Organised by: Environmental Law Committee
Session abstract:
The speakers of the panel will discuss how sustainable public procurement (denominated in some countries as green purchasing, environmentally preferable purchasing, or socially responsible procurement) can contribute to a reduction of negative impacts on the environment and to get better value for money, thanks to the incorporation of environmental solvency criteria, environmental special performance conditions and environmental award criteria and consequently, how to comply with the sustainable development goals of Agenda 2030 and mainly with goal 12. The panelists will share their experiences from different parts of the world including experiences related to the procurement of the private sector.
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Alberto Cardemil
Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Natural Resources and Environmental Group. His professional practice is focused on water law, natural resources transactions and litigation, agribusiness, corporate law and commercial law. Additionally, he leads Carey’s China Desk.
Recognized in Environment: Water Rights, Chambers Latin America; Mining & Metals and in Environment, Latin Lawyer 250; Recognized in Project Development and M&A, IFLR1000; Mining, Who’s Who Legal; Energy, LACCA; Water Law and Natural Resources, Best Lawyers and mamed Lawyer of the Year in Water Law, Best Lawyers (2016).
He is member of the Board of the Chinese Chilean Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, member of Chilean Association of Water Utilities Sector Lawyers, Chair of the Environmental Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association and Founder and current chair of Asociación de Energías Marinas (ADEMAR).
Ignacio Santamaria
Ignacio has been Partner of Lloreda Camacho & Co., since 1996. He is the head of the Mining & Natural Resources, Administrative, and International Trade Departments.
He has a Law degree (J.D. Equivalent) from Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, holds two post-graduate degrees in Financial Law from Universidad de los Andes and in Administrative Law from the Universidad del Rosario, both in Bogotá. Ignacio has also a post-graduate degree in Antitrust Law from the University of Konstanz in Germany.
Ignacio has more than 25 years of experience in matters related to Mining Law, including mining joint ventures structuring, acquisition of mining companies, establishment of special purpose vehicles, option agreements and purchase agreements of mining titles and related; building, construction and operating mining agreements, earth removal agreements, easements, mining due diligence processes, preparation of the required documents from a Colombian legal perspective for listing processes on the TSX, TSXV and ASX, representation of clients before administrative authorities, litigation processes in connection with mining and land restitution, credit agreements and documents to secure the credit agreements, nullity and reinstatement of rights actions before the administrative courts, and negotiation with communities of all types of agreements including previous consultation processes and participation agreements, forest reserve extraction processes and environmental permitting in general.
Currently, Ignacio is a member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF), the Interpacific Bar Association (IPBA); and participates in the Annual Meetings of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) since 2006 and the Mines & Money event since 2012.
Additionally, he has been invited as guest speaker by the National Association of Industries – ANDI the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and IPBA.
Speakers
Andrey Porfiriev
Andrey Porfiriev PhD, focuses on regulatory issues, legislative drafting, administrative law and resolution of disputes that frequently involve governmental authorities. He has extensive experience of liaising with state corporations at all levels.
His practice comprises execution of joint state projects, as well representation of interests of industrial, telecommunications, education, science, aviation and pharmaceutical companies. His professional scope includes projects in the field of regulation of innovative products: biomedical cell products, computer software, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), etc.
In 2005-2008, Andrey was the head of the litigation department at the Federal Industrial Agency, overseeing bankruptcy proceedings of strategic companies and organizations, advising on protection against corporate raiding of state-owned enterprises and legislative efforts affecting various economic sectors.
Andrey is heavily engaged in social activity: he works closely with NGOs, foundations. He is a member of the RSPP Committee for Development of Pension Systems and Social Insurance and co-chairs the Business Against Corruption Public Center (under the auspices of Delovaya Rossiya). He has been certified by the Ministry of Justice of Russia as an independent expert for anti-corruption examination of legislative acts.
Andrey has acted as an expert for the Council of Europe on a project named “Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights from Corrupt Practices in the Russian Federation”. He has been commended for drafting of the Law of the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights by both the Presidential Commissioner and the Minister for Economic Development.
In 2016, the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov awarded a letter of commendation to the Firm for Andrey’s persistent pro bono efforts in protection of entrepreneurs’ rights at a session of the Business against Corruption Public Center. Andrey Porfiriev has been commended by Boris Titov for significant contribution in the development of a mid-term program for social and economic development of the Russian Federation till 2025.
Andrey graduated cum laude from the Law School of the Moscow City Teachers University (2003) and had his PhD (2008) at Moscow University for the Humanities.
Best Lawyers named Andrey the Lawyer of the Year in Aviation.
He is a member of the Moscow Bar Association.
Christina S. Reyes
Christina is a Senior Associate at the Cochingyan and Partners Law Offices, a firm based in Manila, Philippines which specializes in assisting foreign companies with cross border transactions and inbound investments.
Her professional practice is in corporate law and mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation law, labor law, civil law, and criminal law. She has experience in advising and representing companies, counseling boards of directors and management on a wide range of areas, including domestic and cross-border deals, financing, restructuring, foreign investment, business establishment and development, governance, and all respects of the regulatory framework within which clients must operate.
Christina is a member of the Cross-Border Investments Committee and a member of the University of the Philippines Women Lawyers’ Circle. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 2013 and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2014.
Meryl Koh
Meryl is a litigator and a Director in both the Intellectual Property (IP) and Dispute Resolution Departments at one of Singapore’s ‘Big 4’ law firms, Drew & Napier.
Meryl’s has been involved in many complex litigation and arbitrations concerning IP infringement as well as corporate and commercial disputes involving contract, defamation, breach of director’s duties and employment law. Her clients include high net worth individuals, listed companies as well as international and household names in the hospitality, media, eSports and gaming F&B, technology, agriculture, resources and pharmaceutical industries.
Meryl has been repeatedly named as a Next Generation Lawyer in IP by Legal 500, identified as one of 40 bright legal minds in the region under the age of 40 by Asian Legal Business (2019), lauded as an accomplished industry leader under the age of 40 in Prestige Singapore Magazine (2017) and was one of Singapore’s 70 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under by Singapore Business Review (2016).
She is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and sits on the board of EB Impact, a non-profit organisation focused on delivering training and programmes to Asia Pacific’s underserved communities with a focus on generating positive sustainable development impact.
Meryl is also a member of the International Association for the Protection of IP (AIPPI) IP and Green Technology Standing Committee and the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Circular Economy Interest Group. In this latter capacity, she was one of the co-authors of the SICC’s 2019 Position Paper on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging in Singapore.