Manfred Zink joins Bofill Mir Abogados as Director of Antitrust and Economic Regulation. Before joining Bofill Mir, Mr. Zink held the position of Head of the Enforcement Division of the Chilean Antitrust Agency (Fiscalía Nacional Económica).
One of the most remarkable milestones in his career, developed in both the private and public sectors and which includes nearly a decade at the Chilean Antitrust Agency, was to take over in 2019 as the first head of the Compliance Control Unit, a position he held - later as Head of Division - until before joining Bofill Mir.
Thus, Manfred led the investigations that resulted in the first injunctions for Interlockingpractices, for providing false information in merger transactions and for failure to notify participations in competitors. He was also in charge of a series of actions for non-compliance with measures imposed in resolutions of the antitrust authorities.
"I am here to continue strengthening what was already being done in antitrust, and to put my knowledge and experience in the field and in economic regulation at Bofill Mir's disposal," said Zink. According to the firm, the incorporation of Manfred seeks to strengthen a practice that has impacted almost all areas of law, especially in preventive, merger and litigation matters.
Manfred joins the experience of partner Tomás Pérez, head of the Litigation, who has an outstanding track record in antitrust litigation and is one of the lawyers with the largest presence in trials before the Court for the Defense of Antitrust, according to the latest Radiography of the Antitrust Legal Market (2014 - 2022), published by the Competition Center of UAI.
"In January of this year, I took on the responsibility of relaunching the firm's Litigation area, and the incorporation of Manfred, with his experience and background, not only reinforces the litigation practice in antitrust matters that we have been strengthening, but above all, represents a significant boost for the strengthening of preventive advice, compliance and merger operations," said Tomás Pérez, partner of the practice. compliance y de operaciones de concentración”, comentó Tomás Pérez, socio de la práctica.
Manfred has focused his career mainly on economic, antitrust and regulatory matters. He is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2003) and LL.M., with concentration in Economic Regulation, Antitrust and Technologies, from the University of California, Berkeley (2011). In addition, he has developed an academic career in such matters, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
