Allende & Brea has advised many clients in a variety of industries in connection with pre-merger or acquisition filings and other required compliances in connection with transactions, marketing strategies, joint ventures, distribution, licensing and franchise agreements as well as in antitrust litigation cases before the Argentine antitrust authorities and the Argentine courts.
Our firm has historically participated in numerous merger control cases, including some of the most important cartel cases in Argentine history. Members of the antitrust department regularly participate in conferences, discussion groups, publications and other academic activities in the local and international community.
The legal services provided by the antitrust department include:
- Advice and representation with antitrust authorities in economic concentration transactions.
- Acting as defendants or claimants in administrative proceedings and judicial remedies relating to cartels, abuse of dominant positions and other anticompetitive practices.
- Advice and advocacy regarding compliance with antitrust laws in the client’s distribution networks, as well as other types of agreement and vertical relationship with customers or suppliers.
- Design and implementation of antitrust compliance programs.
- Antitrust risk assessments for transactions that need to close before obtaining antitrust clearance.
