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Associate

Camila Yáñez Cruces

Camila has extensive experience in competition matters, having participated in both contentious and non-contentious proceedings before the Competition Tribunal and the Supreme Court in a wide range of cases. She has advised clients across diverse industries—including telecommunications, dairy, steel, and the recently regulated fintech sector—and frequently engages with sectoral authorities.

Camila has also represented several companies in anti-dumping proceedings before the Chilean Import Price Distortions Commission.

Before joining RPA, Camila served as the Lawyer responsible for the Coordination of the Economic Law Department of the University of Chile. She also worked as a paralegal in the Litigation Division of the National Economic Prosecutor's Office. Camila has been a guest lecturer at Universidad San Sebastián and has worked as the coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma program in International Economic Law taught by the Graduate School of Universidad de Chile and as an assistant professor of several undergraduate and graduate courses. 

She holds a Law Degree from Universidad de Chile, a Postgraduate Diploma in Competition Law, a Postgraduate Diploma in Economic and Business Criminal Law and several specialization courses in Economic Law. 

Professional Experience

  • Associate, RojasPacini Abogados (2023-present).

  • Visiting academic, Universidad San Sebastián (2023).

  • Coordinating lawyer, Department of Economic Law, Universidad de Chile (2022-2023).

  • Coordinator, Diploma in International Economic Law, Universidad de Chile (2022-2023).

  • Legal Secretary, First Electoral Tribunal of the Metropolitan Region (2022). 

  • Paralegal, Litigation Division of the National Economic Prosecutor's Office (2018-2020).

Education

  • Diploma in Competition Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2024)

  • Diploma in Economic and Business Criminal Law, Universidad de Chile (2023)

  • Specialization course "Practical Application of Consumer Law", Universidad de Chile (2023)

  • Specialization course "Fintech and Open Finance", Universidad de Chile (2023)

  • Specialization course "Procedural Tools for Antitrust Litigation", Universidad de Chile (2022)

  • Specialization course "Customs Procedures and International Trade: Regulation, Operations and Special Regimes", Universidad de Chile (2021)

  • Law Degree, Universidad de Chile (2019)

Academic activities

  • Assistant - Diploma in Labour Relations in a new economic and social scenario, Universidad de Chile (2023)

  • Assistant - Diploma in Gender, Labour and Social Security, Universidad de Chile (2023)

  • Assistant - Diploma in Labour Procedural Law and Labour Litigation, Universidad de Chile (2023)

  • Assistant - Labour Law (I and II) and Social Security Law, Universidad de Chile (2020-present).

  • Assistant - Critical Theory of Law, Universidad de Chile (2020-2021).

  • Assistant - Critical Theory of Human Rights Workshop (Part I and II), Universidad de Chile (2020-2021).

  • Assistant - Legal Research Methodology, Universidad de Chile (2019).

  • Assistant - Civil Law, Universidad de Chile (2017-2020).

Recent engagements

  • Collaborator in the Research Project "Analysis of the potential of Chile and Argentina in the development of lithium exploitation projects", University of Chile and University of Buenos Aires (2023). 

  • Organizer of the Seminar "Applicable Law in international investment arbitration", Universidad de Chile, Santiago Chamber of Commerce, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Concepción (2023).

  • Organizer of the Seminar "Chile-European Union Association Agreement", Universidad de Chile and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2023).

  • Organizer of the IV Chilean Tax Law Conference: "Fiscal Pact and Stability for Chile", Universidad de Chile and Chilean Institute of Tax Law (2023).

  • Organizer of the Symposium "The limits of economic regulation in Latin America", Universidad de Chile and Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (2023).

  • Organizer UNCITRAL LAC Day Chile 2022, Universidad de Chile and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (2022).

  • Organizer Seminar "Chile-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement: opportunities and challenges", Universidad de Chile and Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (2022).

Memberships

  • Women in Dispute Resolution Chile.

  • FinLaw Association Chile.

Languages

Spanish and English.