Karla Miranda

ASSOCIATE

Specialist in Water Law, Environmental Law, and Natural Resources, with experience in administrative and judicial proceedings, regulatory due diligence processes, and advisory services in project development. She has actively participated in the processing of initiatives before the General Water Directorate, the preparation of legal opinions, and regulatory analysis in regulated sectors, addressing matters related to permits, oversight, and compliance in water and environmental regulation.

Prior to joining LAWGIC Abogados, she worked as a legal assistant at Enrique Barros & Cía. (2017–2018) and at the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (2016).

EDUCATION

Attorney graduated from Universidad of Chile (2017).
Passed bachelor’s exam with highest distinction (2018).
Postgraduate Diploma in Natural Resources Law and Sustainable Development, University of Chile (2025).

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Assistant Professor of Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (since 2020)

RECENT ARTICLES AND SEMINARS

Opinion column, in Issue N°24, “Vertiente” Magazine, of “ALHSUD – Chile”, titled “The discretionary authority of the DGA in its sanctioning activity, and the need for unification of criterio”. – 2023

Speaker at the II National Conference on Water Law, presenting the paper entitled:
“Analysis of Article 67, Paragraph 4 of the Water Code: Practical Conflicts in Applications to Change the Point of Abstraction of Water Rights and the Unprecedented Presidential Veto of June 2, 2025.” – University of Talca, 2025

Co-speaker at the Eighth Webinar organized by ALHSUD on the Framework Law on Sectoral Authorizations and its practical application in water-related matters, reviewing the main changes introduced by Law No. 21,770, known as the Permitting Law – 2025
Analysis column published in Issue No. 26 of Vertiente Magazine, by “ALHSUD – Chile”, on the Framework Law on Sectoral Authorizations (Law No. 21,770) – 2025

Opinion column published in Issue No. 26 of Vertiente Magazine, by “ALHSUD – Chile”, entitled:
Alternative Enabling Mechanisms in the Framework Law on Sectoral Authorizations (Law No. 21,770)” – 2025

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English