About Lawshi

Legal counsel for Chinese companies investing in Latin America

Lawshi was founded in Santiago, Chile, in 2017 to advise Chinese companies investing in Latin America. We have offices in Chile, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador. Our team works in Chinese, Spanish and English, so headquarters in China and local teams in Latin America can deal with us directly, without losing detail in translation.

We have advised more than 700 Chinese companies, from listed groups and state-owned enterprises to growing technology businesses, on cross-border M&A, company formation, financial licensing, employment, tax compliance and commercial disputes.

2017: Founded in Santiago, Chile
7: Latin American countries with an office
700+: Chinese companies advised
3: Working languages: Chinese, Spanish and English

Representative matters

Featured: cross-border M&A Chile, Peru, Brazil

Shareate’s US$42 million acquisition of Drillco Tools

Latin America counsel to Shareate, a company listed on the Shanghai STAR Market, on its acquisition, through its Australian subsidiary, of 100% of Chilean rock-drilling tool maker Drillco Tools S.A. for US$42 million in cash (signed December 2024). We conducted due diligence in Chile, Peru and Brazil, designed the deal structure and negotiated the transaction documents. The deal was reported by LexLatin.

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Value: US$42 million
Target: 100% of Drillco Tools S.A.
Signed: December 2024
Jurisdictions: Chile, Peru, Brazil
Our role: Latin America counsel to the buyer

Financial licensing Mexico

Helped FinVolution Group (NYSE: FINV) obtain a SOFOM financial license in Mexico.
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Energy Mexico

Due diligence, market-entry advice and full legal support for BGP Inc., a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), on its investment in Mexico.
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Manufacturing Mexico

Supported Baicheng (SSE: 601133) in establishing its investment in Mexico.
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Commercial dispute Chile

Represented a Chinese consumer-goods exporter in a product-compliance claim brought by Walmart Chile. Walmart dropped all of its claims.
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Investment protection Mexico

Represented a Chinese company asserting its rights under the China–Mexico bilateral investment treaty. The CCPIT’s business environment guide for Mexico includes the matter as Case 7.
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Research and recognition

Our practical articles on Latin American law are cited in country guides and reports for Chinese companies investing abroad.

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

Mexico Business Environment Guide for Outbound Investment

Cites Lawshi as the source of its explanation of commercial mediation in Mexico, and includes a matter handled by Lawshi as “Case 7: A Chinese company uses a bilateral investment treaty to protect its rights”.

page 104
Ministry of Commerce of China

Report on the Development of Chinese Enterprises in Mexico

Cites a Lawshi article three times in Chapter 4, “Investment risks and responses”, and lists it in the references. The full report is available on the website of China’s Ministry of Commerce.

pages 78 — 79, page 104
Payoneer

Latin America e-commerce market analysis (2023)

Named Lawshi an “indispensable service provider for entering the Latin American market”

Media coverage

How we work

Local practice, Chinese communication

Lawyers in each country work alongside our Chinese-speaking team, and we deliver advice in both Chinese and the local language.

One team across countries

A single team coordinates multi-country projects, so clients don’t have to manage separate firms in each jurisdiction.

China-side coordination

Through our strategic partnership with Yingke Law Firm in Beijing, we coordinate outbound-investment filings in China with approvals in Latin America.