mergers and Acquisitions
Infrastructure and Project Development
Real Estate and Urban Planning
Antitrust
Capital Markets
Mining

Education

  • Lawyer. Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2018).
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.), Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. (2025), graduated with honors.

Languages

English, Spanish