Work Area: Competition & Antitrust

Latin Lawyer Elite firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has bolstered its antitrust department by hiring a former superintendent of Brazilian competition authority CADE from local firm VMCA Advogados.

09 August 2021

Brazil’s Muriel Advogados, which recently rebranded as a disputes boutique following the departure of several former name partners, has hired a lawyer from Latin Lawyer 250 firm KLA Advogados as partner.

29 July 2021

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) has strengthened its tax and competition practices by promoting two of its lawyers to director.

22 July 2021

Multinational conglomerate Johnson Controls has hired three Aguilar Castillo Love offices to acquire Costa Rican heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) company Lucas Ingenieros.

06 July 2021

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has tapped the general superintendent of the national antitrust watchdog, Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, to head the agency after the former chair’s four-year term ended last month.

05 July 2021

Alexandre Barreto de Souza’s four-year term as the head of Brazil’s antitrust watchdog ended on Monday, with the government yet to announce a permanent replacement.

23 June 2021

Mexico’s antitrust authority has fined a subsidiary of local industrial gas provider Praxair US$12 million for repeatedly failing to comply with commitments to restore competition in the markets for the bulk distribution of oxygen, nitrogen and liquid argon.

15 June 2021

Brazilian law firm Lobo de Rizzo Advogados has added firepower to its tax, M&A, compliance and antitrust groups by promoting three lawyers to its senior rank.

14 June 2021

Peru’s competition authority has published new guidance clarifying when it will pursue damages claims for classes of consumers who have been harmed by anticompetitive conduct.

14 June 2021

Peru’s competition enforcer has hit several printing companies and their former employees with nearly US$7 million in fines after finding they allocated the market for textbook printing services and rigged bids for supply contracts tendered by the Ministry of Education.

07 June 2021