Renê Guilherme da Silva Medrado

Practice Areas

International Trade and Customs, Competition, Arbitration and Mediation.

Career

Renê G. S. Medrado counsels multinational corporations, companies and trade associations on Economic Law, and litigates (arbitration and judicially) disputes over International Trade and Competition matters. Mr. Medrado has vast experience in International Trade / trade remedies disputes, such as antidumping, countervailing measures and safeguards investigations. Since 1997, he represents numerous companies (domestic industries, exporters, or importers) in trade remedy proceedings in Brazil or abroad. Mr. Medrado has also represented and counseled Brazilian exporters in investigations abroad, in countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, USA,

and others. He participated of in-spot verifications in countries such as USA, United Kingdom, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Austria, among others. Under his practice, Mr. Medrado regularly represents clients before the relevant authorities in Brazil, including in public interest proceedings, with constant meetings before CAMEX (the Chamber of Ministries overseeing trade issues), the Ministry of Economy (ME), the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty), among others. Mr. Medrado has also actively participated in hearings and negotiations with foreign authorities. He has advised clients on the compatibility of measures instituted by different governments under

the WTO law, and acted before the WTO Dispute Settlement. He acted as a Panelist in the dispute DS 513, by appointment of the WTO Director-General. For over a decade, he has been awarded the position of market leader by many reputation rankings, such as Chambers, Who’s Who Legal (Thought Leader – 2016 and 2018), Best Lawyers, Legal500, Análise Advocacia.Mr. Medrado is a seasoned practitioner in the competition law matters, having counseled and represented companies in merger review such as LAN/TAM, Braskem/Styrolution, JBS/Tyson, Ri-Happy/PB Kids, OGX Restructuring Measures, FMC/Cheminova, Platform Specialty (Chemtura)/Arysta,

Braskem Formation, Prosegur/Transfederal, Dow/DuPont (Matter of Year - Global Competition Review), Natura/Avon, Boeing/Embraer, to name a few. He has also advised and represented multinational companies in cartel investigations, in such cases as Lysine, TFT-LCD, Soda Ash, Tobacco Processors, Freight Forwarders, Air Cargo, Forex, among others. He counsels companies about competition aspects of their activities, in issues encompassing pricing formation and pricing conduct, distribution issues, vertical restraints, among others. Mr. Medrado has also been advising clients on antitrust compliance, providing training to company representatives at different levels, besides reviewing companies’ internal guidelines on competition matters and conducting internal investigations. He is consistently ranked among the top competition lawyers in Brazil by Chambers, Who’s Who Legal, Best Lawyers, Legal500, Análise Advocacia.Mr. Medrado has also extensive experience litigating Economic Law issues, before arbitration courts or at the judicial courts. At the courts, he has litigated high-profile matters before the São Paulo Court of Justice, and also before the highest courts in Brazil (Superior Tribunal de Justiça and Supremo Tribunal Federal). He served as an expert witness before the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York.Major institucional activities include: Diretor of International Trade at IBRAC (2020-2021) and Officer at the International Trade Law Section of the International Bar Association (IBA). He is an Officer at the Columbia Alumni Association Club in São Paulo.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to practice in Brazil (1998) and in NY (2007).

Officer, International Trade Law Section of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Director, International Trade at IBRAC.

Officer, Columbia Alumni Association Club in São Paulo.

Personal

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

LL.M. from the Columbia University.

Executive MBA from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper).

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

International experience: World Trade Organization and Sidley Austin LLP.

Admitted to practice in New York State