Sofía O'Ryan

She/HerCounsel

Emailsoryan@dlapiper.cl

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Santiago

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Areas of FocusCorporate Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Consumer Goods, Food and Retail Industrials

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EXPERIENCE

Antitrust

Uber Eats: Advised the client during the investigation initiated by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) in 2021, regarding vertical restraints observed in agreements between digital platforms (Rappi, Pedidos Ya and Uber Eats) and the restaurants associated to them.
Hospitality platform: Advised in the context of a market study on accommodation platforms conducted by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office.
Pharmaceutical company: Advised throughout the mandatory notification process before the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office regarding the context of the acquisition by an investment company.
A medical devices company: Advising, reviewing, and redrafting its dawn raid routine materials that could be done by local authorities, adjusting them to Chilean law for local businesses in Chile.
Inversiones Santa María: Advised the client in the sale of its participation in the information security company Neosecure, with a presence in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Spain, Colombia, and Brazil, to the Brazilian fund Patria. We also advised the client on the termination of the shareholders' agreement and future obligations with The Rohatyn Group, which also sold its participation in Neosecure.
Uber: Defense of Uber Chile SpA and Uber International Holding B.V. before the antitrust court in a lawsuit filed by a union of taxi drivers against the clients and other ridesharing app firms.
American Tower Corporation: Advised the client on purchasing 30,722 telecommunication towers from Telefónica Group in Europe (Germany and Spain) and Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Peru).

Consumer Protection/Advertising

A worldwide leading cosmetic and beauty company: Advised in a claim against a company specializing in personal care products, in the case followed before the National Board of Ethics on Advertisement (CONAR).
Platform: Advised in consumer-related matters. This includes representing the client in legal proceedings before administrative tribunals such as the National Consumer Service (SERNAC) and judicial courts, including small claims and civil courts, as required by law.
Cornershop: Defense of the client against a claim presented by SERNAC before the Local Tribunal (Juzgado de Policía Local).
L’Oréal: Defense of the client against a class action presented by an association of consumers (CONADECUS) before the Civil Tribunal.
Company in the entertainment industry: Advised on the potential effects that the shutdown of a Platform may have.
Uber: Successful representation before the CONAR related to a consumer claim regarding Uber Eats’ advertising.
Other clients: Advised and supported the client by producing security alerts and recall processes.

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Education

Law, Universidad de Chile, 2011

Diploma in Regulation and Competition, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, 2014-2015

Master of Laws (LL.M), King's College London, United Kingdom, 2016-2017

Course Competition Economics: Abuse of Dominance, Barcelona School of Economics, 2018

Course Competition in Digital Markets, Barcelona School of Economics, 2021

Course on Consumer Law, personal data and new technologies, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 2023

Awards

Publications

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Prior Experience

Coordinator of the Antitrust Division, National Economic Prosecutor's Office, 2020
Coordinator of the Merger Division, National Economic Prosecutor's Office, 2018–2020
Intern at the European Commission, Directorate General for Competition, Belgium, 2017
Lawyer at the Merger Division, National Economic Prosecutor's Office, 2013–2016

Memberships And Affiliations