Publications

Our partner Tomás Appelgren Deck was invited by elDial.com – Editorial Albrematica S.A. to comment on the FNE’s injunction against Google LLC for alleged abuses committed in connection with its Android operating system, its Google Store application store, and its billing system Google Play Billing System. We invite you to review the complete document 👇🏻

The National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) and ChileCompra develop a tool to detect collusion in public bids.

Estudio Lizana provides its expert vision in the field of Merger Control 2024 in the new 2024 edition of the Global Practice Guide.

With the entry into force of Law No. 21,595 on economic crimes, all companies face the challenge of adjusting their Crime Prevention Models (CPM) to the new legal standard. This regulation reinforces the need to have a model not only in force, but also effectively implemented.

The National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) approved in Phase 1 and with mitigation measures the agreement between Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (“Codelco”) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (“SQM”) to form a joint venture for the exploitation and commercialization of lithium in the Salar de Atacama.

Recently, it was announced the closing of the purchase of the Open Plaza Kennedy shopping center by Parque Arauco. According to a statement published by Parque Arauco, the transaction would have included “the property where the shopping center is located, the personal property necessary for its operation and the lease agreements”, which suggests that it was an asset purchase.

Santiago, April 16, 2025. In a ruling that sets a precedent in matters of free competition, the Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) decided to fine the companies LarrainVial, Consorcio Financiero and the businessman Juan Hurtado Vicuña for infringing the prohibition of interlocking, i.e., the simultaneous participation of the same director in competing companies.

Our partner, Claudio Lizana, participated in the 73rd version of the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting.

The National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) filed an injunction before the Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) against a group of industrial bakers in Iquique and Alto Hospicio, accusing them of entering into a collusive agreement to raise the wholesale price of bread between November 2019 and August 2022.