‘Positioning itself as a market leader due to its extensive track record and successful results’, Barros & Errázuriz's competition and antitrust team has longstanding involvement in high-stakes TDLC cases. The seven-strong department (including three partners) is also consistently mandated by national and international clients to assist with investigations before the FNE; and in relation to merger control matters, the team is notably specialised in concentration notifications. The team’s competition work further includes advice to companies on preventing anti-competitive conduct, such assistance encompassing commercial policy reviews, along with the establishment of business protocols and compliance programmes. It additionally advises trade associations on competition issues. The team is co-led by litigation and arbitration specialist Luis Eduardo Toro; merger control practice head Francisco Bórquez, who ’has outstanding experience in antitrust issues’, and whose workload includes day-to-day competition advice, including compliance and administrative and judicial procedures before the FNE and TDLC; and José Luis Corvalán, whose expertise covers both litigation and competition and antitrust law. At associate level, senior Catalina Villalobos - an adviser on mergers, litigation and anti-competitive practices - is a former legal deputy at the FNE’s mergers division; and the practices of both Josefina Poblete and Virginia González focus on mergers and anti-competitive conduct.
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Testimonials
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- ‘At a very good level and they have good relationships with FNE officials.’
‘Offers a comprehensive and high-quality service to its clients, positioning itself as a market leader due to its extensive track record and successful results.’
‘Highly specialised lawyers in different areas of law, providing comprehensive advice on each of the matters on which they advise.’
‘Always available and attentive to the needs of clients. A team that mixes technical capacity and experience with energy and dynamism.’
'Involved in the most complex and innovative topics in free competition - very deep networks and relationships with the sector’s authorities.’
‘Clients highlight the work of José Luis Corvalán, who combines experience, knowledge and creativity to offer an excellent service.’
‘Francisco Bórquez has outstanding experience in antitrust issues, but he also has an excellent understanding of the businesses and industries of the clients he works with.’
‘Catalina Villalobos and Virginia González are brilliant lawyers.’
Key clients
- Americar
- Comisión Nacional de Energía
- Servicios Visa International
- Valle Hermoso (MH Inversiones)
- Asociación Gremial de Productores de Huevos de Chile
- Pacific Mining Parts
- Essbio
- Esmax Distribución
- Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional
- Grupo Argos
Work highlights
- Assisted Servicios Visa International with the defence of three lawsuits filed by payment facilitators, in relation to the cross-border acquiring rule.
- Advised Valle Hermoso, Auquinco and Alcantara on the acquisition of Inchalam shares from Bekaert, the assistance including antitrust issues.
- Assisted Esmax Distribución with its defence before the Chilean Competition Tribunal, which involved a consultation process initiated by the FNE.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Luis Eduardo Toro, Francisco Bórquez, José Luis Corvalán