Infrastructure acquisition
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.
Tying of services
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.
Regulatory compliance
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.
Joint Venture and code sharing
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.
Standard Essential Patents (SEP)
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.
Merger objection
Effective merger objection based on material evidence and harmful consequences, in competitive dynamics, resulting of a transaction in the construction supplies market.
Means of payment by credit card
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.
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.
Detonation of complex competition case
Launching of an ex officio investigation for cartel behavior in the health sector market characterized by complex horizontal and vertical relationships between market participants.
Non-compete clause
Authorization by COFECE of a non-compete clause for a term of eight years (the normal standard is three years), justified by the legal structure of the transaction and its economic impact.