Felipe Hepner

Associate

fhepner@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2482



His practice focuses on antitrust, regulation, litigation and mergers and acquisitions.


REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • ISA, as an interested third party, on a contentious procedure initiated by Ferrovial Power Infrastructure Chile against the National Electrical Coordinator (CEN) before the TDLC (Antitrust Court), for allegedly breach the antitrust law. Additionally, on regulatory matters regarding the Kimal-Lagunas project, including its defense against Ferrovial claims, and on challenges filed before the National Energy Commission, the Ministry of Energy, the General Comptroller's Office and the TDLC.
  • Esval on a non-contentious consultation procedure initiated by the FNE, asking the TDLC to rule on whether certain non-regulated "associated services" provided by water utility companies have "monopolistic characteristics".
  • EssilorLuxottica on the international acquisition of the entire interest of HAL Optical Investments in the optical group GrandVision, gaining control over that entity. The advice included the merger control with GrandVision, which required the implementation of a carve-out or divestment of Rotter & Krauss by the latter.
  • The Walt Disney Company on the mandatory merger control procedure before the National Economic Prosecutor (FNE) regarding the global acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox, including film and television studios and international cable and television businesses, which closed subject to behavioral remedies.
  • Fresenius Kabi Chile and Laboratorios Sanderson on a defense against a lawsuit submitted by the FNE for an alleged bid rigging collusion. The FNE accused Fresenius Kabi, Sanderson and Laboratorios Biosano of colluding from 1999 to 2013 on several bids conducted by Cenabast (Chilean public institution which centralizes the acquisition of medical products for the public sector).
  • CPM and Codelco on a consultation procedure before the TDLC initiated by Empresa Portuaria de Antofagasta, on behalf of the concessionary of the Antofagasta Port.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Second Place on the "Most Gruesome Regulatory Barrier" Contest organized by the National Economic Prosecutor (2019).

ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Teaching Assistant of Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (2012-2019).

EDUCATION

  • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
  • Degree in Antitrust and Competition Law, Universidad de Chile (2018).
  • LL.M. in Competition and Regulatory Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (2022).

ADMISSIONS

  • Chile (2017).

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish.
  • English.

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