Michelle Marques Machado
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Michelle Marques Machado
Practice Areas
Antitrust; Corporate Investigations
Career
With more than twenty years of experience in antitrust, Michelle represents domestic and foreign clients in a wide range of antitrust matters, including merger cases, antitrust investigations (including negotiating leniency agreements and settlements), internal investigations compliance programs, reviewing commercial practices, and structuring businesses in compliance with competition law. She holds an LL.B. (2004) and Master of Laws (2008) from the Universidade de São Paulo and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (2013).
At Mattos Filho, Michelle currently coordinates our Corporate Investigations Group along with partners from Antitrust and Compliance & Corporate Ethics practices, which takes a multidisciplinary approach to assisting clients in managing their business risks. She is also a member of the firm’s Technology Group, advising tech clients on antitrust matters.
Michelle is a member of the Digital Markets Committee at the Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Relations, and International Trade (IBRAC), a country representative at the International Committee of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, as well as a steering committee member of the of International Antitrust Committee of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section. She is a regular contributor to the ABA International Antitrust Committee Quarterly Newsletter on recent developments in the antitrust arena in South America. In March 2021, she also joined the Steering Committee of GCR Antitrust Law Leaders Global.
Education
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Bachelor of Laws
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Master of Legal Philosophy and Theory
Harvard Law School
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Chambers Review
Brazil: Contentious
Michelle Marques Machado remains receiving very good endorsement from peers and clients alike. She is particularly noted for representing important clients in investigations and other complex proceedings before CADE.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michelle has deep knowledge, understands very well our business and is very responsive."
"We appreciated her concise yet thorough explanations and we were very pleased when a clearance was achieved."
"I really enjoy working with her. Michelle is very responsive, proactive and responsible."
"Michelle has deep knowledge, understands very well our business and is very responsive."
"We appreciated her concise yet thorough explanations and we were very pleased when a clearance was achieved."
"I really enjoy working with her. Michelle is very responsive, proactive and responsible."