About Chile Investments

Chile Investments is a boutique investment consultancy offering a unique, one-stop service covering every possible aspect of your investment requirements in Chile.

Chile Investments comprises a team of highly experienced professionals encompassing all areas of business investment in Chile, with a focus on vineyards and agricultural property.

Our multilingual team assists individual, corporate and institutional investors with every step of investing in Chile, whether in agricultural, commercial and residential real estate or any other area of investment.

As a client, you will only be dealing with one organisation. We will arrange all of your activities, from property scouting and tax, legal and administrative duties to accommodation and travel. Our services ensure that our clients maximise their time on short business trips and minimise the stress and difficulties involved with investing in a foreign country.

Our Services

Services include:

Agricultural Property

• Property scouting
• Property appraisal and surveying
• Soil analysis
• Financial analysis of vineyards, fruit farms and agricultural land
• Title search
• Water-rights analysis
• Purchase contracts

Residential and Commercial Property

• Title search
• Purchase contracts
• Financial analysis
• Architectural assistance

Legal

• Investment and tax law
• Legal entry of funds into Chile
• Company incorporation
• Company management
• Accounting
• Banking and financial planning
• Financial analysis
• Investment analysis
• Contracts
• Powers of Attorney

Other Areas of Expertise

• Investment-fund management
• Hotels and tourism
• Salmon-farming industry
• Forestry
• Mining

If you are interested in any type of investment in Chile, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Who We Are

Matt Ridgway, Coordinating Director, Chile

Born, raised and educated in the United Kingdom, Matt has lived in South America, working and personally investing in South American real estate, since September 2003. After three years living in Buenos Aires he made the permanent move across the Andes in December 2006. He splits his time between the UNESCO World Heritage port city of Valparaiso and Santa Cruz, in the heart of the Colchagua Valley. Matt is a graduate of the prestigious University of Leeds Business School. He is a fluent Spanish speaker and fully understands South American business culture. Matt coordinates all of Chile Investments’ activities and professionals and ensures that clients receive first class service at all times.

Tony Correia, Consultant Agricultural Expert, California

Tony is Chile Investments' advisor in the Napa Valley, California. Tony has over 30 years of experience in rural real-estate appraisal in California with an emphasis on vineyards and fruit farms. He recently retired as President of Correia-Xavier Inc. Tony visited Chile for the first time in early 2008 and recognised the country’s potential, such as its excellent value real-estate and stable economic and political environment. Tony has worked with many of California’s largest and most prestigious vineyards. He has worked as an expert witness in courts of law and brings vast experience to Chile Investments’ team. He is a regular contributor to wine and rural property magazines around the world and a regular public speaker on the subject of agricultural property and vineyards.

Rafael del Valle, Water Rights and Agricultural Property Lawyer

Rafael del Valle is recognised in Chile as the pre-eminent expert in water rights analysis, one of the most essential aspects of agricultural property appraisal. Rafael has over 25 years of experience working for Chile’s most important vineyards, fruit and mining companies. He is the only lawyer in his field to spend much of his time actually on site, constantly visiting properties, interviewing managers and mapping out water sources. Rafael is also an expert in agricultural property title searches and handles all legal aspects of the purchase process. He has been widely published, is a regular public speaker and is also professor of law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica.

Hans Fleichsmann, Consultant Oenologist, Santa Cruz, Chile

Hans is based in Santa Cruz, the heart of the Colchagua Valley, a region recognised as one of the finest in the world for wine production. Hans is a graduate of one of Chile’s finest universities, Universidad de Chile, where he studied Agronomy and Viticulture. He started his working life at Concha y Toro, Chile’s largest and most important vineyard. Since 2002, Hans has worked on-site at Viña Estampa, a young and dynamic vineyard specialising in mixed varietal wines, which have won local and international awards. Hans has travelled extensively worldwide for work and educational purposes.

Legal, Tax and Accounting

Chile Investments has entered into a strategic partnership with two of Chile’s best-known consultancies, Claro y Asociados and MAAS, to provide first-class tax, legal, accounting and business-management services for our clients.

