In the past few years, Latin American countries have taken giant steps to reposition their competition authorities in the global antitrust arena, granting them much greater autonomy both domestically and internationally. This is an updated edition of the first book that offered an in-depth analysis of this complex scenario.
The first part of the book includes more general chapters written by leading experts on a variety of relevant topics analyzed at a regional level such as the issues emerging with the digital economy and on the special field of the information and communications technology industry, as well as chapters on broad regional trends, on the working of competition law in countries with regulated markets and in the cluster of Central American countries, among others. At the heart of the presentation are nine chapters detailing the competition regimes of the most active national jurisdictions in the region-Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Written by practicing experts with considerable hands-on experience in their respective countries, each of these chapters provides a comprehensive description and explanation of the evolution, current state, and prospects for antitrust in the country. Topics addressed in the country analysis encompass the following and more:
- relevant institutions and legislation;
- cartel investigations;
- unilateral conduct policies;
- merger review;
- international coordination;
- enforcement; and
- remedies.
Each chapter includes an analysis of relevant case law, allowing the reader to gauge the positions, views, and tendencies of each competition law regime. The contributors also pay attention to the specificities and idiosyncrasies that are so important for a correct understanding of the practical realities of competition policy and enforcement.
With its wide-ranging and in-depth approach, this book provides an incomparable analysis of a challenging region poised to become increasingly important in the international recognition and enforcement of antitrust law. It is in this sense an essential guide for lawyers, economists, corporations, academics, and government officials interested in understanding where competition law is, and where it is going to, in Latin America.
Juli嫕 Pe鎙 is the partner in charge of the competition law practice of Allende & Brea in Argentina, a professor at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella’s Masters on Law and Economics, and the founder and moderator of ForoCompetencia. He is also Vice-Chair of the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association; Vice-Chair of the International Comments & Policy Committee of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association; and member of the Advisory Board of the Fordham Competition Law Institute and of the American Antitrust Institute. He has been selected twice among the 40 best under-40 competition lawyers in the world by Global Competition Review and received Lexology’s Client Choice Award for antitrust in Argentina, among other recognitions. He has published many papers and given presentations on competition law around the world. Marcelo Calliari is the head of the competition law practice of TozziniFreire in S緌 Paulo. He was a commissioner of the Brazilian antitrust agency CADE, from 1998 to 2000, and president of the Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (IBRAC), from 2010 to 2011. He is past-chair of the International Trade and Customs Law Committee of the IBA, and he has served as a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) multiple times. Marcelo Calliari advises clients on all areas of competition. He holds degrees in economics and law, an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and a PhD from the University of S緌 Paulo (USP), and writes and speaks frequently about antitrust around the world.
