Career
Leonardo Duarte focuses his practice in the areas of competition and regulatory law. He provides legal advice and risk assessment on competition and regulatory matters related to contracts (distribution agreements, supply agreements, joint venture agreements, among others), general business practices, mergers and other types of economic concentration. He regularly represents Brazilian and foreign clients before the competition and regulatory authorities on merger notifications, challenges to merger notifications, investigations of/into anticompetitive practices (cartels, abuse of dominance, among others) and regulatory violations in general.
Clients value Mr. Duarte’s international knowledge and experience, enabling him to provide foreign and Brazilian companies with consistent, high quality and efficient legal services related to Competition Law and Regulatory Law issues. He represents companies in several industries such as Energy, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutics, Transport, Higher Education Services, Electronics, among others, based on the United States, Europe and Asian countries.
Professional Memberships
American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Federal District; American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Antitrust Law; International Bar Association (IBA), Antitrust Committee; Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-DF), Competition Law Committee; World Services Group (WSG)