Ratification of commissioners of the national antitrust commission

Today, the Senate of the Republic ratified the appointment of the five individuals proposed by the President of Mexico to form the Board of the National Antitrust Commission (“CNA”), the new agency responsible of enforcing economic competition policy in Mexico.

Today, the Senate of the Republic ratified the appointment of the five individuals proposed by the President of Mexico to form the Board of the National Antitrust Commission (“CNA”), the new agency responsible of enforcing economic competition policy in Mexico.

As of today, the President of Mexico has ten (10) calendar days to appoint the Commissioner who will serve as Chair of the CNA’s Board.

Once this appointment is made, the CNA’s Board will be formally integrated, at which point the Federal Economic Competition Commission (“COFECE”) will be formally dissolved, and the CNA will begin operations. Additionally, at that time, the CNA will assume the competition-related powers currently exercised by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (“IFT”).

Furthermore, starting the day after the CNA’s Board is integrated, all ongoing proceedings and investigations currently suspended will resume.

Profiles of the ratified Commissioners:

  • Andrea Marván Saltiel – Current Chair of COFECE (2023 to date), with extensive experience in competition policy and international organizations. Law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and LL.M. from the University of Chicago.
  • Ana María Reséndiz Mora – Current Commissioner of COFECE (2020 to date). Economist from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (“UNAM”) with master’s and doctoral studies in Economics from Georgetown University; specialist in economic analysis of competition and telecommunications.
  • Óscar Alejandro Gómez Romero – Economist from UNAM and Master in Public Policy from the University of Chicago; with experience at the Ministry of Economy, the Energy Regulatory Commission, and COFECE.
  • Ricardo Salgado Perrilliat – Lawyer from Universidad La Salle, specialist in Administrative and Economic-Corporate Law; former Head of the Legal Affairs Unit at the Federal Administrative Justice Court, former Head of the Investigating Authority at the Federal Telecommunications Institute, also with prior experience at the Ministry of Economy.
  • Haydee Soledad Aragón Martínez – Sociologist from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and master’s in economics from El Colegio de Mexico; with experience in labor and public policy matters, including the Ministry of Labor and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

For more information on the significant changes brought about by the reforms, we invite you to read the following client alert on the LFCE reform and client alert on the publication of reforms to the LFCE.

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