María Elina Cruz

Director
562 23830000
mecruz@dryc.cl

María Elina joined our firm in 2025 and her practice focuses on Antitrust, Compliance, and Economic Regulation.

Areas of Practice

  • Antitrust
  • Compliance
  • Economic Regulation
  • I+D Law
  • Lithium Market

Awards and honours

-First woman to hold the position of Fiscal Corfo(2018).
-Recognized among the 100 leading women in Chile by El Mercurio and Revista Capital (2016).
-Winner of the Best Professor Award at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Law School twice (2014 and 2015).
-Best Professor Award at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, young category (2013).
Recognized by Global Competition Review in the diamond category as an Antitrust Economist (2011).

Publications

• “Predatory Pricing and Competition. Revista Libre Competencia, Centro de Libre Competencia, Law School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2009).
• “Refusal to Sell and Free Competition”. Revista LyD (2013).
• Editor of the book “Bicentenario Libre Competencia”, Tribunal de Libre Competencia (2010).
• “Are There Really Plenty More Fish in the Sea?” Competition Law in Fishing in Chile. Ocean Journal (2011).
• “Building Trust in Antitrust. Collusion in Chile”. Book Chapter Heart Publishing (2012).

Previous experience

-Deloitte (2022 y 2023)
-Fiscal CORFO (2018-2021)
-Carey y Cía., Santiago (1998-2013)

Education (Studies)

-LLM in International Tax, University of Florida, United States (2016).
-PhD in Economics, University of Bristol, England (2012).
-JD, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2000).

Languages

Spanish
English