Antitrust / Competition

The antitrust/competition practice of Imery Urdaneta addresses many significant issues of competition that affect businesses. Some of our lawyers have also handled competition cases before the Andean Community.

We advice our clients in the application of its legislation, including due diligence programs, training and follow-up of the fair competition legislation.


Administrative and Judicial Proceedings
Lawyers at Imery Urdaneta are well trained and experienced in handling and following up administrative cases relating to cartelization, and abuse of dominant position. We have participated in some of the major rulings on Competition before Procompetencia, and before courts, including the Supreme Court of Justice.

Our services include following up legal advice.

We also assist companies under investigation and those wanting to report abusive commercial practices.


Economic Concentrations
The firm renders advice in the decision making and filing proceedings of economic concentrations to Procompetencia, by evaluating solutions for the most complex operations.

We handle and follow up filing proceedings and negotiations until their finalization. If necessary, we include economist and specialist in other areas to sharpen our legal aid.


Unfair competition
We render advice in the analysis and evaluation of commercial proposals to determine their lawfulness in terms of competition. We have represented clients in the solution of disputes, and disputed administrative and judicial competition proceedings, including cases relating to intellectual property and industrial patents, in the food, medicine and telecommunications sectors