Cristóbal Lema

Practice Areas

Competition Law

Career

Associate since 2017. Universidad de Chile (LLB, 2019). Master's Degree in Economic Analysis, School of Economics and Business (FEN), Universidad de Chile, 2023. He works in the Competition law practice, advising clients in merger control, contentious and non-contentious cases before the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia (the Competition Court or “TDLC”) and in investigations carried out by the Fiscalía Nacional Económica (National Competition Agency or "FNE") in relation to the most diverse matters of business. Since last year, he is also advising clients in technology, media and privacy/data protection matters.

Publications

-Exposition in 1st Congress of Law and Technology "To sue or to Regulate: Intermediation of Transport and Criptocurrency Services and the Judicial and Legislative Mechanisms to Regulate Emerging Technologies", 2024.

-Article "Arbitraje de Oferta Final (FOA) como Herramienta Regulatoria y para la Protección de la Libre Competencia en Chile", published in Revista de Derecho Económico of Law School of Universidad de Chile, 2023.

-Article "Ley REP y Libre Competencia: De la Teoría a la Práctica -Segunda Parte" (co-authored with Catalina González), published in Centro de Competencia (CeCo) at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 2023.

- Article "Ley REP y Libre Competencia: De la Teoría a la Práctica -Primera Parte" (co-authored with Catalina González), published in Centro de Competencia (CeCo) at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 2022.

- Book “Libre Competencia y Acuerdos de Exclusividad: Análisis de la Competitividad de una Conducta”, 2022.

- Chapter "Análisis Crítico del Sistema de Operaciones de Concentración" (co-authored with Juan Cristóbal Gumucio) in the collective book "Nuevo Régimen de Libre Competencia", edited by Domingo Valdés and Omar Vásquez, Rubicón Editores, 2022.

- Chapter "Competition Law in Chile" (co-authored with Juan Cristóbal Gumucio) in the collective book "Competition Law in Latin America A Practical Guide", edited by Julián Peña and Marcelo Calliari, Wolters Kluwer (second edition), 2022.

- Chapter "Chile Chapter on Information Exchange and Related Risks: A Jurisdictional Guide" (co-authored with Fernanda Hermosilla and Juan Cristóbal Gumucio) in collective book "Information Exchange and Related Risks: A Practical Guide" edited by Zolan Marosi and Marcio Días Soares, Concurrences, 2022.

- Presentation "Experiences and Trends on Abuse of Dominant Position in Chile" at the International Seminar on Competition Law of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Ecuador), 2022.

Personal

•Professor of Economic Law, Law School of Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2023.

•Teaching Assistant of Competition Law, Department of Economic Law, Universidad de Chile (2018 - 2022).

•Teaching Assistant of Corruption and Influence Peddling in the Chilean Criminal Code, and of Criminal Law, Department of Criminal Law, Universidad de Chile (2016 - 2018).

•Teaching Assistant of Administrative Law and Liability of the State, Department of Public Law, Universidad de Chile (2015-2017).

•Teaching Assistant of Constitutional Law, Department of Public Law, Universidad de Chile (2013-2017).

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English.