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Álvaro Vives

Partner · Claro & Cia.

ChileAntitrust, ArbitrationSpanish, English

About

Álvaro Vives is a Partner at Claro & Cia., focusing on antitrust, arbitration and litigation. He advises and represents clients in competition investigations and judicial proceedings (including cartels, abuse of dominance and merger control), provides regulatory and preventive contract/commercial-policy advice, and also handles civil, commercial and constitutional litigation; he served as a clerk at the Chilean Competition Tribunal (2013–2016) and has been a Civil Law professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile since 2014.

Practice areas

AntitrustArbitrationLitigationEconomic Regulation

Office

Expertise

CartelsAbuse of dominanceMerger controlCompetition investigations and regulatory proceedingsAntitrust compliance and commercial contractsCivil, commercial and constitutional litigationArbitration

Education

  • JP, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2011
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2017 (Becas Chile and Fulbright)

Admissions

  • Chile (admitted 2012)
  • New York, USA (admitted 2018)

Languages

SpanishEnglish