On February 2022, the Antitrust Agency’s (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, FNE) prohibited the acquisition of two private health insurers (locally called ‘Isapres’), Isapre Colmena by Nexus Heath (a US-based holding of […]
The Chilean Competition Court (“TDLC”) ruled this week on a procedure that sets rules to improve its the conditions of competition in the market of credit, debit and prepaid card […]
The FNE decided to extend into Phase 2 the analysis of the operation consisting on the merger between Enjoy S.A. and Dreams S.A., the main undertakings in the casino industry […]
An updated version of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines, drafted by the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), was launched today. This document replaces the 2012 version of the guidelines. These Guidelines […]
The National Economic Prosecutor's Office (FNE) presented the collusion case against the cash and valuables transportation companies Brink's, Prosegur and Loomis and against six executives linked to them before the […]
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) International Corruption Unit, in coordination with the FBI’s Legal Attache Santiago, shared best practices on preparation and […]
The Chilean competition authority, the National Economic Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, or “FNE”) blocked the acquisition of Isapre Colmena Salud S.A. (Colmena) by Nexus Chile SpA, controller of Isapre […]
The Chilean Competition Tribunal (Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia) upheld the FNE’s accusation filed in July 2018 against Faasa Chile Servicios Aéreos Limitada and Martínez Ridao Chile Limitada […]
The FNE filed for the first time lawsuits for infringements of the horizontal interlocking prohibition established in Decree Law No. 211 of 1973 (DL 211), that is, the simultaneous involvement […]
The National Economic Prosecutor's Office (FNE) published today the final report of its Market Study on Gas, reiterating the need to carry out a series of reforms to increase competition […]
The Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office (FNE) cleared in Phase II, subject to compliance of structural and behavioral remedies, the acquisition of a convenience store chain −OK Market S.A.− controlled […]
After being published in Chile’s Official Gazette, today has entered into force the new regulation on the notification of concentration operations, contained under Decree No. 41 dated May 7th, 2021 […]
The National Economic Prosecution Office (FNE) was chosen among its peers to become one of the Co-chairs of the Cartel Working Group at the International Competition Network (ICN), the leading […]
The Chilean Antitrust Agency (Fiscalía Nacional Económica or FNE) decided to extend into Phase II the investigation of the operation through which Walmart’s Chilean subsidiary seeks to acquire, through long-term […]
On October 7th, the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) filed a complaint before the Competition Tribunal (TDLC) accusing a price-fixing scheme that took place between 2017 and 2018, against […]
The FNE today released the Preliminary Report of its sixth Market Study, which addressed the gas market in Chile in the period between 2010 and 2020, focusing on the liquefied […]
Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office (“FNE”) together with Delta Air Lines, Inc. and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. submitted to the Chilean Competition Court (“TDLC”), last August 17th, an out-of-court settlement […]
The FNE unconditionally cleared in Phase 1 the acquisition of Chilevisión (a free-to-air channel owned by Warner Media Group) by Viacom CBS, Inc., concluding that the merger not only does […]
The Competition Agency (FNE) has published today a free translation into English of the Pre Notification Guidance, in force since past May 12. With this translated version the FNE aims at […]
The National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) has decided to extend the timeframe for the public consultation on the new Horizontal Merger Guidelines that began last May 12, until June 25. The […]
On May 12the FNE launched a new version of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines and a Prenotification Guidance, reinforcing and updating the Chilean merger control regime in force since 2017. The updated […]
The Chilean Competition Authority (Fiscalía Nacional Económica or FNE) cleared with remedies the acquisition of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica. Consequently, GrandVision’s assets in Chile – which included the optical retail chain […]
The Chilean Competition Authority (FNE) cleared without conditions the acquisition of control of the chocolate company La Fête by Nestlé Chile. In its analysis, the FNE assess whether the acquisition of […]
The Chilean antitrust agency (Fiscalía Nacional Económica or FNE) cleared unconditionally the acquisition of Compañía General de Electricidad S.A. (CGE) and CGE Servicios S.A. by State Grid International Development Limited […]