Competition/Antitrust - Brazil
Band 4
What the Team is Known For
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.
Strengths
Sampaio Ferraz's team shows deep passion, outstanding dedication and professional ethics in handling competition mandates.
Sampaio Ferraz's lawyers are able to understand the economic and regulatory context of our business, providing advice that aligns best legal practices with our strategic goals.
Work Highlights
Sampaio Ferraz Advogados is representing Grupo Globo in CADE’s investigations regarding anti-competitive clauses in TV licensing contracts and sports events rights.
Notable practitioners
Senior statesman Tercio Sampaio Ferraz Jr is widely respected by market sources. Clients benefit from his longstanding expertise in the competition arena, which enables him to provide legal opinions and assist with administrative proceedings before CADE, including conduct investigations and merger filings.
Tercio has an impressive track record. He is great.
Thiago Francisco da Silva Brito is sought out for his economic and competition law expertise before CADE and other administrative authorities in legal-economic and competition matters such as SEAE (currently SEPRAC), regulatory agencies, TCU and MPF.
Thiago is very competent and dedicated, bringing a lot of experience and strategic understanding to each case, working closely with the client.
Thiago has a deep knowledge of competition law and he also has market awareness. This is crucial for our matters. He is very competent.
