
Gonzalo Soto
Associategsoto@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2482
His practice focuses on the areas of antitrust, regulation, administrative law and litigation.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on the notification procedure before the National Economic Prosecutor's Office (FNE) of its multi-jurisdictional merger with Peugeot.
- ENAP, a State-owned company, on its regulatory and antitrust matters in Chile.
- Deutsche Post (DHL) and J.F. Hillebrand Group AG on the notification procedure before the FNE of a concentration consistent on the acquisition of exclusive control by DHL over J.F. Hillebrand’s global freight forwarding business.
- Thyssenkrupp AG on the notification procedure before the FNE of a concentration concerning FLSmidth’s acquisition of exclusive control over Thyssenkrupp’s mining technologies global business.
- Nestlé on the notification procedure before the FNE concerning its acquisition of exclusive control over the boutique chocolaterie La Fête Chocolat.
- Mitsubishi Corporation on the notification procedure before the FNE of a concentration concerning the Chilean automotive industry.
- ENAP on the notification procedure before the FNE regarding a concentration concerning the creation of a full function joint venture for the construction and operation of a wind farm located in the south of Chile.
- Several companies on their defense against investigations by the FNE for alleged anticompetitive practices.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Research Assistant, UC Antitrust Program (since 2022).
- Teaching Assistant in a course on damages arising from anticompetitive conducts. The course is part of the Diploma “Current Issues in Tort Law”. Universidad de Chile (since 2018).
- Teaching Assistant of Procedural Law, Universidad de Chile (2014-2019).
- Teaching Assistant of Labor Law, Universidad de Chile (2014).
PUBLICATIONS
- Co-author of the Chilean chapter "Competition Law Treatment of Joint Ventures, A Jurisdictional Guide", IBA (2022).
RELATED AREAS
EDUCATION
- Law, Universidad de Chile (Summa Cum Laude).
- Degree in Regulation and Competition, Faculty of Economy and Business, Universidad de Chile (2021).
ADMISSIONS
- Chile (2020).
LANGUAGES
- Spanish.
- English.