Santiago del Rio > Marval O’Farrell Mairal > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Marval O’Farrell Mairal
AV LEANDRO N ALEM 882
C1001AAQ CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Work Department

Competition / Antitrust

Position

Santiago del Rio joined Marval O’Farrell Mairal in 2006 and is a partner of the Competition and Antitrust department. He regularly advises companies from a wide range of markets on antitrust matters in Argentina. He has extensive experience in handling complex merger control notifications, as well as providing counsel for investigations on antitrust practices, both in their administrative and judicial phases.

Career

Between 2010 and 2011, he worked at Uría Menéndez in their offices in Madrid and Brussels.

Languages

English & Spanish

Memberships

Santiago is the current head of the Antitrust Section of the Argentine-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Antitrust Section of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association.

Education

He graduated from Universidad del Salvador with a law degree in 2005 and later completed a graduate course in Economics for Competition Law (merit) at King’s College, London.

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Competition and antitrust

(Next Generation Partners)

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Marval O’Farrell Mairal stands out for handling a high volume of merger filings and maintaining a top-quality antitrust investigation unit, which participates in the most demanding and complex investigations conducted by the Antitrust Commission. The team’s expertise is sought out by clients across Latin America, with the firm assisting companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Uruguay on a range of competition, economic regulation and internal compliance matters. Practice head Miguel Del Pino is a widely respected competition law specialist with more than two decades’ experience handling competition and antitrust matters. Partner Santiago del Rio also dedicates his practice to competition law and is another key senior contact. Experienced senior associate Gabriela Ariel Irizar (antitrust and litigation) and associate Ignacio Mora (competition law) provide additional support.