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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 2023
  • 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 2022

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

Investigation for Swedish construction company (Lava-Jato)
Investigation for multinational financial services company (Forex I and II)
Investigation for Brazilian multinational of diversified business (Lava-Jato and others)
Legal advisory to Brazilian food and beverage company in the acquisition of a Brazilian food industry company in the merger with a Brazilian beverage company
Legal advisory to Brazilian telecom services provider in the acquisition of a US direct-to-home service provider
Brazilian multinational company active in the industrial and medical gases manufacturing market in global merger with world leading German industrial gases company.
Legal advisory to major global producer of concentrated orange juice in merger with food producer
Research for a dram memory company
Legal advisory to Brazilian private university in the acquisition of a Brazilian private university

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