Made up of engineers and economists as well as lawyers, the team at Robalino handles a broad array of competition matters, including litigation, pre-merger control, leniency agreements, unfair competition and compliance programs for both national and international clients. It provides comprehensive legal and economic advice, facilitating the navigation of complex competition scenarios, and also has expertise handling Andean Community matters. The founder and executive director of the Ecuadorian Competition Law Institute (IEDC), practice head Daniel Robalino is a "go-to" figure in the sector whose experience includes advising the Superintendency of Market Power Control on the development of its Antitrust Compliance Guidelines (issued in September 2021). He is flanked by special counsel, Fausto Alvarado, and senior associate Jorge Duque. The highly regarded Alvarado was the first Competition Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (and remains an advisor to OCDE and UNCTAD on competition policy matters), while the up-and-coming Duque focuses on competition and alternative dispute resolution matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Very good and strong team with real experts in competition law. They are very active professionally and academically. ’
‘Javier Robalino is a very knowledgeable professional, as well as Daniel who also is one of the leaders of the Ecuadorian Competition Institute. Both are very attentive and always involved personally in cases.'
Key clients
- Automovil Club del Ecuador (ANETA)
- Corporación Grupo Fybeca
- International Consolidated Airlines Group
- Energy Lider
- Alicorp
- Vitapro Ecuador
- DLocal
- 3M Ecuador
- Kimberly Clark Corporation
- Toyota del Ecuador
- Colgate Palmolive del Ecuador
- Grupo Orbis
Work highlights
Acted for Kimberly Clark Corporation before the General Secretariat of the Andean Community against the resolution that sanctioned the client for an alleged cartel for $17,060,772.00.
Advised Davita on a merger filing and clearance before the Ecuadorian competition agency for $55m.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Daniel Robalino