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Partner at PPU expert in Water Resources, environmental matters and natural resources, with vast expertise in general regulatory matters and litigation. His professional practice focuses on expertly and skillfully managing highly-complex matters, which has enabled him to participate in varied and important investment projects, advising domestic and foreign clients. In 2010, he was appointed by the President of the Republic as the highest-ranking authority for water matters in Chile, as Director of the General Bureau for Water, where he led a team of experts from the World Bank in the elaboration of a report to diagnose water resources and their institutionality for the definition of the National Strategy for Water Resources. While in office, he led the creation of the National System for Water Information, the drafting and discussion of 2 bills of law to amend the Chilean Code of Waters and the Chilean Code on Criminal Law, and the elaboration of the texts that later resulted in the regulations for Underground Water Exploration and Exploitation, Large-Scale Hydraulic Works, and Ecological Flow-Rates. “Matías Desmadryl is an expert lawyer in water law and has vast experience in the public and private sectors, which allows him to understand the most complex conflicts posed by water law and propose strategic solutions not only with a legal approach but also a technical one”. Chambers & Partners 2024.