Julián Peña

Julián Peña is the partner in charge of the competition law practice of Allende & Brea in Argentina and is a professor at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella’s Masters in Law and Economics. He is also the founder and moderator of ForoCompetencia (www.ForoCompetencia.com); Senior Vice-Chair of the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association; Vice-Chair of the International Comments & Policy Committee of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association; and member of the Advisory Board of the Fordham Competition Law Institute and the American Antitrust Institute. Julián has published the book Control de Concentraciones Económicas (2002); co-edited the book Competition Law in Latin America: A Practical Guide (2016 and 2022); and has published many papers and given presentations on competition law around the world. Julián has been selected twice among the 40 best under-40 competition lawyers in the world by Global Competition Review (2008 and 2012) and received Lexology's Client Choice Award for antitrust in Argentina (2018), among other recognitions. Prior to joining Allende & Brea, Julián has been a legal advisor of two ministers of economy of Argentina and at the Argentine antitrust authority, among other positions.