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Only Brazilian law firm 100% dedicated to competition/antitrust law.

  • Leading partners have over 20 years of experience of working with the Brazilian competition authority (CADE)
  • One of the largest competition/antitrust teams in Brazil with over 20 specialized professionals
  • Ranked among the Top 10 Brazilian competition/antitrust law firms by all of the most prestigious specialized guides
  • Our team is formed by professionals with different backgrounds, including previous experience at major law firms, as well as at CADE (Brazilian Competition Authority)

We are Top 10

Recognized by the main national and international publications in the legal market as one of the leading firms in the competition/antitrust in Brazil.

Recognitions/Awards

  • Chambers Brazil 2022
  • The Legal 500 2025
  • Global Competition Review 100 2022
  • Leaders League Brazil 2023
  • Who’s Who Legal 2022
  • Best Lawyers
  • Latin Lawyer 250 2023
  • Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) 2023
  • Análise Advocacia 2025

Around 20

Professionals

Antitrust dedicated

More than 20

Years of experience

In antitrust and competition

Expertise and Competence

Our lawyers have participated in many of the most relevant transactions reviewed and investigations conducted by the Brazilian competition authority, representing domestic and international clients.
  • 46 merger filings in 2020, representing approximately 10% of the transactions reviewed by CADE
  • #4 in merger notifications to CADE in 2020
  • 21 days is the average time for clearance decision on our fast-track merger review cases
  • 12 agreements (leniency and settlement) executed with CADE.
  • 5 acquittal decisions in CADE cartel investigations
 

100%

Antitrust

Relevant cases

Research for a dram memory company
Legal advisory to Brazilian private university in the acquisition of a Brazilian private university
Research for a swithgears company
Legal advisory to US computer hardware company in the acquisition of Electromechanical Cylinder manufacturing company in global merger with British multinational packaging company
Research for fuel company
Legal advisory to manufacturer of heavy equipment used in the extraction and transportation of coal and minerals in underground and surface mining in global merger with Japanese manufacturer of heavy machinery primarily used in construction
Research for online booking company
Legal advisory to british global bank in the sale of its retail business to global banking group
Research for software company

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