Baker McKenzie Chile's nine-member antitrust team in Santiago has longstanding experience in antitrust issues, including private competition litigation, merger control, and cartel (and other conduct) investigations. It also assists with compliance work and internal investigations. The practice’s client base takes in the banking, healthcare, insurance, retail, infrastructure, aviation, telecoms, and mining sectors; and the local team is additionally able to leverage the firm’s enviable global competition practice across 47 jurisdictions. Heading the firm’s dispute resolution and antitrust practice groups, Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés ‘conveys peace of mind with his advice’; he is flanked by Diego Ferrada, a telecoms and technology specialist. The antitrust experience of associate Juan Ignacio Donoso covers cartels, mergers, abuse of dominance cases and compliance.
Testimonials
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‘The team is very prepared, with high-level capabilities and very available.’
‘They are very easy to contact, and their advice is grounded and commercially attractive.’
‘Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés is very approachable and conveys peace of mind with his advice.’
‘Juan Ignacio Donoso is very fast and precise when answering questions.’
Key clients
- HP
- Marubeni
- Infobip
- Motorola
- Cencosud
- Cargill
- HSBC Bank (Chile)
- Viña Concha y Toro
- Sumitomo Chemicals
- Ohio National Seguros de Vida
- Vida Security
- Minera Altos del Punitaqui
- Platinum Equity Group
- General Electric
- Aguas Antofagasta
- Black & Decker
- NYK
- Daimler
- Essity
- Sika
- Boston Scientific International
- MSD
- Colgate-Palmolive
Work highlights
- Representing Cencosud in two follow-on actions before the Competition Tribunal, which were brought by consumer association Agrecu and SERNAC for compensation for damage caused by a hub-and-spoke cartel.
- Representing Essity in follow-on actions, submitted by consumer associations Conadecus and SERNAC, which are seeking compensation for damage caused by a tissue cartel.
- Representing Motorola in an unfair business complaint filed against Pegasus.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés