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Prieto Abogados Offices

Alonso de Córdova 4355 (piso 15)
Vitacura
Santiago
Chile
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Mr Benjamín Grebe

Work Department
Antitrust, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Arbitration.
Position
Partner
Career
Benjamín Grebe has been a partner un Prieto since 2010. He joined the firm in 1998.
He is the head of the Antitrust Area and counsels clients on prevention, as well as in investigations conducted by the National Economic Attorney Generals Office and in cases before the Antitrust Court. This is an area in which he has been distinguished by Chambers & Partners.
He also is actively involved and has significant experience in bankruptcy and insolvencies, mergers and acquisitions and in commercial arbitration.
In recent years, he has mainly dedicated to counsel and provide legal representation to clients in Antitrust area in several business areas, in process of merger control led by the authority, cases of alleged joint and unilateral abuse of dominance and alleged cartels, including one of the most recent cartel cases, representing a client as an applicant for leniency process.
In the preventive consultancy area, he assists clients with consultations related to Antitrust matters on vertical restraints, allocation, dominant position abuse, merger control procedures, agreements between competitors and joint ventures, among others. He has developed and executed, several antitrust compliance programmes for companies and trade associations, including risk analysis, compliance programme, instructive, and training courses.
Also he has counseled state companies in port bidding process, especially with his representation before the Competition Tribunal on these matters.
He leads the Insolvency and Bankruptcy area and has experience representing creditors, debtors, and interested parties on judicial proceedings of bankruptcy and insolvencies, and in commercial arbitration. He had active involvement for several years in merger and acquisitions operations, on different areas, including retail, food sector, industrial production, etc. Previously, he worked in the litigation practice area, representing clients in all sorts of civil, commercial and public law disputes.
He earned a LLM from University of Warwick, where he graduated cum laude. He studied law at Universidad Finis Terrae, where he was awarded the Francisco Bulnes Ripamonti prize as the best student in his class.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and of the IBA and is on the arbitrators roster of the National Arbitration Center. He is the firm’s Coordinator with the Pro Bono Foundation.
Education
Diploma in the Economics of Competition, Fundamentals for Attorneys, Universidad de los Andes, 2007. LL.M., University of Warwick, 2005.Law Degree, Universidad Finis Terrae, 1998.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
(Leading partners)Regularly mandated to advise on headline liquidations and reorganisations, Prieto Abogados‘ 10-strong team comprises experts in defaulting companies, as well as debt, syndicated loan and bond conversion-related negotiations. The group, which ‘stands out for its knowledge and expertise in restructuring’, is also highly active in relation to cross-border insolvencies. In recent highlights, the department advised Engie on the liquidation of electricity generation company María Elena Solar. Co-leading the insolvency and restructuring team, Benjamín Grebe predominantly acts for creditors in judicial insolvency procedures (including bankruptcies and reorganisations), along with restructurings and debt negotiations; and Alberto González V (who also co-heads the firm’s litigation department) is experienced in insolvency proceedings involving direct actions against debtors. In the associate team, senior Vicente Tapia routinely advises on liquidations and reorganisations, while the more junior Javier Albornoz rounds out the practice.
Chile > Competition and antitrust
(Leading partners)Providing a ‘fantastic, high-level quality’, Prieto Abogados‘ six-strong antitrust and competition law practice routinely assists with both contentious and non-contentious matters before the TDLC. The group also has a significant market reputation for its representation of clients before the FNE in leniency applications, and cartel and abuse of dominant position investigations. The team is also sought out to advise on major merger control and minority participation assessments and notifications, along with pre-emptive advice involving contracts, antitrust protocols, interlocking, and compliance programmes. In recent highlights, the group represented Banco Internacional in three different contentious procedures for alleged anticompetitive conduct. The department’s principal figures are competition law specialist Benjamín Grebe, whose workload encompasses litigation before the TDLC and Chilean Supreme Court, as well as FNE investigations and the development of antitrust compliance programmes for companies and trade associations; and experienced director Andrea Von Chrismar, a specialist in the economic regulation aspects of competition law, compliance issues, FNE investigations, and TDLC and Supreme Court conflicts. At associate level, Vicente Tapia and Javier Albornoz are ‘outstanding in terms of their knowledge of free competition matters’, while Constanza Moreno Aedo is an August 2023 recruit to the firm’s free competition and insolvency practices from Jara Del Favero Abogados. Since publication, the firm has announced the raising of Ms. Von Chrismar to the partnership; with effect from January 2025, the promotion will also see her take over leadership of the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Chile > Competition and antitrust
- Leading partners Chile > Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
- Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring Chile
- Competition and antitrust Chile
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Firm Rankings
- Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A
- Projects and infrastructure
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Environment
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Tax
- TMT
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Public law
- Real estate
- Data privacy