Diego Miranda is a partner in the Public and Regulatory Law and Energy & Natural Resources practice areas. He has over ten years of experience advising and representing private and public institutions, both national and international, in matters related to Public, Regulatory, Administrative, and Constitutional Law, as well as Energy, Natural Resources, and Environmental Law. A specialist in administrative litigation, he has advised numerous companies in negotiations and disputes of this nature before various Government entities. In addition, he has extensive experience advising clients on the negotiation and execution of special and critical contracts, particularly those related to the country's regulated economic activities.
Practice Areas
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Public and Regulatory Law.
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Energy and Natural Resources.
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Arbitration and Dispute Resolution.
Education
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LL.B., Universidad de Concepción (2013).
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Postgraduate Diploma in Government Procurement and Administrative Contracts, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2014).
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Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a specialization in Constitutional Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2020).
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Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2020).
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Postgraduate Diploma in Natural Resources Law and Sustainable Development, Universidad de Chile (2024).
Professional Experience
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Partner at Bascuñán & Cía, since 2025.
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Associate Attorney at Allende Bascuñán y Cía (2022-2025).
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Attorney at the Environmental Assessment Service (2021).
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Associate Attorney at Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (2013-2020).
Additional Information
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Diego Miranda has extensive experience as a university professor, particularly as an undergraduate professor for the Public Law Litigation Clinic at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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In 2024, he was awarded the “Energy & Natural Resources: Electricity & Gas - Rising Star of the Year” at the Chile Awards 2024, organized by Legal 500.
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In 2021, he received the "Magíster Legado Alejandro Silva Bascuñán Award" for the highest academic performance in Constitutional Law in the LL.M. program at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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In 2020, he was recognized as a “Rising Star” in Public Law, Chile, by Legal 500.
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In 2010, he received the "Professor Julio Parada Benavente Award" for the best undergraduate thesis in Constitutional Law, Universidad de Concepción.
Publications
Books
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"Templates for citizen’s relations with the State Administration", 2022, Tirant Lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain.
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“Regulation and Sanction Powers. Classical intervention instruments in the current scenario: the principle of legality”, Tirant Lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain.
Books chapters and articles
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“Conflicts Between Regulatory Norms in Chile: Challenges in the Exercise of Normative Powers by Administrative Organs", 2025, Revista Justicia & Derecho, 8(1), pp. 1–20.
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"The legal taxativeness of the grounds for implication and recusal and the control of the judge’s moral suitability"(2025), Actualidad Jurídica, Revista de Derecho de la Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
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"The Doctrine of Procedural Deviation in Light of Due Process Requirements, in: Public Law for Institutional Modernization", 2022, XLIX Jornadas Chilenas de Derecho Público, Tirant Lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain.
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"Access to the administrative file and procedure aplicable to the denial of the environmental authorization. A comment from the logic of the conflict of norms. Three years of jurisprudential impact. 2017-2019", 2021, Ediciones Jurídicas de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
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"Are the enemies of your enemies your friends? Abuse of law and neo-constitutionalism", 2020, Revista de Derecho Público Iberoamericano, Santiago, Chile.
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"Chilean chapter. Public procurement. Chile. Administrative procedure and public procurement in Iberoamerica. Spain, Portugal, Chile, Colombia and Peru", 2020, Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain.
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"Unilateral termination of contract by the Administration and tacit resolutory condition in the administrative contract, Ten years of jurisprudential impact. 2006-2016", 2018, Ediciones Jurídicas de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
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"Defining abuse of law based on its fundamental principles", 2016, Revista Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, Madrid, Spain.
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"Restrictions on property rights by regulatory acts. Gratuity or onerocity of the public burden?”, 2014, Thomson Reuters, Santiago, Chile.
Memberships
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Energy & Resources Law Association (formerly AMPLA Ltd), based in Melbourne, Australia.
Languages: Spanish, English.