Pellegrini & Rencoret Abogados

‘One of the few firms on the market that offers such expertise in competition law’, Pellegrini & Rencoret Abogados’ 12-strong practice has enviable expertise in free competition and regulated markets; and its specialisms cover high-stakes mandates involving cartels, exclusionary practices, leniency programmes and merger clearances. The boutique firm’s competition and antitrust practice also assists with regulatory proceedings, and the design and implementation of compliance programmes for domestic and multinational companies. Recent highlights include the team's assistance to Chilean financial holding company, BICECORP, with its application for approval of its acquisition of Grupo Security, obtaining a favourable decision from Chile’s Competition Authority (FNE) in October 2024 and creating a financial conglomerate with over $40bn of assets. The department’s principal advisers are: exclusionary practice, cartel, merger-notification and competition-compliance specialist, Julio Pellegrini, a former President of the Chilean Bar Association’s Antitrust Commission; antitrust litigation and regulated markets expert Pedro Rencoret; and Diego Ramos, who has notable TDLC and Supreme Court litigation experience, and whose ’judgement and work are trusted’. At associate level, senior María Jesús Cifuentes has significant experience in litigating before the Competition Court (TDLC); and Catalina Sierpe's career includes working in the FNE’s litigation and merger control divisions. In March 2025, Javiera Durand left the firm for Chile’s National Energy Commission.