Pedro Lyon

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 2

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

Chile

16 Years Ranked

Band 3

Venture Capital

Chile

4 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2024

About

Provided by Pedro Lyon

Latin America

Practice Areas

Pedro is a partner and a member of the mining (Band 1) and venture capital (Band 1) areas. In addition, he is a member of the corporate and M&A and investment funds practices. He specializes in mining project development, project finance, and corporate and financing structuring for mining project development, as well as mining agreements and regulatory matters and environmental permits.

In addition, he actively works in structuring investment funds, and representing local and international fund managers. In venture capital matters, he represents local and foreign VC investors, start-ups, CVC funds and incubators in the legal structuring of funds or investment vehicles, in the development and execution of internationalization plans, international M&A VC transactions, and in financing rounds.

Career

Pedro is a member of the board of directors of the Chilean- Pacific Foundation, Administradora Mater, Administradora Bridge, Empresa Eléctrica Blanco, Aaktei Energía S.A., Lácteos Matthei, and Colegio San Lorenzo. He is also very active in sectoral associations: he is member of the Mining Committee of CESCO, of The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, and ACAFI (Chilean Association of Investment Fund Managers).

In the academic field, he was a professor of the “Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital” course for the Master of Laws, at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He regularly participates as speaker at the mining sessions of Universidad de Chile, especially in lectures focused on the importance of the lithium industry in Chile and was professor of “Law in Asia” and “Law and Investment in Asia”, at the Diego Portales University and of “Chinese Law” at Universidad de Chile.

Experience

• Foreign associate with Global Law Office, Beijing and Shanghai, China (2005).

Education

Universidad Diego Portales

Law

2001

National University of Singapore

Master of Laws in Chinese Law (LL.M.)

2005

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Latin-America

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining - Chile

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Head of department Pedro Lyon has earned an excellent reputation in the Chilean mining market. He is often engaged by prominent mining companies to advise on a range of corporate-related matters.

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Venture Capital - Chile

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Pedro Lyon offers a wealth of experience acting on behalf of emerging growth companies and venture capital funds in a broad suite of venture capital transactions in Chile. He is well known for his investor-side practice in capital raising matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Pedro Lyon demonstrates an excellent strategic vision.

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining respondent
Latin-America

I would highlight Pedro's expertise and experience, along with his skills in negotiating with entrepreneurs. As a great negotiator, he always remains calm and composed under pressure.

Venture Capital respondent
Latin-America

Pedro Lyon demonstrates an excellent strategic vision.

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining respondent
Latin-America

I would highlight Pedro's expertise and experience, along with his skills in negotiating with entrepreneurs. As a great negotiator, he always remains calm and composed under pressure.

Venture Capital respondent
Latin-America

Articles, highlights and press releases

22 items provided by Guerrero Olivos

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Guerrero Olivos advised Elementa Foods for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Chilean comp

Guerrero Olivos advised Elementa in the due diligence process, negotiation and preparation of the necessary legal documentation for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Chilean companies

Dec 20, 2024

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Diego Rodríguez, Diego Morandé Montt, Juan José García, Tomás Garnham

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Guerrero Olivos advised Farm Capital on the sale of 100% of the shares of Farm Melozal SpA.

Guerrero Olivos advised Farm Capital Administradora de Fondos Privados S.A. on the sale of 100% of the shares of Farm Melozal SpA. Our M&A team was responsible for the negotiations and the preparation of all closing documents.

Dec 9, 2024

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Diego Rodríguez, Josefa Campero, Eduardo Larraín, Santiago Barros

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Rio2. Mine construction financing package

Rio2 Limited announces that it has arranged a mine construction financing package expected to total approximately US$150 million for construction and general working capital of the Company’s 100%-owned Fenix Gold Project in Chile.

