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    María José Henríquez

    Senior Counsel
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    Senior Counsel of the Antitrust and Regulated Markets Group. Her practice focuses on antitrust/competition law, market regulation, and litigation.

    • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
    • Linkage Exchange Program, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, USA (2003).
    • Diploma in Regulation and Antitrust, School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile (2010).
    • LL.M., Trade Regulation and Antitrust, New York University School of Law, USA (2011).
    • Academic excellence award, granted by Law School Dean, Universidad de Chile.
    • Dean's Graduate Award, scholarship granted for academic excellence, New York University, USA.

     

    • Mentor, Fundación Generación Empresarial Mentoring Network (2025).
    • Member of Red ProCompetencia (Pro Competition Network).
    • Member and Mentor (2025) of Women in Dispute Resolution.
    • Head of the Anti-Cartel Division (2012-2016) and Attorney of the Legal Division, National Economic Prosecutor's Office. Also served as the agency's representative before the International Competition Network, Cartels Subgroup.
    • Associate (2005-2008) and Law Clerk (2001-2003), Antitrust and Regulated Markets Group, Carey.
    • Professor of the Diploma in Antitrust, Law School, Universidad de Chile (2020).
    • Professor of the Diploma in Antitrust, Universidad Finis Terrae (2019-2020).
    • Professor of the Antitrust and Regulation Course, Master in Public Policy, School of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2017-2018).
    • Research Assistant to Prof. Harry First, Director of the Program on Trade Regulation and Antitrust, New York University (2010-2011).
    • Member of the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy.
    • Teaching Assistant (Ad Honorem), Department of Law Sciences, Law School, Universidad de Chile (2003-2005).
    • Teaching Assistant (Ad Honorem), Telecommunications Law, Prof. José Ignacio Ovalle Yrarrázabal (2003-2005).
    • Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

    Education

    • Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
    • Linkage Exchange Program, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, USA (2003).
    • Diploma in Regulation and Antitrust, School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile (2010).
    • LL.M., Trade Regulation and Antitrust, New York University School of Law, USA (2011).
    • Academic excellence award, granted by Law School Dean, Universidad de Chile.
    • Dean's Graduate Award, scholarship granted for academic excellence, New York University, USA.

     

    Admissions

    • Chile (2007).

    Languages

    • Spanish.
    • English.

    Publications

    • Co-author of the article "Fee Regulation in the Operation of Payment Cards in Chile", Antitrust Across the Borders, Women in Antitrust, Brazil (2023).
    • Co-author of the article about Hub&Spoke collusions in the book "Antitrust Challenges in Ibero-America" (2019).
    • Author of several collaborations and articles for the Competition Center of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and Estado Diario.
    • Co-author of the Chilean chapter of the guide "Cartels Practice Guides, Chambers and Partners (2019).
    • Collaborated for the article "Your Money and Your Life: The Export of U.S. Antitrust Remedies", Global Competition Law and Economics, Stanford University Press (2013).

    Seminars

    • Speaker at the seminar Antitrust in the Americas, American Bar Association (2019 and 2025).
    • Speaker at the seminar organized by the IBRAC (Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Concorrência, Consumo e Comércio Internacional) (2020).
    • Speaker at the seminar "Recent Challenges to Competition Law", Law School, Universidad de Chile (2018).
    • Speaker at the seminar “Excessive Pricing in Antitrust,” School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile (2018).