Acting for both corporations and trade associations on antitrust matters, Yrarrázaval, Ruiz-Tagle, Ovalle, Salas & Vial ‘provides confidence to clients’. The firm’s competition practice also covers Chilean Antitrust Court work and the antitrust side to public infrastructure bids. It recently assisted the Cámara Chilena de La Construction (Chilean Chamber of Construction) before the TDLC in a non-contentious consultation procedure concerning the public health infrastructure market. The group is co-led by litigators Gerardo Ovalle, Fernando Salas and Anibal Vial, who all handle FNE matters and develop competition-related compliance programmes.
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‘Stands out nationally for being one of the few firms that fully understands this subject.’
‘Provides confidence to clients in relation to its complete knowledge and extreme dedication to the mandates they receive.’
‘Some clients would only trust this firm to resolve matters competently.’
‘Excellence in the work carried out and the direct participation of the firm's partners, as well as positive results.’
‘Impeccable involvement of the partners. Agile and bureaucratic-free interfacing with clients.’
‘Human qualities, technical specialisms, business knowledge, and excellent availability.’
- ‘Gerardo Ovalle - in addition to his solid legal knowledge, especially in free competition matters, he stands out for his excellent willingness to address the concerns raised by clients, as well as to propose solid action plans.’
- ‘Gerardo Ovalle- the great plus he has is that he knows the Chilean Chamber of Construction very well, which has unique characteristics. This allows him to provide very specialised advice.’
Key clients
- Cámara Chilena de la Construcción
- At-Pac-Doka
- Clariant
- Mapam
Work highlights
- Representing Cámara Chilena de la Construction before the Antitrust Court in a proposition to modify the Decree Law that regulates the public infrastructure bid system in Chile.
- Assisted Cámara Chilena de La Construction with non-contentious cases where the Competition Tribunal requires its opinion on the healthcare construction market.
- Advising Clariant in Chile on its worldwide effort to highlight the importance of competition.
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Anibal Vial
Practice head
Gerardo Ovalle; Fernando Salas; Aníbal Vial