Juan M. Biset

Profile

Juan M. Biset has worked in Mining and Sustainability for nearly 25 years. He currently advises companies, multilateral organizations and communities on the sustainable development of natural resources.

He is the former Undersecretary of Mining Policy and Mining Sustainability of Argentina, and former Secretary of the Federal Mining Council and of the Mining Integration and Complementation Treaty between Argentina and Chile.

Before holding public office, he worked as an attorney at companies, law firms and as an independent practitioner on mining matters. A graduate with honors from the University of Buenos Aires and Columbia University (New York), admitted to the New York Bar — a distinction that reflects a level of international legal training rarely seen in the local market. He is also a professor and lecturer and holds Sustainability certificates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He is a founding member of the Mining Affairs Working Group of the Argentine Council on Foreign Relations (CARI) and serves as consultant and peer reviewer for international organizations on mining and sustainability matters.

Education

He holds a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires (1999), graduating with honors (Diploma de Honor). He obtained his Master of Laws (LLM) from Columbia University, New York (2004), graduating with academic distinction as a “Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.” He also holds certificates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Sustainability and Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (2022).