Ranking tables
Competition/Antitrust | Brazil: Contentious
Brazil
Authored by BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão, Bernardo Cascão, José Inácio Almeida Prado Filho, Camilla Paoletti, Barbara Rosenberg, Guilherme Morgulis
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados 17 Years Ranked
Madrona Fialho Advogados 2 Years Ranked
Sampaio Ferraz Advogados 16 Years Ranked
Trench Rossi Watanabe 17 Years Ranked
Veirano Advogados 20 Years Ranked- Brolio Gonçalves Advogados
- Marchini Botelho Caselta Advogados
- Mudrovitsch Advogados
Band 5
Figueiredo e Velloso Advogados 1 Years Ranked
Stocche Forbes Advogados 1 Years Ranked- Ana Frazão Advogados
- Forgioni Advogados
Senior Statespeople
José Del Chiaro Ferreira da Rosa Advocacia Del Chiaro17 Years Ranked
Mauro Grinberg Grinberg, Cordovil Advogados17 Years Ranked
Tercio Sampaio Ferraz Jr Sampaio Ferraz Advogados17 Years Ranked- José Inácio Gonzaga FranceschiniFranceschini e Miranda - Advogados
Eminent Practitioners
Star Individuals
Band 1
Band 2
Ademir Antonio Pereira Júnior Advocacia Del Chiaro13 Years Ranked
Cristianne Saccab Zarzur Pinheiro Neto Advogados17 Years Ranked
Francisco Todorov Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown17 Years Ranked
Gabriel Nogueira Dias Magalhães e Dias17 Years Ranked
Guilherme Ribas TozziniFreire Advogados17 Years Ranked
José Alexandre Buaiz Neto Pinheiro Neto Advogados17 Years Ranked
Marcio de Carvalho Silveira Bueno Caminati Bueno Advogados17 Years Ranked
Marcio Soares Mattos Filho13 Years Ranked
Maria Eugênia Novis Machado Meyer15 Years Ranked
Paola Pugliese Lefosse Advogados17 Years Ranked
Ricardo Gaillard Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados11 Years Ranked- Ana Paula MartinezLevy & Salomão Advogados
- Mariana Tavares de AraujoLevy & Salomão Advogados
Band 3
Bruno Drago Demarest Advogados16 Years Ranked
Daniel Oliveira Andreoli Demarest Advogados13 Years Ranked
Eduardo Frade Mattos Filho5 Years Ranked- José Inácio Almeida Prado Filho BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão9 Years Ranked
Joyce Midori Honda Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados14 Years Ranked
Lauro Celidonio Neto Mattos Filho17 Years Ranked
Paulo Leonardo Casagrande Trench Rossi Watanabe15 Years Ranked
Renata Fonseca Zuccolo Mattos Filho7 Years Ranked
Renê Guilherme da Silva Medrado Pinheiro Neto Advogados17 Years Ranked- Sérgio Varella Bruna Lobo de Rizzo Advogados17 Years Ranked
- José Carlos da Matta BerardoBerardo Advogados
- Marcos Paulo VerissimoMarcos Verissimo Advogados
- Priscila Brolio GonçalvesBrolio Gonçalves Advogados
Band 4
Adriana Giannini Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown9 Years Ranked
André Gilberto CGM Advogados17 Years Ranked- Camilla Paoletti BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão3 Years Ranked
Francisco Negrão Trench Rossi Watanabe10 Years Ranked
Leonardo Maniglia Duarte Veirano Advogados11 Years Ranked
Leonardo Rocha e Silva Pinheiro Neto Advogados17 Years Ranked
Marcel Medon Santos TozziniFreire Advogados15 Years Ranked
Marcela Mattiuzzo VMCA Advogados3 Years Ranked
Marcos Antonio Tadeu Exposto Jr BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão7 Years Ranked
Michelle Marques Machado Mattos Filho4 Years Ranked
Patricia Agra Araujo L.O. Baptista Advogados10 Years Ranked
Ricardo Pastore PNM - Pereira Neto | Macedo | Rocco Advogados5 Years Ranked
Tatiana Lins Cruz TozziniFreire Advogados5 Years Ranked- Ana FrazãoAna Frazão Advogados
- Aurélio Marchini SantosMarchini Botelho Caselta Advogados
- Mariana VillelaBrolio Gonçalves Advogados
- Olavo Zago ChinagliaChinaglia Oliveira Advogados
- Paula Andréa ForgioniForgioni Advogados
- Pedro ZanottaBRZ - Barbosa, Raimundo, Gontijo, Câmara & Zanotta Advogados
- Ricardo BotelhoMarchini Botelho Caselta Advogados
- Ricardo Inglez de SouzaInglez, Werneck, Ramos, Cury e Françolin Advogados
Band 5
Ana Paula Paschoalini Stocche Forbes Advogados6 Years Ranked- Bernardo Cascão BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão3 Years Ranked
Daniel Douek PNM - Pereira Neto | Macedo | Rocco Advogados1 Years Ranked
Daniel Rebello Pinheiro Neto Advogados3 Years Ranked
Enrico Spini Romanielo Veirano Advogados9 Years Ranked
Fabricio Cardim de Almeida Mello Torres4 Years Ranked
Luís Nagalli Madrona Fialho Advogados4 Years Ranked
Milena Mundim Lefosse Advogados5 Years Ranked
Thiago Francisco da Silva Brito Sampaio Ferraz Advogados11 Years Ranked
Yi Shin Tang Magalhães e Dias1 Years Ranked- Alexandre Ditzel FaracoLevy & Salomão Advogados
- Ana Carolina Lopes de CarvalhoMarcos Verissimo Advogados
- Flávia ChiquitoManesco, Ramires, Perez, Azevedo Marques Sociedade de Advogados
- Victor Santos RufinoMudrovitsch Advogados
Up and Coming
Bruno Droghetti Magalhães Santos Figueiredo e Velloso Advogados1 Years Ranked- Bruno Lanna Peixoto Araújo e Policastro Advogados1 Years Ranked
Guilherme Misale Caminati Bueno Advogados5 Years Ranked- Luiz Felipe Rosa Ramos Advocacia Del Chiaro1 Years Ranked
