Antitrust & Competition

Between 2018-2020 Agon participated in 46% of all relevant actions taken by the Mexican Competition Agency.

We understand competition policy and law enforcement in Mexico better than any other firm because for many years we have been deeply involved in it from every angle, in public service and private practice.

We specialize in arguing cases on the merits, because we believe that is our clients’ best bet given the authorities enhanced investigative and fining powers, in addition to judicial review by increasingly sophisticated specialized courts.

We have extensive experience in all aspects of competition policy and antitrust law practice:

Merger control.
Conduct investigations.
Essential inputs/barriers to competition procedures.
Formal and informal opinions before the Cofece and the IFT.
Antitrust compliance.
Amparo proceedings before specialized courts.

Top achievements

Tying of payment services

Unilateral Conduct

Tying of payment services

Successful defense for the closing, without liability, of COFECE’s first abusive conduct investigation in the digital platforms market (tying). COFECE’s Plenum endorsed Agon’s legal and economic arguments on the merits.

Port investigation

Barriers to Competition

Port investigation

Defense for the closing without liability of a COFECE investigation for barriers to competition in the port services market. The closure was achieved by providing concrete substantive elements of efficient conduct, which allowed counteracting COFECE’s initial hypothesis of harm, derived from market concentration and barriers to entry.

Supermarkets

Merger Review

Supermarkets

Notification and authorization of the purchase of a supermarket chain, in a precarious condition, through a succession of acts, in markets characterized by complex market structures and regional competitive dynamics.

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Services