Julio Pellegrini Vial

Professional Memberships

- Advisor for Society for Factory Development (SOFOFA) (2020-2021)

- Member of ICARE Legal Circle (since 2016)

- Head of the Competition and Antitrust Commission of the Chilean Bar Association (2011-2019)

- Member of the New Commercial Codification Subcommission (2016)

- Board Member to the Chilean Bar Association (2011 - 2019)

- Member of the Advisory Board of the Center of Competition and Antitrust Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (since 2012)

Practice Areas

- Civil and commercial litigation

- Domestic and international arbitration

- Competition law, antidumping, and regulated markets

Publications

- Comentarios al Proyecto de Ley que Fortalece la Investigación y Persecución de Carteles y que Aumenta las Penas para Delitos de Colusión. Centro de Competencia. UAI. Co-author with Diego Ramos.

- “Agenda Antiabusos” y libre competencia. Centro de Competencia. UAI. Co-author with Diego Ramos

- Las Sanciones a la Colusión en las Licitaciones. Ponencia en la XIII Jornada de Libre Competencia de la UC: La Colusión en las Licitaciones

- Getting the Deal Through, Merger Control: Capítulo de Chile”. Co-author with Fernando Zuñiga.

- Getting the Deal Through, Vertical Agreements: Capítulo de Chile. Law Business Research Ltd. Co-author with Pedro Rencoret.

- The Merger Control Review. Capítulo de Chile. Law Business Research Ltd. Fifth Edition. Co-author with Pedro Rencoret.

- "La Discriminación de Precios en la Jurisprudencia Chilena". Estudios de Libre Competencia, Consumidor y Regulación (Librotecnia & Centro de Libre Competencia UC). Co-author with Pedro Rencoret.

- "Caso Campiche: Un importante cambio de criterio en material ambiental, Sentencias Destacadas 2009". Una mirada desde la perspectiva de las políticas públicas, Ediciones Libertad y Desarrollo.

- "La Consulta de Operaciones de Concentración en el Sector Retail, Libre Competencia y Retail. Un Análisis Crítico". Legal Publishing Chile.

- “Algunas consideraciones acerca de la Resolución que rechazó la fusión entre Falabella y D&S". Revista Anales de Derecho UC, Temas de Libre Competencia. N°4.

Personal

- Arbitrator of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAM) (since 2013)

- ENEL Generación (ex ENDESA) Board Member (since 2016)

- Arbitrator of the National Center of Arbitration (CNA) (since 2014)

* Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile:

- Professor of Civil Law (since 2002)

- Professor in the Antitrust Diploma (since 2010)

- Professor of Economic Analysis of Law (2011 - 2018)

- Professor in the New Tendencies in Contracts and Damages Diploma (2007)

* Universidad de los Andes:

- Professor of Competition and Antitrust Law, Master in Business Law Program (2004 - 2013)

* Universidad Finis Terrae:

- Professor at the Master in Public Law Program (since 2010)

- Professor of Competition and Antitrust Law (2010 - 2013)

Education

Languages Spoken

- Spanish

- English

Experience

Julio Pellegrini has strong experience in advising on a wide variety of antitrust cases, spanning investigations, mergers notifications, and competition compliance programs. Julio Pellegrini’s experience includes advising clients in cases regarding exclusionary practices, cartels, and regulatory proceedings over network industries.

Additionally, he has vast experience representing companies in sophisticated business disputes over a wide variety of industries. His practice covers commercial litigation and arbitration regarding contractual claims, torts, and class actions. Particularly, he has remarkable expertise in representing companies in court proceedings over construction contracts.

Julio Pellegrini has a strong reputation as an arbitrator. He is an arbitrator of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre (CAM Santiago) and the National Centre of Arbitrations (CNA). He is also a Professor of Private Law at Universidad Católica, since 2002.