Biography

Drawing on her background as an environmental attorney in Chile, Valentina helps clients through environmental compliance, permitting, and enforcement challenges.

Before joining B&D, Valentina advised a multinational company on critical environmental issues including wastewater discharges, atmospheric emissions, waste management, sanitary conditions, and noise limits. She conducted operational and project risk analyses, identified regulatory trends, and developed compliance strategies.

Valentina’s experience with the mining, forestry, and pulp and paper industries includes Environmental Impact Assessment strategies, advising on permitting structure and enforcement defense, while closely coordinating with interdisciplinary teams. She also supports compliance with evolving waste regulations and extended producer responsibility laws, while closely coordinating with interdisciplinary teams.

Education

  • Stanford Law School  (LL.M., 2025)
  • Pontificia Unviversidad Catolica de Chile  (2019)
    • Diploma in Natural Resources Law, Mining Law Specification
  • Pontificia Unviversidad Catolica de Valparaíso  (2018)
    • Mine Closure Course “Valorization and Guarantee in a Closure Plan”
  • Pontificia Unviversidad Catolica de Chile  (LL.B., 2015)
    • Equivalent to J.D.
  • The University of Melbourne  (2014)
    • Academic Exchange Program

Bar Admissions

  • Chile

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)
  • English (Fluent)