The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2017

Pages: 164

ISBN: 1468-7054

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This 2017 edition of GCR’s Antitrust Review of the Americas is designed to general counsel, government agencies and private practice lawyers successfully navigate the world’s increasingly complex competition regimes.

In preparing this report, we have worked exclusively with leading competition practitioners through the region, enabling them not only to explain law and policy, but also to put them into context through their wealth of experience and knowledge.

Published August 2016

Chapters:

Introduction:
- Roxann E Henry, Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
United States:
- Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
  - Patty Brink, Director of Civil Enforcement
  - Melanie Krebs-Pilotti, International Counsel
- Federal Trade Commission
  - Deborah L Feinstein, Director
- Cartels
  - Beau Buffier, Jessica Delbaum, Heather Kafele and Aleksandra Petkovic, Shearman & Sterling LLP
- CFIUS Review
  - Robert Schlossberg and Christine Laciak, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
- Class Actions
  - Carrie C Mahan, Adam C Hemlock and Eric S Hochstadt, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Energy
  - Anne Rodgers, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Government Investigations
  - Norman Armstrong and Jeffrey Spigel, King & Spalding LLP
- Healthcare
  - Andrea Agathoklis Murino, Goodwin Procter LLP
- IP and Antitrust
  - John ‘Jay’ Jurata, Jr and Alex Okuliar, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
- Joint Ventures
  - William R Vigdor and John M Satira, Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Mergers
  - Mark D Alexander, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
- Pharmaceutical Antitrust
  - Michael Gallagher, Eric Grannon, Heather McDevitt, Adam Acosta, Kevin Adam, Trisha Grant and Kristen O’Shaughnessy, White & Case LLP
- Private Antitrust Litigation
  - Robert G Abrams, Gregory J Commins and Danyll W Foix, Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Technology Mergers
  - Megan Browdie, Jacqueline Grise and Howard Morse, Cooley LLP
- Telecoms
  - Parker Erkmann, Cooley LLP
- Vertical Restraints
  - Thomas J Collin, Thompson Hine LLP
Canada
- Competition Bureau
  - John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition
- Cartel Enforcement
  - Richard Annan and Calvin S Goldman QC, Goodmans LLP
- Merger Review
  - Adam Kalbfleisch and Kyle Donnelly, Bennett Jones LLP
- Pharmaceuticals
  - Arlan Gates, Nancy Hamzo and Eva Warden, Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Private Antitrust Litigation
  - Robert Russell, Subrata Bhattacharjee and Denes Rothschild, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Argentina:
- Competition Authority
  - Esteban M Greco, President
  - Lucía Quesada, General Director
Brazil:
- Administrative Council for Economic Defence
  - Márcio de Oliveira Júnior, Acting President
- Cartels
  - Bruno de Luca Drago and Marco Antonio Fonseca Júnior, Demarest Advogados
- Private Antitrust Litigation
  - Ubiratan Mattos and Nathália César, Mattos Engelberg Advogados
Chile:
- National Economic Prosecutor’s Office
  - Felipe Irarrázabal, National Economic Prosecutor
Colombia:
- Superintendence of Industry and Commerce
  - Paola Carrillo, International Affairs Coordinator
Costa Rica:
- Overview
  - Claudio Donato Monge and Marco López Volio, Zürcher, Odio & Raven
Ecuador:
- Overview
  - Daniel Pino Arroba and Paulette Ocampo Vélez, Coronel & Pérez
El Salvador:
- Competition Superintendence
  - Marlene Tobar, Chief Economist
Honduras:
- Competition Agency
  - Alberto Lozano Ferrera, Commissioner President
Mexico:
- Federal Economic Competition Commission
  - Alejandra Palacios Prieto, Chairwoman
- Overview
  - Fernando Carreño and Paloma Alcántara, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC
Nicaragua:
- Competition Authority
  - Luis Humberto Guzmán, President of Procompetencia
Panama:
- Authority of Consumer Protection and Competition and Defence
  - Oscar García Cardoze, General Administrator
Peru:
- National Institute for the Defence of Free Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property
  - Jesús Eloy Espinoza Lozada, Head of the Technical Secretariat of the Commission for the Defence of Free Competition