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Competition and antitrust

Marval O’Farrell Mairal

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Marval O’Farrell Mairal stands out for handling a high volume of merger filings and maintaining a top-quality antitrust investigation unit, which participates in the most demanding and complex investigations conducted by the Antitrust Commission. The team’s expertise is sought out by clients across Latin America, with the firm assisting companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Uruguay on a range of competition, economic regulation and internal compliance matters. Practice head Miguel Del Pino is a widely respected competition law specialist with more than two decades' experience handling competition and antitrust matters. Partner Santiago del Rio also dedicates his practice to competition law and is another key senior contact. Experienced senior associate Gabriela Ariel Irizar (antitrust and litigation) and associate Ignacio Mora (competition law) provide additional support.

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  • ‘Marval's team is highly professional, sophisticated in its area of expertise and with a high commitment and monitoring of customer needs.’

  • ‘Santiago Del Rio and Franco Nigro are outstanding professionals in their area, with excellent market knowledge.'

Key clients

  • Saudi Aramco
  • Thermo Fisher
  • Peugeot
  • Nike
  • Pernod Ricard
  • DHL
  • Volkswagen
  • General Motors
  • Infobip
  • Disney
  • Sumitomo Chemical
  • American Tower Corporation
  • Lone Star
  • Yara Corporation
  • Compagnie Gervais Danone
  • Delivery Hero
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • KKR
  • Helios Health (Fresenius)

Work highlights

  • Advising on a dominance claim by PPRO against Visa and Mastercard in the digital payment industry.
  • Advising Discovery/Warner on a merger control notification.
  • Advising on the negotiation of remedies in the Avon Natura merger control proceedings.

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Miguel Del Pino

Miguel Del Pino

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His area of specialization is centered on competition and mergers and acquisitions. His professional work focuses on advising clients and representing them before the antitrust authorities on matters relating to pre-merger control, cartel investigations, anticompetitive investigation and general market investigations. He has also dealt with mergers, acquisitions and joint venture transactions, advising buyers and sellers on the transfer of shares or assets in Argentina. He has been very active in advising foreign clients on setting up businesses in Argentina and compliance with local regulations.

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Santiago del Rio

Marval O’Farrell Mairal

Santiago del Rio joined Marval O'Farrell Mairal in 2006 and is a partner of the Competition and Antitrust department. He regularly advises companies from a wide range of markets on antitrust matters in Argentina. He has extensive experience in handling complex merger control notifications, as well as providing counsel for investigations on antitrust practices, both in their administrative and judicial phases.

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Miguel del Pino

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