PRACTICE NOTES
NOTE—to check whether notification thresholds in Chile and worldwide are satisfied, please see: Where to Notify.
1. Have there been any recent developments regarding the Chilean merger control regime and are any updates/developments expected in the coming year? Are there any other ‘hot’ merger control issues in Chile?
On 1 June 2026, Chile’s current merger control framework will have been in force for seven years. Set out in Section IV of the Chilean Competition Act (Decree Law No. 211, DL 211), it created a pre-emptive, compulsory notification to the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, FNE) for transactions deemed ‘concentration operations’ that satisfy the thresholds described below...
Competition