Daniel Robalino-Orellana
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Daniel Robalino-Orellana
Practice Areas
Competition Law
Emerging Companies, Private Equity and Venture Capital
Mergers & Acquisitions
Comercial
Corporate
Banking
Career
Daniel leads the competition practice and is co-head of the corporate practice in ROBALINO. He has unrivaled experience on antitrust and regulatory economic law matters including complex litigation in claims of abuse of dominant position, cartels and cross border cartels, unfair trade, gun jumping and type A and B leniency agreements before the Ecuadorian antitrust Agency as well as before local and Andean courts.
Daniel has more than ten years of experience advising and representing national and international clients in pre-merger control clearances with a unique track record of approval of complex transactions in multiple sided markets, pharma, ports, airline carriers, oil & gas, automotive, retail and several other industries. He also provides recurring advisory to large corporations in relation to antitrust compliance and tailoring of compliance programs, structuring of distribution systems, marketing strategy and contents.
In the corporate area, he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity investments and other strategic cross-border transactions. He has utmost experience in planning and structuring of fintech and other technology based businesses, including multisided platforms.
Professional Memberships
Daniel is the founder and executive director of the Ecuadorian Institute of Competition Law (IEDC) and co-editor of the Ecuadorian Competition Law journal. He is secretary of the Arbitration Tribunals of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce and professor of competition law at Universidad Hemisferios.
International Bar Association IBA (Latinamerican Regional Forum, Antitrust Section).
American Bar Association ABA (International Associate – Antitrust Law).
Ecuadorian Competition Law Institute IEDC (Founder and Executive Director)
Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute IEA
Foro Latinoamericano de Competencia
Awards
Key Partner in Antitrust & Competition
Latin Lawyer
2024
Real Estate - Excellent
Leaders League
2024
M&A - Excellent
Leaders League
2024
Competition & Antitrust – Highly Recommended
Leaders League
2024
Innovation, Technology & Telecoms – Highly Recommended
Leaders League
2024
Education
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Chicago - United States
LLM
2018 - 2018
Instituto de Empresa IE. Madrid - Spain
MBAC
2018 - 2018
The College of Law of England and Wales. London - England
Diploma in Competition Law
2011 - 2011
Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Quito - Ecuador
Lawyer
2005 - 2010
Chambers Review
Latin America
Experienced partner and head of department Daniel Robalino-Orellana receives significant praise from interviewees for his notable expertise in the competition and antitrust sphere in Ecuador. He regularly advises local and international clients on M&A-related control and clearance mandates, as well as antitrust litigation.
Contributions
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Daniel Robalino-Orellana has a unique breadth of corporate and antitrust expertise. He is reliable, competent, business-oriented and understands our needs."
"Daniel Robalino-Orellana has a unique breadth of corporate and antitrust expertise. He is reliable, competent, business-oriented and understands our needs."