CHILE Law and Practice Contributed by: Claudio Lizana, Daniela León, Tomás Appelgren and María Jesús Gaete, Estudio Lizana
Estudio Lizana is a boutique law firm headquar - tered in Santiago, Chile, specialising in competi - tion, regulatory and compliance matters, as well as corporate law. The team is made up of three partners, three associates and one paralegal. It has comprehensive expertise in competition law matters, including merger control, inves - tigations by the Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE) on cartels, abuses of dominance, and unfair competition, as well as litigation before the Chilean Competition Court (TDLC) and the Supreme Court. Recent relevant work in -
cludes advising both Brink’s Chile and Indura (Air Products) in their defences in ongoing cartel litigations (historical cases due to the high fines requested); Mastercard in a TDLC proceeding regarding the issuance of regulations for the payment cards industry, and ongoing litiga - tion against several payment facilitators; Min - erva Foods in the merger control review of an acquisition of assets from Marfrig; and a large technological company in an ongoing antitrust investigation.
Authors
Claudio Lizana is the founding partner of Estudio Lizana. For more than 30 years, his practice has focused on antitrust
Daniela León has been a partner at Estudio Lizana since 2023. Her practice focuses on antitrust and regulation, with extensive experience in merger control proceedings before the
matters, including litigation before the TDLC and the Supreme Court, investigations on cartels and abuse of dominance, and merger control proceedings before the FNE. He also has extensive experience in corporate matters. Previously, he was a partner at the law firm Carey for more than 20 years. He is a member of the American Bar Association.
FNE, as well as investigations of the antitrust, cartel and compliance divisions of the same authority. She has also represented important national and international companies in contentious and non-contentious proceedings before the TDLC and the Supreme Court. Previously, she worked as an associate in Carey’s antitrust and regulation group for five years and then joined Estudio Lizana as an associate, before being named partner. She is a member of the American Bar Association.
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