Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Energy Group. His practice is focused on energy law, particularly on the development of energy projects and associated infrastructure, the negotiation of supply and transportation contracts for electricity and fuel, NCRE accreditations, and on regulatory, contentious and transactional matters of the power industry.

Bar Admissions
Chile (2010).

Education

• Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
• Exchange student, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (2007).
• LL.M. in Environmental Law, University of Sydney (Beca Chile) (2014).

• Recognized in Energy and Natural Resources, Chambers Latin America.
• Recognized in Electricity, Oil and Gas, Legal 500.
• Recognized in Energy, Latin Lawyer 250.
• Recognized in Energy, Best Lawyers.
• Recognized in Energy, LACCA.
• Recognized in Energy and Natural Resources, Top Ranked Legal.
• Finalist in Energy, Leading Lawyers, Idealis (2016).
• Best Pro Bono Coordinator Award, Fundación Pro Bono (2012).

• Professor of Energy Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (since 2022).
• Member of the Board of the Pro Bono Foundation (Fundación Pro Bono).
• Foreign Associate, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney (2015).
• Co-writer of the SIC-SING Interconnection Law Project approved as Law Nr. 20,726 (2013).
• Member of the drafting committee of the Public Electric Highway Bill presented to Congress by President Sebastián Piñera (2012).
• Member of the drafting committee of the Ministry of Energy for the NCRE Bill (Law Nr. 20,698) (2010).
• Law Clerk of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Group, Carey (2005-2008).
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

• Ministry of Energy Establishes Criteria for Requests of Unique Collective Permit Applicable to Power Generation Companies

  By José Tomás Hurley |July 2020

• CORFO Creates Green Credit to Boost Investment in Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy Projects.

  By José Tomás Hurley |June 2020

• Amendments to the Gas Service Law in Chile and Other Legal Provisions Enter Into Force

  By José Tomás Hurley |March 2017

• Co-author of case note on Warkworth Mining Limited v/s Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc, Local Government Law Journal (2015).
• Co-author of the chapter about Regulated Industries: Mining, Doing Business in Chile, 2nd Edition, British Chilean Chamber (2013).
• Co-author of "Lithium Industry and the Chilean Case", Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (2011).