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Lawyer

López, Luciana

Contact information:

llopez@ppv.com.uy
+598 2604 1604
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Professional experience

She works in the Corporate Law and Antintrust and Competition Law Departments. Her regular practice includes advising domestic and foreign clients in due diligence processes and corporate acquisitions, financing transactions, and the negotiation and drafting of civil and commercial contracts.

She also provides regular advice on merger control and competition law matters, assisting clients in economic concentration filings before the relevant authorities, as well as in investigations involving anticompetitive practices, abuse of dominant position, and cartels.

In the academic field, she serves as an Honorary Professor of Antitrust and Competition Law at the School of Law of Universidad Católica del Uruguay.

Publications

  • “El nuevo proceso de notificación introducido por la Ley N.º 20.212. Dudas interpretativas y dificultades prácticas a dos años de su sanción” (“The New Notification Procedure Introduced by Law No. 20,212: Interpretative Questions and Practical Difficulties Two Years After Its Enactment”), Anuario de Derecho de la Competencia 2025.
  • “Reinterpretando los objetivos del régimen de defensa de la competencia en Uruguay” (“Reinterpreting the Objectives of Uruguay’s Competition Law framework”), Anuario de la Competencia del Mercosur 2025.
  • “El artículo 8, literal c) de la Ley 18.159 – La excepción de desembarco de una empresa extranjera sin presencia empresarial en Uruguay”, Anuario de Derecho de la Competencia 2023.
  • “Antitrust Litigation in Uruguay”, Antitrust Litigation Global Practice Guide 2022, Chambers and Partners.
  • “¿Puede la transferencia de la participación del accionista minoritario con derechos de veto constituir una concentración económica en materia de defensa de la competencia?”, Revista CADE, September 2021.

Education:

  • Doctor of Law, Universidad de Montevideo (Uruguay).

Languages:

  • Spanish, English, and Portuguese