Ricardo Pastore

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Brazil

Languages Spoken

Portuguese, English

Practice Areas

Antitrust, Competition Law, Regulation, Anticorruption, AML, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Integrity, Litigation, Entrepreneurship, Payments, Banking, Financial Markets, Fintechs, Technology, Tech, Data Protection, Merger Arbitrage, Risk Arbitrage, Event Driven, Special Situations, Data, Privacy, Data Protection

Career

More than 15 years’ experience in antitrust, regulation and litigation. I have received a Bachelor of Law degree from the Catholic University of São Paulo and obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Economic Law Business and Policy from Stanford Law School (USA). I am a Specialist in Economic Law from FGV-SP. I serve as a Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) to the Unilateral Conduct Working Group and the Merger Working Group of the International Competition Network (ICN). I have served as legal counsel to the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE), under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), providing independent legal counseling for the drafting of the Remedies Guidelines issued in 2018. I have extensive experience on a wide range of regulatory and competition law matters including cartel investigations and leniency applications, merger clearances, abuse of dominance investigations, client counseling (especially working with investment management firms and hedge funds in regulatory and antitrust risk assessment for merger/risk arbitrage, event driven and special situations), litigation, regulatory advice and corporate compliance programs. I also have extensive experience in the financial and payments industries working on different regulatory and competition law issues involving such industries. Prior to joining Pereira Neto Macedo Advogados I have also practiced law at other major firms in Brazil and with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Brussels, counseling clients in European and Brazilian Competition law matters.

Publications

Brazil: A Close-Up of Key Cases Highlights Growing Concern over Structural Movements. DIGITAL MARKETS GUIDE - THIRD EDITION. Feb 14, 2024

Competition and Regulatory Challenges to Divestitures in the Brazilian Refining Market. Eliva Press Aug 29, 2022

GCR Insights: Know-how - IP & Antitrust: Brazil. Global Competition Review Oct 1, 2020

Open Banking in Brazil: Between Regulation & Competition. The Future of Antitrust, São Paulo: IBRAC, 2020. pp. 345-354 Sep 1, 2020

Broadcasting of Sports Content in Brazil: Relevant Discussions from a Competition Law Perspective. Business Law International (Vol 21, No 2), International Bar Association London, UK. May 1, 2020

Proteção de Dados e Direito da Concorrência: A Privacidade como Diferencial Competitivo. Proteção de dados pessoais no Brasil: uma nova visão a partir da Lei nº 13.709/2018. Belo Horizonte: Fórum, 2019. p. 123-145. May 1, 2019

What are the criteria for the characterization of hub-and-spoke conspiracies in Brazil? Conducts Enforcement in Brazil Frequently Asked Questions, São Paulo: IBRAC, 2019. pp. 313-320 Mar 1, 2019

Articulação entre CADE e TCU no combate a fraudes à licitação: Impressões a partir do acordo de cooperação técnica. Jota Jan 1, 2019

Common Ownership in Competing Firms: What is the Brazilian Perspective for Minority Investors? Merger Control in Brazil Frequently Asked Questions, São Paulo: IBRAC, 2018. pp. 181-188 Apr 1, 2018

Responsabilização solidária de cartelistas em ações indenizatórias: reflexões, limites e desafios. A Livre Concorrência e os Tribunais Brasileiros: Análise crítica dos julgados no Poder Judiciário envolvendo matéria concorrencial. São Paulo: Singular, 2018. pp. 75-94 · Jan 1, 2018

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Merger Control 2016, Brazil Chapter. Global Legal Group · Jan 1, 2016

O Problema dos Cartéis de Cooperativas de Especialidades Médicas. Revista Jurídica de Seguros, n. 2, CNseg · May 1, 2015

Arbitragem e outros meios de solução de conflitos em demandas indenizatórias na área de direito da concorrência. Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, v. 11, n. 43, p. 7-32, jul./set. 2014 · Jan 1, 2014

Demandas indenizatórias por danos causados por cartéis no Brasil: um campo fértil aos mecanismos consensuais de solução de conflitos. Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação: RArb, v. 11, n. 43, p. 171-207, out./dez. 2014 Jan 1, 2014

Comentários à Nova Lei de Defesa da Concorrência. Editora Método May 4, 2012

Antitrust actions in the mining sector: expected developments. Boletín Latinoamericano de Competencia nº 27 de Novembro de 2010 Nov 1, 2010

O parecer AGU nº 51 e a ameaça à independência das agências reguladoras brasileiras (The AGU Opinion No. 51 and the threat to the independence of regulatory agencies in Brazil). Desafios Atuais da Regulação Econômica e Concorrência, São Paulo: Atlas, 2010. pp. 315-333 Jan 1, 2010

Advocacia da Concorrência no Brasil (Competition Advocacy in Brazil). Desafios Atuais do Direito da Concorrência, São Paulo: Ed. Singular, 2008. pp. 21-48 Jan 1, 2008

Consórcios, licitações e o controle do CADE (Consortia, public procurement and the control of the Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE)). Valor Econômico Dec 6, 2007