Ms Sofía O'Ryan > DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Sofía O'Ryan
Work Department
Antitrust & Competition; Compliance & Investigations; Public Law
Position
Counsel
Career
Sofía O’Ryan concentrates her professional practice on competition law. In this context, she advises on matters related to merger control procedures, unilateral conducts and cartels, both in investigations before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) and in proceedings before the Tribunal for the Defense of Competition.
Sofía advises and assists on the design and implementation of commercial policies consistent with the strategic objectives of each client and current regulations, as well as in the development of compliance programs and internal investigations for the timely prevention and detection of potentially risky behaviors, assisting clients in the definition of the most appropriate solutions.
Sofía regularly advises clients on competition matters in day-to-day business, with a focus on potential abuses of a dominant position in commercial practices and policies. She has assisted in collaboration between competitors, exclusivity agreements and the use of competitor information, among others.
Languages
Spanish; English
Education
Law, Universidad de Chile, 2011
Diploma in Regulation and Competition, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, 2015
Master of Laws (LL.M), King’s College London, United Kingdom, 2017
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Competition and antitrust
(Rising stars)DLA Piper Chile
‘s ‘always up-to-date‘ three-member competition department is increasingly active in merger-control work, where the team routinely leverages the expertise of its corporate and M&A colleagues. Other areas of strength include compliance programmes and internal investigations. The practice is further noted for its client portfolio of technological companies, platforms and digital markets. The principal figures are Felipe Bahamondez, who leads the Santiago office’s regulated markets and antitrust practice group (and is experienced in FNE investigations and merger-control procedures); and counsel Sofia O’Ryan, an expert in merger control, unilateral conduct and horizontal agreements.