Mario Ybar
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 3 : Competition/Antitrust
Band 3
About
Provided by Mario Ybar
Practice Areas
Competition law
Career
Mario Ybar is counsel and head of the competition practice.
His practice focuses on antitrust, litigation, and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Garrigues, Mario worked for 15 years at the Chilean competition agency (Fiscalía Nacional Económica –FNE-) where he held different positions: acting national economic prosecutor, deputy national economic prosecutor, head of the mergers division and deputy head of investigations.
He lectures at Universidad de Chile (Competition Law and Policy Diploma) and Universidad del Desarrollo (Master in Business Law). Between March and June 2019 he was visiting professor at Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).
Mario is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Mario Ybar of Garrigues draws on his experience gained at the FNE to advise a wide range of clients on merger control procedures, cartel investigations and compliance programmes in Chile. He is also sought out to provide legal opinions pertaining to competition matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mario Ybar demonstrates impressive knowledge of Chilean antitrust law. His analysis is accurate and all his work is carried out with 100% focus on his client's needs."
"Mario Ybar demonstrates impressive knowledge of Chilean antitrust law. His analysis is accurate and all his work is carried out with 100% focus on his client's needs."
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