Nov 27, 2024

Authored by Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Pedro Lyon, Antonia Melelli, Javiera Cid

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ByL/Drimkip. Sale of 100% of the shares

Guerrero Olivos advised ByL SpA, a Chilean company that owns the Drimkip brand, dedicated to the manufacture of mattresses and other sleep products, in the sale of 100% of its shares to a Spanish company in the same industry.

Aug 5, 2024

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Diego Rodríguez, Juan Pablo Ossa, Josefa Campero

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Pan American Silver. Sale of % of Agua de la Falda Project

Guerrero Olivos advised Pan American Silver on the sale of its stake (57.7%) in Agua de la Falda S.A. to Rio Tinto

Nov 14, 2023

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Valentina Mora, Sebastián Mozó, Antonia Melelli

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Osisko. Royalty Acquistion

Guerrero Olivos advised Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd, a Canadian intermediate precious metal royalty company which holds a portfolio of over 180 royalties, streams, and precious metal offtakes, in the USD15 million royalty acquisition agreement from Hot Chili Limited

Aug 28, 2023

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Sebastián Mozó, Antonia Melelli, Santiago Barros, Eduardo Larraín, Domingo Larraín, Loreto Cruz, Juan Peribonio, Ignacio Chomalí

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Cemex Ventures B.V. invests in Obralink

Guerrero Olivos represented Obralink, in a USD250,000 investment made by Cemex Ventures B.V. Obralink is a startup that developed a software that render services in the construction industry, and Cemex Ventures B.V is an investor specialized in the construction market.

Jan 13, 2022

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martínez, Diego Auad

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Wayra. Investments in Vincoed Inc. and Retrypay LLC

Guerrero Olivos represented Wayra Chile Tecnología e Innovación SpA in an investment in 2 entrepreneurships. One of them is Vincoed, Inc., a platform that gives access to employees to the best online education programs, and the second one is Retrypay LLC, an e-commerce start-up.

Jan 12, 2022

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martínez, Florencia Cortés, Sofía Middleton

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Rio2 Limited. Sale of the Anocarire mining concessions by Fenix Gold Limitada, to Andex Minerals

Guerrero Olivos represented mining company, Rio2 Limited, in the sale of the Anocarire mining concessions by Fenix Gold Limitada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio2, to Andex Minerals Chile SpA following the successful completion of Andex’s purchase option.

Jan 7, 2022

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Marco Zavala, Jerónimo Zabala, María José Morales

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BUK. USD417 million first funding round.

Guerrero Olivos represented Buk, which operates a human resources management platform, in an international financing round that valued the startup at USD417 million in its first funding round.

Oct 15, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Pedro Pellegrini, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Francisca Martínez

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Rio2 Limited. Fenix Gold Project financing

Guerrero Olivos represented Canadian listed mining company, Rio2 Limited, and its related companies (Fenix Gold Limitada and Lince S.A.), in its international project financing of USD135 million to fully fund its Fenix gold mine to production in Chile.

Aug 18, 2021

Authored by Juan Enrique Allard, Miguel Coddou Astrain, Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Jerónimo Zabala, María José Morales

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Buk. Asset acquisition in Control It

Guerrero Olivos represented HR software developer, Buk SpA. in the acquisition of the assets owned by Control It. This acquisition will improve and broaden the services rendered by Buk to its clients including control clock systems to their platform.

Aug 13, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Francisca Martínez, Jaime Antoñanzas, Pablo Escobar, Juan Luis Vial, Florencia Cortés

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Xepelin. Historic USD230 million A Series financing for a Chilean start-up

Guerrero Olivos represented Chilean startup Xepelin, which created a financial services platform for SMEs in Latin America, in a historic USD230 million international financing.

Aug 3, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Ferrada, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Francisca Martínez, Sofía Middleton

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CLIN. New Investment in Zippedi. Follow-on

Guerrero Olivos represented CLIN in a new investment (follow-on) in Zippedi, a startup which purpose is to sell to third parties information obtained directly from images of products in gondolas, located in rooms of retail establishments, captured through autonomous vehicles (robots).

