Achievements

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.

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.

Notification and authorization by the Telecommunications Regulator of the transaction consisting of the succession of acts for the sale and leaseback of infrastructure in different regions of the country, in view of the imminent exit of an important player in the market.

Development of technical arguments on precedents and international best practices in competition law for an economic agent investigated for unilateral conduct (tying and exclusivities) in an entertainment market, which contributed to reduce the scope of the investigation and achieve a favorable agreement and result with the authority.

Design of a strategy among various companies that participate in the energy market to prevent competition risks by identifying and mapping interactions and joint businesses, as well as safeguards in their interaction and operation.

Merger notification with respect to a code-sharing agreement between airlines on Trans-Pacific routes, in view of the intrinsic complexity of the calculation of thresholds and collaboration between competitors involved in this type of agreement.

Risk mapping for a client holding standard essential patents with respect to the limits of their use and access to them by third party competitors, including the risk of a possible investigation for abuse of dominance conduct.

Effective merger objection based on material evidence and harmful consequences, in competitive dynamics, resulting of a transaction in the construction supplies market.

Re-channeling of a merger notification in the means of payment market, affected by an erroneous characterization of the nature of the operation that put at risk the approval of the transaction by COFECE.

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.