The 13-strong antitrust and regulated markets department at full-service firm Carey acts on the full array of competition issues. The ‘available and flexible' team is particularly focused on cartel and abuse-of-dominance investigations before Chile’s National Economic Prosecutor (Fiscalía Nacional Económica/FNE), along with major merger-control clearances. It further assists with both contentious and non-contentious procedures before the Antitrust Court (Tribunal de la Libre Competencia/TDLC), as well as Chile’s Supreme Court. Additionally, the practice has extensive experience in advising companies on antitrust and regulatory internal audits, and the design of antitrust compliance programmes and codes of practice. Following the departure of former co-head Claudio Lizana in December 2022, the group is co-led by antitrust, regulation, and litigation expert Lorena Pavic (’the best antitrust lawyer in Chile'), whose caseload routinely comprises TDLC and Supreme Court litigation, as well as multi-jurisdictional merger cases before the FNE; and recently-promoted partner José Pardo, whose experience includes representing clients from the food, transportation, manufacturing, retail, energy, technology, mining, and pharmaceutical sectors before Chile’s TDLC.

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'Knowledge of both local and international aspects.'
'A comprehensive view of clients' businesses and depth to the analysis, while always looking for safe and innovative alternatives.’
'A team that is available and flexible.'
‘Lorena Pavic is the best antitrust lawyer in Chile - her experience, intelligence, analytical skills and creativity are endless.'
'Carey's team is very professional, with in-depth technical and specific knowledge of antitrust law. They are always up to date on relevant cases and sentences as well as with regulatory updates. They adjust to the internal reality and quickly understand the lines of business and its specificities.'
'Both Lorena Pavic and Jose Pardo are very close and very professional lawyers, simple and very concrete. They do not give ambiguous opinions, which is much appreciated and they support their argument very well. They are studious, respond effectively and timely.'

Key clients

Cencosud
Enap
Bayer
Codelco
WOM

Work highlights

Advised DPDHL Group and JF Hillebrand on the mandatory ex-ante notification before the FNE, in relation to DPDHL Group’s cross-border acquisition of JF Hillebrand Group.
Advised ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (TKIS) on a mandatory ex-ante notification before the FNE, which concerned FLSmidth & Co’s acquisition of TKIS’ mining sector-related plant technology and industrial solutions.
Assisted ENAP with FNE investigations.

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