Competition/Antitrust | Brazil: Contentious

BMA's acclaimed competition department is recognised for its strength handling sophisticated merger review proceedings before CADE. The team is regularly sought after by blue-chip companies from the technology, aviation, media and entertainment sectors due to its prowess advising on the competition aspects arising from sizeable domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. It also boasts outstanding capabilities conducting investigations relating to anti-competitive behaviour, including cartels and price rigging. 

Top-notch boutique Caminati Bueno Advogados offers solid assistance in the full spectrum of competition and antitrust mandates. The team frequently advises on sensitive anti-competitive conduct investigations, often involving price manipulation, bid rigging and cartel activities. It maintains an impressive client roster spanning a number of key industries, including healthcare, mining and insurance. Further capabilities include the filing of merger control proceedings and antitrust consultancy.

Internationally renowned full-service firm Mattos Filho boasts standout capabilities acting on merger review proceedings and anti-competitive conduct investigations. The team receives plaudits from national and international leading corporations, who admire its impressive track record within the competition arena. Companies operating in the automotive, technology and pharmaceutical sectors regularly rely on its know-how to handle complex cases related to merger control. 

Pinheiro Neto Advogados' sophisticated team is highly respected for advising on the full spectrum of competition matters. The department is particularly noted for helping prominent market players in cross-border matters. Blue-chip companies from the most regulated industries, including aviation and financial services, frequently rely on its services for merger control cases. Also provides key assistance on highly sensitive antitrust compliance matters.

TozziniFreire's prestigious team is widely respected for handling the negotiation of sensitive leniency agreements connected to cartel investigations. Clients further benefit from its multidisciplinary expertise within the competition arena, including merger review proceedings, compliance programmes and defence in anti-competitive conduct cases before CADE. The team is also active in judicial disputes arising from antitrust-related damage claims.

Respected full-service firm Demarest Advogados has a dedicated and high-performing competition department. Clients from many industries, including aviation, auto parts and construction rely on the team for important work. The team is particularly noted for its practice on cross-border merger review proceedings and anti-competitive behaviour investigations. This is also an experienced team when it comes to handling cases involving bid rigging and cartel activities. 

Grinberg, Cordovil Advogados is a dedicated boutique boasting solid skills in anti-competitive behaviour investigations before CADE, in addition to merger control filings. National and international corporate heavyweights hailing from different sectors often instruct the team with complex cases related to domestic and cross-border cartels, as well as abuse of dominant position. Clients further benefit from its advice on preventive measures, including the design of antitrust compliance programmes and training, in addition to consultancy during the preparatory stages of commercial deals.

Lefosse Advogados is a full-service firm with a dedicated competition department. The team is increasingly sought out by blue-chip clients for sophisticated matters. It possesses significant depth of expertise handling merger review proceedings in the aviation, financial and retail sectors. Clients further benefit from its advice on the negotiation of leniency agreements in connection with cartel investigations.

Machado Meyer's competition and antitrust department draws upon the firm's multidisciplinary capabilities to assist corporate heavyweights with the full range of competition mandates. The seasoned team regularly advises on merger review proceedings related to complex transactions, in addition to undertaking anti-competitive conduct investigations in connection with exchange of sensitive information and cartels. It maintains an impressive clientele comprising companies from the pharmaceutical, oil and gas and financial sectors.

Magalhães e Dias has an established team representing clients in judicial and administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies including PROCON, SENACON and CONAR. The team is renowned for its strong background acting on product recall, advertising and defective products mandates, as well as providing consultancy work in the consumer sphere. The firm is regularly sought out by major clients from the food, beverage and technology sectors.

Advocacia Del Chiaro is a traditional competition boutique respected for advising on investigations and contentious matters before CADE. The team offers strong capabilities in monopolistic conduct investigations, regularly defending clients in cases arising from abuse of dominant position and cartel activities. Its roster of work additionally includes merger control and compliance matters. 

Cescon Barrieu is a transactional titan with an active competition department helping companies get clearance for their acquisitions and mergers. The team also frequently advises on anti-competitive investigations, including the negotiation of leniency agreements, and has been continually gaining prominence.

Trench Rossi Watanabe is a respected full-service firm with a renewed competition department advising on a range of competition mandates before CADE, such as merger control proceedings and investigation of cartel activities, including those involving bid rigging. The team is particularly sought out by international clients.

VMCA Advogados is a boutique commanding expertise in the whole spectrum of competition and antitrust activities. The team is regularly instructed by leading national companies from a wide range of industries to assist with third-party interventions in merger review proceedings as well as abuse of dominance and cartel investigations before CADE. Clients also benefit from its advice on antitrust compliance and the negotiation of leniency agreements.

Lobo de Rizzo Advogados has a respected department assisting a versatile clientele with merger review proceedings in connection with joint ventures and other corporate transactions. Companies operating in the transportation and construction sectors often instruct the team with anti-competitive investigations involving bid rigging and cartel activities.

Madrona Advogados' multidisciplinary team wins acclaim for its level of experience in competition and antitrust matters. The firm acts for a high-calibre client roster across various sectors such as education, finance, healthcare and construction. Frequently retained by clients to represent them in complex matters including merger control, cartel investigations, internal investigation and filings before CADE.

Mudrovitsch Advogados' antitrust and competition department is well equipped to provide assistance with contentious and non-contentious matters in this field. They are highly active in complex merger fillings before CADE, as well as monitoring, cartel investigations and negotiation of leniency agreements. Frequently sought out by big clients from construction, telecommunication and finance sectors.

Sampaio Ferraz is a seasoned boutique renowned for its strength dealing with anti-competitive investigations before CADE, in addition to providing antitrust advice on merger proceedings to both direct and interested third parties. The team is well placed to assist with cases involving exclusionary practices, price discrimination and cartel activity. It also remains active negotiating leniency agreements with the authorities.

Veirano Advogados maintains a busy department advising on a variety of competition matters, ranging from merger filings to anti-competitive conduct investigations. Companies in the telecommunications, pharmacy and steelworks industries rely on their services. The team is particularly noted for conducting merger reviews in relation to multi-jurisdictional transactions. It also represents intervening parties in merger control proceedings. It garners praise for its advice on preventive antitrust consultancy and compliance. 

CGM Advogados is recognised in the market for their experience in cartel investigations, M&A review filings and administrative proceedings.

Figueiredo e Velloso Advogados is sought after for their knowledge in competition law including administrative proceedings, M&A fillings, cartel and unilateral conduct investigations.

Stocche Forbes Advogados is sought after for their antitrust and corporate teams assisting M&A transactions fillings before CADE including players from private equity firms, telecom companies, energy and health companies.