Work Area: Competition & Antitrust

Lefosse has helped Brazil’s Pague Menos acquire fellow pharmacy chain Extrafarma from local conglomerate Ultrapar for 737 million reais (US$143 million), a deal in which antitrust watchdog CADE has requested the target to sell certain assets.

30 August 2022

The Highly Recommended Santiago and Lima offices of international law firm CMS have strengthened their antitrust and disputes practices, respectively, through two partner appointments.

25 August 2022

Ecuador’s antitrust enforcer has fined five companies for rigging public tenders for medical supplies in a decision that has sparked controversy over how the authority assessed their corporate structure.

22 August 2022

Colombia’s competition enforcer has launched an investigation into whether the country’s largest airline and a local travel agency breached a merger condition after the authority conditionally approved their joint venture in 2018.

25 July 2022

Delegates at LACCA Live São Paulo said GCs must now be even more proactive in anticipating market trends and potential risks to ensure their companies remain competitive during volatile periods.

11 July 2022

Brazilian Elite firm Pinheiro Neto Advogados has hired a former CADE prosecutor as counsel in its antitrust team.

11 July 2022

Ecuadorean firm Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado has established an antitrust department by incorporating a local firm, appointing two new partners with the move.

05 July 2022

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel has hired a lawyer from fellow Mexican Elite firm González Calvillo, SC as of counsel and promoted two practitioners to the same position, bolstering its antitrust, banking and M&A practices.

18 May 2022

Costa Rican firm Alta Batalla has hired the former president of the local competition authority – COPROCOM – as senior counsel and co-head of its antitrust practice.

20 April 2022

Lefosse has hired a commissioner from Brazil’s competition agency CADE as partner in its newly opened Brasília office.

30 March 2022