Paola Pugliese
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 2 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Paola Pugliese
Practice Areas
Competition and Antitrust
Career
Paola Pugliese is a partner in Competition and Antitrust at Lefosse.
Paola Pugliese has over 20 years of experience in submitting large national and global transactions to antitrust approval, and has acted in landmark cartel cases and in complex anticompetitive conduct investigations. She has represented cases in various sectors of the economy, including aviation, financial market, packaging, petrochemicals, mining, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others. Paola is Chair of the Competition Commission at ICC Brasil, Vice Chair of the Competition Commission and Co-Chair of the Antitrust Sustainability Task Force at ICC Paris. She also is a member of Steering Committee of International Forum on Antitrust Regulation.
Holds a Master’s degree in Competition Law from the Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany, and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
Chambers Review
Brazil: Contentious
Paola Pugliese is an established practitioner, highly praised for her solid expertise in competition mandates. She is frequently mandated by high-profile clients to handle merger control proceedings and investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paola Pugliesi is a highly skilled partner specialized in competition law. She has a powerful knowledge of petrochemical market which puts the firm in a regarded and prestigious position."
"Paola is amazing and we are lucky to work with her."
"Paola is excellent, she very well knows her practice area and has an excellent reputation. A go-to for antitrust in Brazil."
"If a deal seems too complex to get through, you would better have Paola on board."
"Paola Pugliesi is a highly skilled partner specialized in competition law. She has a powerful knowledge of petrochemical market which puts the firm in a regarded and prestigious position."
"Paola is amazing and we are lucky to work with her."
"Paola is excellent, she very well knows her practice area and has an excellent reputation. A go-to for antitrust in Brazil."
"If a deal seems too complex to get through, you would better have Paola on board."