Tornero, Ignacio

Ignacio Tornero

Associate

	itornero@carey.cl
	+56 2 2928 2205

His practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring, foreign investment and, in particular, in general assistance to Chinese investors in Chile and to Latin American companies in their businesses in China. Between 2013-2018 he was in charge of the opening and coordination of Carey Business Consultancy (Shanghai) Limited, the business consulting firm in China.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Tsinghua University on the incorporation of its Latin America Center and daily operations in Chile.
Crystal Lagoons on the protection of its IP rights and entry to the Chinese market, development of potential projects and day-to-day matters.
A Chilean retail group on a labor compliance case affecting its China office.
A Chilean artist on the enforcement in China of its intellectual property rights.
A Chinese state-owned enterprise on a tender process regarding health facilities in Chile.
Hema, an Alibaba Group company, on the due diligence of some agribusiness-related assets in Chile.
Yanghe, a subsidiary of the state-owned Chinese group Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery, on the acquisition of a 12.5% stake of Viña San Pedro Tarapacá, a Chilean listed company, for approx. USD65 million.
IFM Investors on the sale of Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company with assets in Australia, Chile and Brazil, to State Power Investment Corp. of China (SPIC). This deal was recognized as Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year of 2016 by Latin Finance.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Winner, The 10th Chinese Bridge Proficiency Competition, Chile (2011).

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Professor of the Course "China: Business, Law, Technology & Society", Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2020).
Member of the Advisory Committee of Tsinghua University Latin America Center (since 2019).
Columnist "China Connection", Diario Financiero (since 2019).
Academic contributor, Center for Asian Studies UC (since 2019).
Member of Red China & América Latina (REDCAEM) (since 2019).
Affiliate Researcher, Center of International Studies (CEIUC), Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2019).
Regional Director China (external), Crystal Lagoons, Beijing and Shanghai (2015-2018).
Foreign Associate, Dacheng Dentons, Shanghai (2014).
Foreign Internship, Grandall Law Firm, Beijing (2013).

PUBLICATIONS

Co-author of the Chilean chapter in China Trade and investment in Latin America, The Legal 500 Guide (2020).
Author of several publications regarding Chinese Outward Direct Investment (ODI) in Chile and of various publications related to the relationship between China and Latin America.
Author of the thesis "Chinese FDI in Latin America: the Chilean Case" (ABIF Award) (2011).

RELATED AREAS

Education

Law, Universidad Católica de Chile.
International MBA, The University of British Columbia (graduated 1st in his class), Shanghai (2019).
Chinese, Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) (Hanban scholarship) (2013).
Chinese, Nanjing University (Universidad Católica de Chile scholarship) (2010).

Admissions

Chile (2013).

Languages

Spanish.
English.
Mandarin Chinese (HSK 5).