WHO ARE WE
Econlex is a boutique consulting firm
specialized in law and economics. We work closely with law and corporate counselling firms in the name of one or more companies
that are involved in litigation or regulatory proceedings. Our consulting services support companies seeking assistance
with strategic issues associated with their investment overseas. Areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, regulation,
unfair competition, antitrust and competition policy, consumer protection, trade policy, investment promotion, clustering,
and industrial development. We have provided outsourcing consulting in large international development projects to
consulting firms such as Chemonics, Inc.; Maxwell Stamp Pcl., ICON Institut; IRIS - University of Maryland; S.J.Berwin,
Bearing Point and FIAS-IFC. Our client list includes the following international institutions: the European Commission; the
World Bank; the Inter-American Development Bank; the Andean Commission and the Asian Development Bank. Our country
experience covers the Latin American region, Middle East, Central and South East Asia. 
OUR SERVICES Econlex works closely with law and corporate counselling firms in the name of
one or more companies that are involved in litigation or regulatory proceedings. We offer business consulting
services to companies seeking assistance with strategic issues that require expert economic or financial analysis. We advise
our clients in areas such as finance, mergers and acquisitions, regulation, unfair competition, antitrust and competition
policy, consumer protection, trade policy, investment promotion, clustering, and industrial development. Our
unique business planning capacity is particularly valuable for our clients, to help them take decisions under conditions of
high political risk and uncertain business settings, which are common in most Latin American countries. We advise our clients
both at the stage of planning and implementation. Thanks to our network of consultants and contacts
we possess an exceptional knowledge of the indigenous conditions affecting trade and investment decisions in Latin American
markets. This valuable asset gives us a unique competitive advantage in the region.
EXPERIENCE Our expertise covers law, economics, management, political science and business administration.
We have been engaged in private sector development and institutional building projects covering varied disciplines such as
competition policy, infrastructure regulation, intellectual property, international trade and finance, domestic taxation,
investment promotion and competitiveness promotion. Our projects include, among others, the following: International
Development projects: - Developed institutional building programs for antitrust authorities, including assessment
and development of competition legislation and training in Armenia (USAID-IRIS-Bearing Point); Honduras (World Bank); El Salvador
(World Bank and IADB); Lebanon (European Commission-ICON Institut); Dominican Republic (USAID-Chemonics) and Nicaragua (FIAS,
UNCTAD);
- Design of a Fund for the Promotion of Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Mongolia (GTZ);
Provided
infrastructure regulation assessment in the electricity sector, telecommunications, and the financial sector in Kazakhstan
(USAID-Bearing Point);
- Developed specialized legislation for consumer protection for Uruguay (IADB) and Paraguay
(IADB);
- Development of Competition Legislation and Training in Lebanon (jointly with ICON Institut Germany)
- Development
support of the Trade Remedies Legislation for the Government of Malawi (jointly with Maxwell Stamp PLC)
- Assessment
of Market Barriers against entrepreneurship and review of the Competition Bill in Dominican Republic, (jointly with Chemonics
and J E Austin)
- Assessment of the implications of the WTO's current Intellectual Property Regime (TRIPS) on Business
Innovation in developing countries (ICTSD-UNCTAD)
- Investment Climate and Competitiveness Promotion in Ecuador.
- Development of a competition policy institutional framework in Bolivia.
- Diagnostic of the Investment Climate,
Competitiveness and Competition Policy in Nicaragua.
- Development of Competition Policy and Consumer Protection institutions
in Uruguay.
- Preparation of a training manual for government officials in Spanish- speaking countries for the implementation
of a competition policy and infrastructure guidelines.
- Development of Competition Policy and Consumer Protection institutions
in Paraguay.
- Investment Climate and Competitiveness Promotion in the Philippines, (jointly with Maxwell Stamp PLC).
- Institutional
strengthening project for the Superintendence of Industry and Trade in Bogotá, Colombia.
Litigation
Support: - Expert advice in the dispute between Venevision, Radio Caracas Television and Televen concerning
the alleged existence of a cartel between television broadcasting companies for the allocation of advertising slots
- Expert
advice in the case of C.A. Cerveceria Regional and Cervecerias Brahma on the alleged unfair competition and trademark infractions
resulting from using similar labels
- Expert advice in the dispute between Compañía Anonima Nacional Telefonos
de Venezuela (CANTV) and AES Corporation over its US$ 1.371 billion Public Tender Offer, on competition policy, infrastructure
access, and the allocation of rights over the use of common physical resources and unbundling problems.
External
Counsel services: - Off-counsel for Lafarge Group of Venezuela on competition and
regulatory policy.
- Off-counsel for Procter & Gamble Latin America on mergers and acquisitions,
unfair trade, consumer protection, and competition policy.
- Off-counsel for Techint - Sidor on infrastructure regulation.
- Off-counsel
for Unilever Centroamerica on competition policy matters.
- Competition policy counseling on the merger between Frito
Lay, S.A. and Savoy.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS - The World Bank.
- Foreign Investments Advisory
Services (FIAS)
- The Inter-American Development Bank.
- The European Commission
- The Andean Group Secretariat.
- The
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- Competition Policy Committee (Kazakhstan)
- Competition
Commission (Armenia)
- Ministry of Economy (Lebanon)
- Baumeister & Brewer
- D'Empaire, Reyna
& Bermudez
- CLC Abogados Consultores.
- Procter & Gamble
- Lafarge
- Sidor
- C.A. Cervecería
Regional
- Venevision
- The AES Corporation
- Secretaría de Industria y Comercio (Dominican Republic)
- Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (Nicaragua)
- Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización,
Pesca y Competitividad (Ecuador)
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico (Bolivia)
MANAGING
DIRECTOR Ignacio De Leon, Ph.D. (Lon.); M.A. in Economics. (U.Fco.Marroquin/Boston University);
LL.M. (Lon.), J.D. (U.C.A.B., Caracas). Competition and trade policy, private sector development. Contact: idl@econlex.com
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