Competition/Antitrust
Latin America Guide 2025 : Chile
Band 2
About
Provided by Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos
We represent clients both in litigation and out of court, with the goal of ensuring that their businesses comply with the regulations governing market competition. With a business-oriented focus, we aim to help our clients, especially their commercial areas, conduct their business competitively by identifying issues that may generate contingencies, and by protecting their interests before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, “FNE”) and the Competition Court (Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia, “TDLC”).
Our counselling focuses on:
Merger control, where we coordinate with the corporate team handling the transaction in order to analyze potential antitrust risks and help devise mitigations. We also represent clients in filing the relevant consultations/applications before the TDLC and/or the FNE (including the negotiation of out-of-court settlements); in contentious and non-contentious cases before the TDLC in connection with various aspects of business, such as collusion and concerted practices, exclusion, price-fixing and discrimination, resale price maintenance, vertical restrictions, unfair competition, and abuse of a dominant position; and in intellectual property matters.
Chambers Review
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos is a respected full-service firm that boasts significant expertise advising Chilean and multinational companies on competition law matters. The robust legal team is held in high esteem for its strength in merger controls and contentious matters before the TDLC and the Supreme Court, as well as representation in investigations carried out by the FNE. Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos offers further experience acting on cases related to the medical, aviation, retail, media and energy sectors. Econeu is a new addition to the client roster.
Work Highlights
- Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos advised Skretting during the FNE’s investigation into an alleged cartel in the salmon feed industry and represented the company in the subsequent lawsuit filed by the FNE against four salmon feed producers before the TLDC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos' lawyers not only demonstrate technical mastery but are also always attentive to the smallest details, whilst simultaneously remaining practical and objective."
"Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos' lawyers not only demonstrate technical mastery but are also always attentive to the smallest details, whilst simultaneously remaining practical and objective."
Notable Practitioners
Noteworthy practitioner and co-head of department Juan Cristóbal Gumucio offers clients a wealth of experience across a range of different competition matters in Chile. He possesses significant expertise advising on litigation, FNE market investigations and complex merger control proceedings.
"Juan Cristóbal Gumucio is a brilliant lawyer with deep expertise in this area. He has great commercial knowledge and a keen understanding of business needs."
Associate-to-watch Cristóbal Lema comes highly recommended by clients for his support in demanding competition cases in Chile.
"I can call Cristóbal Lema at any time of the day, and he is always on top of everything. His ability to handle a high volume of work is impressive, and he is exceptionally smart and trustworthy."
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