LAWYER PROFILE

Amanda Athayde

Brazil 2026

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Ranked in 1 practice area

International Trade/WTO

Brazil

1 year ranked

About

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Brazil: Contentious

Practice Areas

Competition Law, Compliance, and International Trade.

Career

Amanda Athayde has authored and organized books, as well as a number of academic articles and book chapters on Business Law, Competition Law, International Trade, Compliance, Leniency Agreements, Trade Remedies and Public Interest, and Anticorruption.

From 2019 to April 2022, she served as Head of Trade Remedies and Public Interest (SDCOM) at the Foreign Trade Office (SECEX) of the Ministry of Economy. Between 2017 and 2019, she was assigned to serve as Chief of Staff for the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) at the Brazilian Antitrust Authority, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE).

From 2013 to 2017, she served as Chief of Staff for CADE’s General Superintendence, and as Head of the Antitrust Leniency Program. As a foreign trade analyst at the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC), she participated in 2013 in the initial phase of negotiations over international cooperation and facilitation investment agreements (ACFIs).

Amanda is a Professor of Law at the University of Brasília (UnB). She is the creator and interviewer of the podcast Direito Empresarial Café com Leite, co-founder of the network Women in Antitrust (WIA), and member of the network Women Inside Trade (WIT).

Personal

Doctor's Degree in Commercial Law from the University of São Paulo (USP).

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).

Bachelor's Degree in Business, with license in International Trade and Customs, from Centro Universitário UNA.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Brazil: Contentious

International Trade/WTO - Brazil

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Amanda Athayde is a lawyer routinely retained to act as counsel in sensitive international trade affairs. A professional respect in the market for her tenure as head of the Trade Defence and Public Interest Under-office, she's regularly seen working on antidumping and trade remedy proceedings.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

It was a joy to work with Amanda Athayde. She is very knowledgeable about the Brazilian legal system and she understands her clients' concerns, being able to provide a workable path to address them.
International Trade/WTOChambers Brazil: Contentious
In Amanda Athayde, we found strong technique as well as academic depth.
International Trade/WTOChambers Brazil: Contentious
Amanda Athayde has deep knowledge of international trade defence matters and always seeks the most relevant intel for the client's project.
International Trade/WTOChambers Brazil: Contentious