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Daniela León: Partner

Her practice focuses on the areas of antitrust and regulation, with extensive experience in merger control procedures before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), as well as in investigations carried out by the FNE’s Antitrust, Cartels, and Compliance Divisions. She has also represented important companies, both national and international, in contentious and non-contentious matters before the Antitrust Court (TDLC). Previously, she worked as an associate in the Antitrust and Regulated Markets Group of the law firm Carey for 5 years.

Email: dleon@estudiolizana.cl

Cel: +569 9334 4920

    • Mastercard International on its defense before the Antitrust Court (TDLC) in a claim for alleged anticompetitive conducts in the payment cards market, filed by PayU Chile, Dlocal Chile, Paygol and PPRO against Mastercard, Transbank and Klap.
    • Mastercard International on a public consultation before the Antitrust Court (TDLC) to regulate the conditions of competition in the card payment market in Chile.
    • Kantar IBOPE Chile Media, on a consultation proceeding presented by Exacta Digital Media Research before the Antitrust Court (TDLC), to determine potential competition infringements in the joint contracting agreement of audience measurement and television content census services, as well as in the bidding mechanism implemented for such purpose.
    • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines on the judicial proceeding before the TDLC regarding a claim for compensation of damages filed by a consumer association against MOL and other shipping companies for allegedly affecting the «collective and diffuse interest» of consumers, in the context of the conviction for collusion imposed on these companies by the TDLC, ratified by the Supreme Court in 2020.
    • Brink’s Chile on its defense against a lawsuit filed by the FNE before the Antitrust Court (TDLC) for alleged collusion in the securities transport market.
    • BCI on its defense before the TDLC against an antitrust claim for an alleged exclusionary practice and collective abuse of dominant position, by denying the opening of bank accounts, filed by the cryptocurrency exchange platforms Buda.com and CryptoMKT.
    • Rigk Chile SpA on the request for a favorable report to the TDLC to establish “PROREP” (joint venture), the first collective non-domestic waste management system formed within the framework of Law 20,920 that establishes the Extended Producer Responsibility Regime.
    • Veolia Environnement on the mandatory merger control procedure before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) related to the acquisition of control over Suez, controller of Aguas Andinas, through a public tender offer.
    • State Grid International Development (SGID) on the merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the acquisition of control over Chilquinta Energía and Tecnored by SGID and the acquisition of control over Eletrans S.A., Eletrans II S.A. and Eletrans III S.A. by Chilquinta.
    • Natura Cosméticos (Brazil) and Avon Products on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE relating to the acquisition of Avon by Natura Holding, a new holding company for the Natura Group.
    • EssilorLuxottica on the international acquisition of the entire interest of HAL Optical Investments in the optical group GrandVision, obtaining control over the latter. The advice included the FNE’s merger control clearance, which required the implementation of a carve-out or divestment of Rotter & Krauss by GrandVision.
    • BASF, BMW, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz AG, Bosch, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen and ZF Group (jointly, the “Shareholders”) on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the association between the Shareholders, in order to create a joint venture located in Germany, which will run a platform for the exchange of data in the automobile industry, based on Gaia-X and Catena-X standards.
    • Banco Santander Chile on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE, regarding the creation, in partnership with Zurich Insurance Mobile Solutions, of an autonomous joint venture for the development and provision of digital insurance brokerage services. The FNE granted clearance to the concentration without conditions.
    • Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (Bci) on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE, regarding the acquisition of the companies that develop Walmart Chile’s financial business by Bci and its subsidiary Bci Corredor de Bolsa, together with entering into a commercial cooperation agreement.
    • Scotiabank on the merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the acquisition of 100% of the shares of BBVA Inversiones Chile, holding company of Bank BBVA, and other subsidiaries active in banking and finance in Chile, by Nova Scotia Inversiones.
    • Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Merck on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the possible global acquisition of Merck’s consumer healthcare business by P&G, subject to regulatory authorizations in different countries.
    • Aela Energía on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the acquisition of Aela Energía Chile by Innergex.
    • Algonquin Power Utilities on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the acquisition of a stake in Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios de Los Lagos (ESSAL) by Toesca Infraestructura II Fondo de Inversión.
    • Celeo Redes and APG Group on the merger control procedure before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) regarding the acquisition of control over Colbún Transmisión by Alfa Desarrollo, an investment company indirectly owned by APG and Celeo.
  • Teaching Assistant of Criminal Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2015).
  • Teaching Assistant of Constitutional Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2012-2013).
  • She has taught in the Graduate Program of Antitrust UC, in the major “New Technologies and Digital Markets” (2020-2022).
  • Co-author of papers “Merger Control in Chile: Overview” and “Restraints of Trade and Dominance in Chile: Overview”, Practical Law (2022).
  • Co-author of the investigation “Statute of limitation in Antitrust Law: A revision of relevant cases”, CeCo, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2021).
  • Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
  • Degree in Criminal Law, Universidad de los Andes (2020).
  • Academic Excellence Honor Award, Universidad Católica de Chile (2012).
  • Course “Procedural tools for litigation in competition matters”, Universidad de Chile (2022).
  • Compliance Course, Universidad del Desarrollo (2023).
  • Chile (2018).
  • Spanish.
  • English.