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Competition/Antitrust
5 Years Ranked

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Provided by Miguel Flores Bernés

Latin America

Practice Areas

Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation

White Collar Defense & Special Investigations

Latin America Practice

Career

Miguel Flores Bernés focuses his practice on antitrust and competition issues affecting clients in various industries, including government merger review, investigations of alleged anticompetitive conduct, litigation and counseling. He regularly represents clients before the two Mexican competition authorities: Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica and Instituto Federal de las Telecomunicaciones, and designed and implemented antitrust/competition compliance programs for clients in Mexico.

Prior to joining the firm, Miguel was a partner dedicated to antitrust and competition matters in RRH Consultores, S.C. and a Commissioner in the Federal Competition Commission. As a Commissioner, he was involved with a variety of issues such as the application of antitrust/competition law to airlines, energy and telecommunications industries, as well as in the development of the Mexican leniency program and criminal enforcement of antitrust/competition matters.

Before he joined the Federal Competition Commission, he was legal advisor to the Office of the President of Mexico and an economic regulation expert in the Mexican Ministry of Economy. He also was part of a group of investment and services experts that negotiated Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties with the European Union, Japan, Singapore, Israel, Chile, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, and in different international organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Concentrations:

-Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures

-Government investigations

-Counseling and compliance

-Antitrust/Competition litigation

Professional Memberships

Chair, Mexican Bar Association, Antitrust/Competition Section, 2015.

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Competition Commission, Mexico Chapter.

Personal

Listed, Chambers Latin America, Competition/Antitrust - Mexico, 2020-2023.

Education

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ph.D. candidate, Antitrust/Competition Law

2013

University of Warwick

LL.M., International Economic Law, with distinction

1997

Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico

Law Degree,

1992

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Chambers Review

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Latin America

Competition/Antitrust - Mexico
2
Band 2

Adept partner Miguel Flores Bernés is co-head of department. Praising his capabilities, a market onlooker declares: "Miguel Flores Bernés is a lawyer with extensive knowledge, very professional, attentive and helpful." The same client goes on to highlight: "He has the ability to solve important conflicts, seeking the best solution for our group of companies."

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