Jul 27, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martínez, Jaime Antoñanzas

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Torq Resources Inc. Option agreements to earn 100% interest in two relevant Chilean mining projects

Guerrero Olivos represented Canadian mining company Torq Resources Inc. (“Torq”) in several option agreements to earn 100% interest in two relevant mining projects in Chile.

Jun 23, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Jerónimo Zabala, María José Morales

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Food for the Future. Financing round

Guerrero Olivos represented Food for the Future (F4F), an innovative start-up devoted to the development of cultivation technologies. They use the nutritional potential of insects to develop high nutritional products with functional benefits for the animals that consume them.

Apr 22, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martinez, Antonia Namur

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Clínica Astra acquisition

Guerrero Olivos represented a local investment company, Inversiones Las Hualtatas, in a CLP300 million acquisition of the control of a private hospital named Clínica Astra.

Sep 17, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Josefina Yávar, Benjamín Ferrada, Diego Rodríguez, Jaime Antoñanzas, Pilar Illanes, Abel Flores, Catalina Melgarejo, Diego Auad

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Minera Tres Valles. Reorganization proceeding

Guerrero Olivos’ represented Anglo American Marketing Limited, GAM Kimura Master Fund Limited and Citicorp International as the main secured creditors and lenders in the reorganization plan proceeding of Minera Tres Valles SpA,

Sep 15, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Macarena Ravinet, Sergio Yávar, Tomás Kubick, Benjamín Novoa, Antonia Namur, Jerónimo Zabala, Nicolás del Real

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Aurus Tecnología Fondo de Inversión Privado's investment in Echopixel

Guerrero Olivos represented Echopixel and its Holding, which are companies from the technology industry that develop software platforms of interactive mixed reality to improve surgical images in an investment received by a local investment fund.

Jun 3, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Manuel Francisco Guerrero

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Chazki. Acquisition of 100% of the shares of TodoVa SpA

Our venture capital team represented Chazki in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of TodoVa SpA, a local start-up devoted to last mile delivery services, which allowed Chazki the entrance to the Chilean market.

Apr 30, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Josefina Yávar, Martín Cox

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Rio2 Limited. Acquisition of mining company

Guerrero Olivos represented Canadian listed mining company, Rio2 Limited and Rio2 S.A.C., in the acquisition of local mining company, Compañía Minera Paso San Francisco S.A., which will bring strategic benefits for the development of its nearby Fenix Gold Project,

Apr 30, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Magdalena Urquidi, Jerónimo Zabala

Highlight

Clin Private Investment Fund investment in agritech and online platform hardware investments

Guerrero Olivos assisted CLIN Private Investment Fund. (“CLIN”) which has relevant contributors including Zoma (related to Walmart), Entel, Fundación Chile and Engie, in two startups.

Oct 17, 2018

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Josefina Yávar, Francisca Martínez

Highlight

Guerrero Olivos advised Elementa Foods for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Chilean comp

Guerrero Olivos advised Elementa in the due diligence process, negotiation and preparation of the necessary legal documentation for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Chilean companies

Dec 20, 2024

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Diego Rodríguez, Diego Morandé Montt, Juan José García, Tomás Garnham

Highlight

Guerrero Olivos advised Farm Capital on the sale of 100% of the shares of Farm Melozal SpA.

Dec 9, 2024

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Diego Rodríguez, Josefa Campero, Eduardo Larraín, Santiago Barros

Highlight

Rio2. Mine construction financing package

Nov 27, 2024

Authored by Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Pedro Lyon, Antonia Melelli, Javiera Cid

Highlight

ByL/Drimkip. Sale of 100% of the shares

Aug 5, 2024

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Diego Rodríguez, Juan Pablo Ossa, Josefa Campero

Highlight

Pan American Silver. Sale of % of Agua de la Falda Project

Guerrero Olivos advised Pan American Silver on the sale of its stake (57.7%) in Agua de la Falda S.A. to Rio Tinto

