The six-member competition team at Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr has a strong track-record in Competition Court cases, as well as investigations before the FNE. The group is also active in merger-control assessments and notifications, along with commercial agreements and distribution policies. It is additionally experienced in international unfair competition matters, such as anti-dumping and safeguard cases, and the implementation of compliance programmes. The practice is co-led by Nicholas Mocarquer, a member of the Chilean Bar Association’s Competition Commission since 2019; and Gonzalo Rencoret, whose broad practice includes competition law matters. Key associate Bernardita Schmidt is particularly active in investigations and merger clearances.
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Key clients
- Dow
- Sony
- Gerdau
- SQM
- ADM
- Ferrero Group
- BHP
- Corteva
- Eli Lily
- Thomson Reuters
- Grupo Marina
Work highlights
- Assisting Grupo Marina with a Competition Court proceeding, which concerned a retail trade association claim involving the competition conditions for the commercial centre sector and the contracts between malls and retailers.
- Advised Banco de Chile, Scotiabank Chile, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, Itaú Corpbanca, Banco Estado and Nexus on the merger-control approval of the sale of all the shares of Nexus to Indra.
- Assisting AGSA with an unfair competition claim against three other real estate companies.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nicholas Mocarquer, Gonzalo Rencoret