Francisco Silva

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Specialist in water law. His practice focuses on all kind of matters related to water law, administrative sanctioning and judicial proceedings. Francisco worked at the Litigation Unit of the General Water Agency (DGA), where he gained a relevant experience before ordinary courts, Appeal Courts, Supreme Court, Constitutional Court and Antitrust Court. He also worked as a lawyer for the DGA’s Inspection Unit.

Before LAWGIC Abogados, he served as an attorney at the DGA (2018-2022); and in the Health Agency in Concepción (2015-2018).

EDUCATION

Graduated from Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (2015).
Máster of Water Law, from Universidad de Granada (2024-2025).
Postgraduate Degree Diploma in Water Law and Climate Change, Universidad de Chile (2022).
Postgraduate Degree Diploma in Water Management and Regulation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2019).
Postgraduate Degree Diploma in Environmental Law and Natural Resources, Universidad de los Andes (2016).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Legal 500. Shortlisted Chile Awards 2024, Rising Star of the year and Leading Associate 2025, in the category Water Law.

MEMBERSHIPS

Latin American Association of Underground Hydrology for Development (ALHSUD).

RECENT ARTICLES AND SEMINARS

Speaker in “Practical and Updating Seminar on Water Law”, in Panel N°2 “Water Communities and Water Rights Titles, Collective Improvements”. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / Universidad de Talca, 2023.

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

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English