Our Competition and Antitrust area include the following:

Antitrust,
Mergers and concessions on the electric sector,
Unfair competition and advertising,
Protection to consumer and
Market access.
We have an extensive experience regarding the application of regulations concerning the performance of markets and competition, and we have a team of lawyers which include former officers of Indecopi which provide us relevant practice knowledge.

We advise on the following services:

Representation in unreasonable exercise power and restrictive practice procedures,
Advice on requests and concession authorization procedures in the electricity sector,
Claims and defense in procedures filed for infringing unfair competition regulations,
Claims and defense in procedures filed for infringing advertising rules,
Claims and defense in procedures filed for infringing consumer’s protection regulations,
We advise companies on possible claims throughout the procedure filed against public entities for imposing unlawful and/or irrational bureaucratic barriers,
Fast and efficient revision of advertising material to be spread in order to supervise if it is subject to commercial advertising regulations and antitrust, thus protecting the huge investments some companies do on paid advertisements,
Revision of agreements with consumers and products labeling for determining its submission to consumers’ protection and labeling regulations,
Informative Bulletins including the last INDECOPI’s jurisprudence and how it may affect our clients’ interests,
Training of the company’s personnel and presentation at advertising companies hired in order to familiarize them with commercial advertising rules and thus avoiding an infringement for not being aware of the regulations,
Revision of distribution agreements, exclusive sales and similar aimed at guaranteeing the compliance of antitrust and competition regulations,
Drafting and revision of sponsorship agreements where our clients participate,
We offer a package that includes representation in similar administrative procedures for alleged infringements to consumer protection regulations, thus lighten the work of the company’s legal department.
The "PLC Which layer?" edition 2009 has strengthened our image abroad putting us among the most oustanding in this area in the country

Contact:

Teresa Tovar Mena