
Baker McKenzie Chile’s antitrust practice is well known for its representation of companies from the banking, healthcare, insurance, retail, infrastructure, aviation, telecoms and mining sectors in antitrust litigation. The team also assists with investigations, merger fillings and compliance matters; and with lawyers operating across over 40 jurisdictions, the Santiago office’s clients benefit from the firm’s leveraging of its competition practice globally. Highlights include representing Apple in an abuse of dominance case before the Competition Tribunal (TDLC), in relation to alleged anti-competitive practices in app distribution and payment processing. The antitrust practice is led by Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés, who also leads the dispute resolution group. At senior associate level, Juan Ignacio Donoso is a former National Competition Authority (FNE) antitrust division deputy head, who has significant experience in cartel, merger and abuse of dominance cases; he also focuses on compliance matters.
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Key clients
- Aguas Antofagasta
- Apple
- AuguStar Seguros de Vida
- Black & Decker
- Boston Scientific International
- Cargill
- Cencosud
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Essity
- HSBC Bank (Chile)
- HP
- Minera Altos del Punitaqui
Work highlights
Representing Apple in an abuse of dominance case before the Competition Tribunal, concerning alleged anti-competitive practices in app distribution and payment processing.
Acting for Essity Chile in three consolidated class actions, seeking damages of approximately $84m, in relation to a prior cartel sanction.
Acting for Cencosud in two follow-on actions before the Competition Tribunal, for alleged damages from a hub-and-spoke cartel, (with claims totaling around $105m).
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Practice head
Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés

