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Tomás Appelgren: Partner

His practice focuses on antitrust and regulated markets, advising national and international clients in investigations carried out by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), as well as in contentious and non-contentious matters before the Antitrust Court (TDLC). He also has experience in corporate law, mergers, and acquisitions. Previously, he worked as an associate in the Antitrust and Regulated Markets Group of the law firm Carey.

Email: tappelgren@estudiolizana.cl

Cell: +569 7497 75555

  • Mastercard International on a public consultation before the Antitrust Court (TDLC) to regulate the conditions of competition in the card payment market in Chile.
  • Mastercard International on its defense before the Antitrust Court (TDLC) in a claim for alleged anticompetitive conduct in the payment cards market, filed by PayU Chile and Dlocal Chile, both local Payment Services Providers (PSP).
  • Mastercard International on the consultation process before the TDLC initiated by Transbank related to the tariff system of the payment card acquisition market, in order to determine its compliance with antitrust laws, after the TDLC denied an extrajudicial settlement between the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) and Transbank.
  • 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.
  • Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (BCI)I 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.
  • 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 Transmission by Alfa Desarrollo, an investment company indirectly owned by APG and Celeo.
  • 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.
  • Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on a mandatory merger control procedure before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office related to the acquisition of a relevant percentage of Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios de Los Lagos (ESSAL) by Toesca Infraestructura II Fondo de Inversión. The FNE approved the transaction unconditionally.
  • IBM on the mandatory merger control procedure before the FNE regarding the worldwide transaction concerning the acquisition of all the stocks of Red Hat, a company active in the information technology software for enterprise customers market.
  • Teaching Assistant of Economic Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2013).
  • Teaching Assistant of Public Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (2016-2018).
  • Law Clerk, Antitrust Group, Carey (2015-2017).
  • Teaching Assistant of Introduction to Economics, Universidad Católica de Chile (2014).
  • Law, Universidad Católica de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
  • Exchange Program, Karl Ruprecht Universität Heidelberg, Germany (2016).
  • Degree in Antitrust, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (2020).
  • Course “Procedural tools for litigation in competition matters”, Universidad de Chile (2022).
  • Chile (2019).
  • Spanish.
  • Español.