Nov 14, 2023

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Valentina Mora, Sebastián Mozó, Antonia Melelli

Highlight

Osisko. Royalty Acquistion

Aug 28, 2023

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Sebastián Mozó, Antonia Melelli, Santiago Barros, Eduardo Larraín, Domingo Larraín, Loreto Cruz, Juan Peribonio, Ignacio Chomalí

Highlight

Cemex Ventures B.V. invests in Obralink

Jan 13, 2022

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martínez, Diego Auad

Highlight

Wayra. Investments in Vincoed Inc. and Retrypay LLC

Jan 12, 2022

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martínez, Florencia Cortés, Sofía Middleton

Highlight

Rio2 Limited. Sale of the Anocarire mining concessions by Fenix Gold Limitada, to Andex Minerals

Jan 7, 2022

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Marco Zavala, Jerónimo Zabala, María José Morales

Highlight

BUK. USD417 million first funding round.

Guerrero Olivos represented Buk, which operates a human resources management platform, in an international financing round that valued the startup at USD417 million in its first funding round.

Oct 15, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Pedro Pellegrini, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Francisca Martínez

Highlight

Rio2 Limited. Fenix Gold Project financing

Aug 18, 2021

Authored by Juan Enrique Allard, Miguel Coddou Astrain, Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Jerónimo Zabala, María José Morales

Highlight

Buk. Asset acquisition in Control It

Aug 13, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Francisca Martínez, Jaime Antoñanzas, Pablo Escobar, Juan Luis Vial, Florencia Cortés

Highlight

Xepelin. Historic USD230 million A Series financing for a Chilean start-up

Guerrero Olivos represented Chilean startup Xepelin, which created a financial services platform for SMEs in Latin America, in a historic USD230 million international financing.

Aug 3, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Ferrada, Alejandro Chechilnitzky, Francisca Martínez, Sofía Middleton

Highlight

CLIN. New Investment in Zippedi. Follow-on

Jul 27, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martínez, Jaime Antoñanzas

Highlight

Torq Resources Inc. Option agreements to earn 100% interest in two relevant Chilean mining projects

Guerrero Olivos represented Canadian mining company Torq Resources Inc. (“Torq”) in several option agreements to earn 100% interest in two relevant mining projects in Chile.

Jun 23, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Jerónimo Zabala, María José Morales

Highlight

Food for the Future. Financing round

Apr 22, 2021

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Francisca Martinez, Antonia Namur

Highlight

Clínica Astra acquisition

Guerrero Olivos represented a local investment company, Inversiones Las Hualtatas, in a CLP300 million acquisition of the control of a private hospital named Clínica Astra.

Sep 17, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Josefina Yávar, Benjamín Ferrada, Diego Rodríguez, Jaime Antoñanzas, Pilar Illanes, Abel Flores, Catalina Melgarejo, Diego Auad

Highlight

Minera Tres Valles. Reorganization proceeding

Sep 15, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Macarena Ravinet, Sergio Yávar, Tomás Kubick, Benjamín Novoa, Antonia Namur, Jerónimo Zabala, Nicolás del Real

Highlight

Aurus Tecnología Fondo de Inversión Privado's investment in Echopixel

Jun 3, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Manuel Francisco Guerrero

Highlight

Chazki. Acquisition of 100% of the shares of TodoVa SpA

Apr 30, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Josefina Yávar, Martín Cox

Highlight

Rio2 Limited. Acquisition of mining company

Apr 30, 2020

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Benjamín Pérez Arrieta, Magdalena Urquidi, Jerónimo Zabala

Highlight

Clin Private Investment Fund investment in agritech and online platform hardware investments

Guerrero Olivos assisted CLIN Private Investment Fund. (“CLIN”) which has relevant contributors including Zoma (related to Walmart), Entel, Fundación Chile and Engie, in two startups.

Oct 17, 2018

Authored by Pedro Lyon, Josefina Yávar, Francisca Martínez

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