Director
Competition / Antitrust
Mario is part of our Competition team and advises local and international clients across all areas of competition law.
Mario specializes in free competition, unfair competition and economic regulation. His practice includes administrative and civil litigation and preventive advice on local and regional competition law, ranging from investigations for abuse of market power, notices of economic concentration, state aid, restrictive practices and cartels.
He has successfully worked on some of the most sophisticated transactions and investigations involving the Ecuadorian competition regulator.
Mario combines his professional experience with academic research in competition law, enabling him to approach complex problems with a broad perspective and technical precision.
Spanish
English
Ecuador
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2014 – present)
Associate, Andrade Veloz Abogados, Quito, Ecuador (2012 – 2013)
Director, Competition Law Group, Legal Research Institute, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (2017 – present)
Professor of Competition Law, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (2016 – present)
Research Assistant to Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law, U.S.A. (2014)
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, cum laude, 2012)
The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, England (Diploma in Economics for Competition Law, 2013)
New York University School of Law, U.S.A. (Master in Competition, Innovation and Information Law, 2014)
"Mario Navarrete-Serrano's level of knowledge, attentiveness to the case and client-oriented focus make him one of the best professionals in the field of competition law."
"Mario Navarrete-Serrano is a top-level professional, with a solid academic background and extensive experience in competition law in Ecuador. He is efficient and effective not only in managing litigation matters but also in day-to-day business enquiries."
"Rising Star"
Mario Navarrete-Serrano elicits outstanding plaudits from clients for his remarkable activity in Ecuador's competition and antitrust fields.
"I have never met a lawyer as good as Mario Navarrete-Serrano. His technical knowledge is way above others, and he is always thinking outside of the box."
"Mario Navarrete-Serrano is one of the best lawyers you can rely on to assess complex antitrust matters. He is a leading figure."
"Rising Star"
Mario Navarrete-Serrano's "advice has been very valuable to our business and he has demonstrated a broad knowledge and professional experience in the competition arena," according to a client. Another interviewee also says that "he is a well-regarded name in the market."
“He is a highly capable and intuitive lawyer who offers high-quality advice.” Another interviewee remarks: “His knowledge, expertise and legal judgement in the competition arena has helped us obtain very good results.”
“competition expert” who is “good at explaining complex matters in a simple way.”
“Recommended lawyer”
“a very good competition lawyer.” His practice spans merger control filings, regulatory issues and investigations into cartel activity.”
Scholarship holder
Ecuador Bar Association
International Bar Association
Member, Academic Committee for the Master’s Degree in Litigation and International Arbitration, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (2016 – present)
Academic Society for Competition Law ASCOLA
The Merger Control Review.
United Kingdom: Law Business Research, tenth edition, chapter 15, 2019.
¿Qué es lo manifiestamente injusto? Una mirada a través de la denegación de justicia.
Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje 2012. 2013.
The Merger Control Review.
United Kingdom: Law Business Research, ninth edition, chapter 17, 2018.
Our Partner Diego Pérez Ordóñez, and Senior Associate Mario Navarrete Serrano members of our Competition team, have authored the Ecuador Chapter of The Merger Control Review – Edition 13 published by The Law Reviews (TLR).
Show MoreOur Partner Diego Pérez Ordóñez, and Senior Associate Mario Navarrete Serrano members of our Competition team, have authored the Ecuador Chapter of The Merger Control Review – Twelfth Edition published by The Law Reviews (TLR).
Show MoreDiego Pérez Ordóñez and Mario Navarrete, members of PBP’s Competition team, have written the Ecuador chapter for the publication “Price Controls and Competition Law during COVID-19 in Latin America”.
Show MoreDiego Pérez Ordóñez, Luis Marín Tobar y Mario Navarrete Serrano of our competition team are the authors of the Ecuador’s chapter of The Merger Control Review 2019 published by Law Business Research.
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