Carlos A Patrón

Practice Areas

Carlos is a Partner of the firm, specializing in antitrust, regulatory law, telecommunications, energy, corporate law and civil law.

He has extensive experience in both the analytical and regulatory issues related to Peruvian Competition Law, covering a wide variety of industries. He has participated in leading antitrust cases, including the most emblematic price-fixing investigations carried out in Peru (i.e., tissue paper, shipping conferences, PCC, LPG, drugstores).

Career

Prior to joining the firm he was a Guest Associate at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. He has also been a Senior Associate at Andersen Legal (firm associated to Andersen Worldwide), and has held the positions of Technical Secretariat of the Consumer Protection Commission, Advisor of the Economic Studies Department, Assistant Clerk of the Tribunal for the Defense of Competition and Assistant Clerk of the Unfair Competition Commission at the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI).

Professional Memberships

Lima Bar Association

- American Bar Association

- American Law & Economics Association

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Peru

Publications

‘‘Overview of Competition Law in Latin America’, contributor (IBRAC, 2016)

-‘Global Antitrust and Compliance Handbook’, contributor (Oxford University Press, 2014)

-‘Merger Control Worldwide’, contributor (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

-‘‘Anti-Cartel Enforcement Worldwide’, contributor (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

-‘Ensayos Sobre Protección al Consumidor en el Perú’, contributor (Universidad del Pacífico 2011)

-‘El Derecho de la Competencia Desleal’, coeditor (UPC, 2008)

-‘¿Por Qué Hay Que Cambiar el Código Civil?’, contributor (UPC, 2001)

-Various articles on antitrust law, law and economics and regulatory law in collective works and specialized journals.

Education