translated from Spanish: Women take the scene of free competition

A new group was created to contribute to the practice of free competition, founded by the lawyer, Vanessa Facusse, expert of Bofill, Escobar and Silva and the economist, Ana María Montoya, researcher of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering of the University of Chile and butelmann partner. It was christened Red Pro Competencia and brings together various actors in the field of free competition from Spain and Latin America.
The initiative emerged after Facusse and Montoya served for years in the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office – the first in disputes and the second as head of the cartel unit – where they investigated iconic cases such as tissue collusions, laboratories and Supermarkets. There they identified a gap between the approaches of competition authorities, with the prospects for economic operators in business development and decision-making, and there was a need to generate a meeting point for exchanging experiences and knowledge to broaden the gaze, learn from others and act proactively.
The launch of the network was made as part of the presentation of its first initiative, the book “Challenges for Free Competition in Ibero-America”, which was developed together with the Faculty of Law of Adolfo Ibáñez University and in which 25 experts from I Western America.
The book addresses cross-cutting and contingent topics such as posters, damage compensation, collaborative economies, the digital economy and competition. It was presented by former European Commission chief economist, Pompeu Fabra University academic Massimo Motta and OECD head of competition Antonio Gomes.
The interesting thing about the book is that only women participate. Many of the authors are authorities in their countries, such as Pilar Canedo, counsellor of the Spanish National Competition and Markets Commission; Margarida Matos, President of the Competition Authority of Portugal; Luciana Macedo, president of the Commission for the Promotion and Defense of Competition of Uruguay and the Chileans, María de la Luz Domper and Daniela Gorab, both ministers of the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia. The other participants are recognized consultants, lawyers and academics.

Original source in Spanish