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Competition and antitrust

Posse Herrera Ruiz

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According to sources, Posse Herrera Ruiz’s competition group is ‘composed of lawyers who care about understanding the business of their clients’. The practice secured a strong run of merger reviews during 2022/23, which included advising German transport company Hapag-Lloyd on the Colombian merger-review aspects of its acquisition of two lines of businesses of Chile-based SM SAAM, namely SAAM Ports and SAAM Logistics. Alongside its strength in merger proceedings, the team handles a significant volume of behavioural competition matters. Competition specialist Jorge De Los Ríos steers the department and led on the Hapag-Lloyd work, with support from senior associate Jorge Lamo Blanco, who joined in July 2022 from Esguerra JHR. Associates Laura Torrado and Adriana Otero are also noted for competition, data protection and consumer protection matters.

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  • ‘Posse Herrera Ruiz’s competition practice is a multidisciplinary team with experience in the real estate and consumer sector.’
  • ‘The team is composed of lawyers who care about understanding the business of their clients, which strengthens its support and advice.’

Key clients

  • Puerto Bahía Colombia de Urabá (Puerto Antioquia)
  • Aqualia Latinoamérica
  • Cencosud
  • UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones
  • Phoenix Tower International Colombia
  • Laboratorio Franco Colombiano Lafrancol
  • Saint-Gobain Weber Colombia
  • Jerónimo Martins Colombia
  • Hapag-Lloyd
  • Odinsa
  • TCS Solution Sucursal Colombia
  • Torneos y Competencias
  • American Airlines
  • Grupo Bolivar
  • Adidas
  • Colombian Government, National Planning Department
  • Latam Airlines
  • Elis Colombia
  • Halliburton
  • Reckitt Benckizer

Work highlights

  • Advised Hapag-Lloyd on a merger-control procedure related to its acquisition of two of SM SAAM’s four lines of business.
  • Advised American Airlines on merger-control proceedings before Aerocivil related to its acquisition of a minority, non-controlling share interest in JetSmart Airlines.
  • Advised Aqualia Latinoamérica on a merger-control procedure related to its acquisition of Aguas de La Sabana.

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Jorge de los Ríos
Jorge De los Ríos is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Competition Law, Consumer Protection, Unfair Competition Litigation, Protection of Personal Data, and Compliance. He has extensive experience advising on regulatory matters in the food industry, alcoholic beverages, the pharmaceutical industry, the tobacco industry, and the cosmetics and personal care products and home industries. He has advised multinational and local companies in multiple cases of business concentrations in Colombia and globally and has participated in some of the most relevant cases of business cartels in Colombia.

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Jorge De los Ríos

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