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About
Provided by Leonor Cordovil
Practice Areas
Leonor is a very experienced and recognized lawyer in competition law, one of her areas of practice, along with International Trade (also ranked by Chambers & Partners) and Anticorruption.
Leonor advises clients in several sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, internet/technology, packaging, autoparts, payments industry, nutrition, chemicals, among others. She represents clients before the Brazilian Antitrust Authority (CADE) and Brazilian Courts. At CADE, she practices in both cartel /unilateral investigations and merger control filings.
Due to this experience, she has been a highly admired lawyer in Competition by her clients and colleagues, as indicated by Chambers & Partners and other national (Análise 500) and international rankings (The Legal 500, Who is Who, Leaders’ League).
Career
Leonor is one of the founders of Grinberg Cordovil Advogados, established since 2010.
She holds a Ph.D. in Economic and Financial Law from the University of São Paulo – USP and in International Economic Law from the Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne.
Her Master Degree in Economic Law and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) are both from the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
She is also a professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (GV Law).
Professional Memberships
Antitrust Officer at IBA.
Co-founder of Woman in Antitrust in Brazil.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Contentious
Co-head of department Leonor Cordovil is frequently retained by leading companies to conduct sensitive cartel and abuse of dominance investigations before CADE, as well as cross-border investigations.
Leonor Cordovil is experienced representing significant players from the chemical, plastic and steel industries in anti-dumping investigations, imports and sunset reviews. Leonor also advises clients on customs issues and import tariff reduction.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Leonor stands out. She is impeccable in all aspects. She knows our business systemically, is available and has a lot of knowledge."
"She is highly proactive and innovative. Leonor has always served us very well."
"Leonor is an excellent lawyer who is always willing to assist her clients. She understands business environment's peculiarities, while providing executive opinions and respecting dynamic deadlines."
"She always seeks to make the business viable, clearly pointing out the risks and suggesting appropriate solutions. Leonor has excellent technical capacity, being a reference in the area."
"Leonor stands out. She is impeccable in all aspects. She knows our business systemically, is available and has a lot of knowledge."
"She is highly proactive and innovative. Leonor has always served us very well."
"Leonor is an excellent lawyer who is always willing to assist her clients. She understands business environment's peculiarities, while providing executive opinions and respecting dynamic deadlines."
"She always seeks to make the business viable, clearly pointing out the risks and suggesting appropriate solutions. Leonor has excellent technical capacity, being a reference in the area."
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