Claro y Asociados has over 30 years’ experience working with some of Chile’s largest companies, government departments and multinationals. The firm is led by Jorge Claro Mimica, founder of Chile’s only dedicated sports television channel, El Canal de Futbol.

MAAS is a highly respected and well known tax consultancy which has provided legal and tax planning services to many Chilean and multinational corporations. MAAS ensures that all of Chile Investments’ clients’ tax issues are handled quickly, legally and efficiently.

Why Work With Chile Investments?

• Our one-stop service is unique. We make investing in Chile an easy, stress-free process.

• You will only have to deal with one organisation that will coordinate all of your activities in Chile. You will not waste valuable time searching for professionals for each separate area of your investment. Our expertise covers all possible aspects of your investment requirements, leaving you free to focus purely on the investment and not on the time-consuming details.

• We act only in your interests. We do not take commission from real-estate agents or property owners and we are not paid to promote any specific property.

• We offer the levels of service and attention that you would expect from a highly experienced international and Chilean team.

• We are a team of professionals that understands the laws, business environment and culture in Chile.

• We will save you time, money and stress through our knowledge and experience of how business is done in Chile.

• We have contacts and ties with some of the most important and influential business people in Chile.

• We will manage every aspect of your investment as if it were our own.

Why Invest In Chile?

There are many reasons why Chile makes an excellent investment destination.

• Chile ranks 23rd in Transparency International's widely respected Corruption Perception Index – above France and Spain. In South and Central America, only Uruguay (joint 23rd) comes close to Chile’s ranking, with the next ranking country, Cuba, in 65th place and Peru in 72nd. Argentina ranks joint 109th, alongside Vanuatu, Belize and Moldova and seven places below Rwanda.

• Chile is the only country in the region with a police force renowned for its honesty and incorruptibility; Chile’s carabineros take their work extremely seriously and will never accept a bribe. This is a feature of Chilean society as a whole.

• Chile’s Standard and Poor’s Sovereign Credit Rating is A+

• The country's Moody’s Sovereign Debt Rating was upgraded in early 2009 to A1.

• Chile is ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit as one of the lowest risk countries in the world for foreign investment.

• Chile’s financial and legal systems are uniquely effective and efficient in South America.

• Chile is a world-famous and award-winning wine producer.

• Chile has free-trade agreements with many countries and trading blocks around the world, including the USA, Canada, New Zealand, the European Union, China, Japan and most South American countries.
• Chile is a major producer and exporter of high-quality fruit and vegetables.

• Chile is the southern hemisphere’s largest fruit exporter.

• Chile is now the largest exporter of table grapes, cherries and apples to China.

• Chile is the world’s largest exporter of table grapes and plums. It is the second largest exporter of avocados and the third largest exporter of kiwis.

• Other major fruit crops include blueberries, strawberries, peaches, oranges, grapefruit, lemons and tomatoes.

• Chile’s agricultural land is incredibly undervalued and typically ranges from 5 to up to 20 times less than comparable land in North America and Europe.

• Chile’s unique geography and strict customs laws ensure that the country is largely free of major fruit and vegetable pests.

• Chile’s climate is perfect for the cultivation of vines, fruits and vegetables, and olives.
• Chile has a long tradition of respecting personal-property rights.

• Chile welcomes foreign investors and there are no limits on foreign investment.

• Foreign investors have the same legal rights as local investors.

Available Properties

The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Regions of Chile offer a wealth of investment possibilities in agricultural, residential and commercial real-estate, including:

• Vineyards
• Olive groves
• Fruit farms
➢ Table grapes
➢ Avocado
➢ Apples
➢ Pears
➢ Citrus fruits
➢ Blueberries
➢ Kiwis
➢ Raspberries
➢ Boysenberries
➢ Blackberries
➢ Peaches
➢ Plums
• Forestry
• Livestock farms
• Arable farms
• Mountainous estates perfect for eco-tourism
• Hot-spring resorts
• Seaside apartments
• Country manors
• Historic mansions
• Gated communities

All of these types of properties are available in the Central Region of Chile. We can find the perfect property for your investment requirements.