Competition/Antitrust

About

Provided by Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

Our industry-focused Competition/Antitrust practice provides expert advice to Ecuadorian and international companies in highly specialized sectors including airlines, telecommunications, banking, retail, pharma and agrochemicals.

We provide advice and counsel in connection with:

• Local and regional investigations by antitrust authorities of alleged anticompetitive conduct, such as:
  • abuse of dominance
  • cartels
  • state aid
  • unfair competition
• Merger control reviews of operations between:
  • Ecuadorian companies;
  • cross-border transactions reported simultaneously in several countries;
  • transactions involving regulated industries that require coordination with regulatory authorities.
• Competition litigation in local courts and proceedings and relationships with local antitrust authorities, including cease and desist and leniency agreements.
• Developing and implementing antitrust compliance programs that are tailor-made for each particular industry with risk profiles of our clients’ activities.