Competition/Antitrust
Latin America Guide 2025 : Argentina
Band 2
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Provided by Allende & Brea
The Competition/Antitrust Department of Allende & Brea, works for multinational and local corporations, to prevent legal disputes by giving preventive advice, and also when the dispute has already arisen. The department works on the defense throughout all the administrative and court stages of the proceedings.
Our Competition/Antitrust Department practice includes assistance in:
- Dealing with antitrust authorities in economic concentration transactions.
- Acting as defendants or claimants in administrative proceedings and judicial remedies relating to cartels, abuse of dominant positions and other anticompetitive practices.
- Advicing and advocacy regarding compliance with antitrust laws in the client’s distribution networks, as well as other types of agreement and vertical relationship with customers or suppliers.
- Designing and implementation of antitrust compliance programs and internal investigations.
- Providing legal advice on antitrust risk assessments for transactions that need to close before obtaining antitrust clearance.
Our firm has advised many clients in a variety of sectors in connection with merger control filings and other required compliance in connection with marketing strategies, joint ventures, distribution, licensing and franchising agreements, as well as in antitrust litigation cases before the Argentine antitrust authorities and the Argentine courts.
Chambers Review
Allende & Brea is a full-service firm with a dynamic competition department. Its noted bench of practitioners continues to boast strong involvement in the pharmaceutical arena, routinely assisting clients with merger control proceedings, pricing policies and training initiatives. Recent additions to Allende & Brea's client roster include Mitsubishi and BlackRock.
Work Highlights
- Allende & Brea represented both DSM and Firmenich in the merger notification proceedings before the Argentine Antitrust Authority.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Allende & Brea's team is pragmatic, commercial and provides excellent service. The advice is very in-depth, which helps us make an informed decision."
"Allende & Brea's team is pragmatic, commercial and provides excellent service. The advice is very in-depth, which helps us make an informed decision."
Notable Practitioners
Distinguished partner Julián Peña continues to boast a strong local and international merger control and antitrust compliance practice.
"Julián Peña is very collaborative, a team player who is able to see the bigger picture."
"He is my go-to advisor, always approachable and commercial-oriented."
Key partner Federico Rossi climbs the rankings thanks to strong market recognition. He benefits from his extensive knowledge of merger control proceedings in Argentina.
"Federico Rossi is knowledgeable, very involved and instrumental in providing advice."
Ranked Lawyers at
Allende & Brea
Argentina