Program Overview

Program Intensive Precedents of Free Competition

This program provides executives with tools to apply the rulings of the TDLC and studies by the FNE, design compliance and governance strategies, and anticipate changes in regulations and emerging practices such as interlocking, excessive prices, or labor restrictions.

General Information

• Value: 48 UF
• Hours: 35
• Start Date: To be confirmed 2026
• End Date: To be confirmed 2026
• Schedule: Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Modality: This course is held in person at the Alta Direcci¾n Headquarters.

Objectives

• Comprehend the regulatory and jurisprudential framework of free competition in Chile, focusing on the most recent and relevant precedents.
• Apply tools of legal and economic analysis to evaluate strategic risks and opportunities in competitive environments.
• Identify national and international regulatory trends, especially in the digital and emerging markets sphere.

Contents

Module 1: Understanding the Fundamentals of DL 211 and the Role of TDLC and FNE

• Introduction to the Chilean system of free competition.
• Powers of the FNE and the TDLC.
• Basic concepts: relevant market, dominant position, effective competition.

Module 2: Analyzing Recent TDLC Rulings on Interlocking and Excessive Prices

• TDLC Sentences N░202/2025 and N░203/2025.
• Doctrinal criticisms and debate on direct vs. indirect interlocking.
• Analysis of the sentence against WOM for excessive prices.

Module 3: Studying the Consultative Procedure and Competitive Risks in Collaborative Agreements

• Liquid fuel case: analysis of the consultative procedure.
• Structural and behavioral measures.
• Review of associated judicial decisions.

Module 4: Understanding Market Studies as a Preventive Tool and Public Policy

• Market study on e-commerce.
• Observed digital practices (self-preferencing, MFN clauses, algorithms).
• International cases: Google Shopping, Amazon, Booking.

Module 5: Agreements Not to Request/Hire Workers or Agree on Benefits Between Employers

• New practices in the labor market.
• International guidelines and cases that sanction the exchange of information.

Academic

Vanessa Facuse Andreucci
Academic Program Intensive Precedent of Free Competition