Joanna Heskia Tornquist
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 5 : Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime
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Band 5
About
Provided by Joanna Heskia Tornquist
Practice Areas
-White Collar Crime.
-Criminal Law.
-International Criminal Law.
-International Humanitarian Law.
Career
Mrs. Heskia is founding partner at Espinoza & Heskia Abogados, a boutique law firm which specialises in White Collar and Criminal Law. With more than 30 years of experience, she specialises in complex litigation. Joanna Heskia is also a litigation professor, in graduate and post graduate level, both in Chile and in a number of Latin American countries. She List of Counsel at the International Criminal Court and has ample expertise in international criminal cases, where she has participated in high profile extradition cases.
She is in the Advisory Board of Amparo y Justicia Foundation, an important charity that deals with minors victims of grave crimes.
Professional Memberships
Chilean Bar Association
International Bar Association
International Criminal Court Bar Association
IBA War Crimes Committee. Officer. Liason For Latin America
Criminal Sciences Chilean Institute
Languages Spoken
Spanish and English
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Chile
Education
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Law Degree
1986 - 1992
Universidad Intrenacional de Puerto Rico
LLM
2018 - 2019
Awards
Probono Criminal Lawyer
Probono Foundation
2008
Chambers Review
Latin America
Joanna Heskia Tornquist of Espinoza y Heskia Abogados enters the rankings for the first time as she is recognised by peers and clients for her activity in the white-collar crime field in Chile.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Joanna Heskia Tornquis is a very experienced and knowledgeable lawyer. She has taken the lead brilliantly and approached all our issues very seriously."
"Joanna Heskia Tornquis is a very experienced and knowledgeable lawyer. She has taken the lead brilliantly and approached all our issues very seriously."