Luiz Fernando Coimbra Caminati Bueno Advogados3 Years Ranked- Natalia Pinheiro da Silveira Lobo de Rizzo Advogados2 Years Ranked
Ricardo Casanova Motta Grinberg, Cordovil Advogados11 Years Ranked
Ticiana Lima VMCA Advogados1 Years Ranked
Vivian Fraga TozziniFreire Advogados1 Years Ranked- Marcos MalvarLevy & Salomão Advogados
Associates to watch
Erica Sumie Yamashita Machado Meyer1 Years Ranked
Leonardo Peixoto Barbosa Magalhães e Dias1 Years Ranked
Luiz Antonio Galvao BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão1 Years Ranked
Thales Lemos Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados1 Years Ranked- Victor CavalcantiMudrovitsch Advogados
- Victoria CorradiniMarchini Botelho Caselta Advogados
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, AragãoCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years RankedBMA'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.
1 Machado MeyerCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years RankedMachado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice'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.
1 Mattos FilhoCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years RankedInternationally renowned full-service firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados 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.
1 Pinheiro Neto AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years RankedPinheiro 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.
1 PNM - Pereira Neto | Macedo | Rocco AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 1 | 15 Years RankedPNM has a seasoned team with deep roots in the Brazilian competition and antitrust space.Receives plaudits for its expert assistance to leading corporations in connection with complex anti-competitive investigations and merger control proceedings. The team remains a popular choice for companies from the financial services industry and other regulated sectors, which instruct the department on abuse of dominant position and cartel cases. It additionally provides consultancy in antitrust compliance and potential mergers.
1 TozziniFreire AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 1 | 17 Years RankedTozziniFreire'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.
Band 2
2 Caminati Bueno AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedTop-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.
2 Demarest AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 2 | 17 Years RankedRespected 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.
2 Grinberg, Cordovil AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 2 | 15 Years RankedGrinberg, 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.
2 Magalhães e DiasCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 2 | 17 Years RankedMagalhães 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.
Band 3
3 Advocacia Del ChiaroCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 3 | 17 Years RankedAdvocacia José 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.
3 Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 3 | 16 Years RankedCescon 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.
3 Lefosse AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 3 | 11 Years RankedLefosse 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.
3 Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer BrownCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedTauil & Chequer Advogados has a well-respected team bringing a wealth of experience to an international-class firm. Its skilled bench possesses noteworthy experience in domestic and cross-border anti-competitive investigations involving allegations of cartel activity. It also has a strong track record of assisting multinational companies with merger control cases before CADE following global acquisitions and divestitures. The team continues to provide counsel to major names from the telecommunications, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical sectors, among others.
3 VMCA AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedVMCA 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.
Band 4
4 Lobo de Rizzo AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 4 | 17 Years RankedLobo de Rizzo Advogados assisted Louis Dreyfus Company Brasil and Sociedade Operadora Portuária de São Paulo with the antitrust filing of the transaction regarding the acquisition, by LDC Brasil, of one hundred percent of shares of Sociedade Operadora Portuária de São Paulo, which owns half of the quotas of the Terminal de Exportação de Açúcar do Guarujá (TEAG).4 Madrona Fialho AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedMadrona 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.4 Sampaio Ferraz AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 4 | 16 Years RankedSampaio 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.4 Trench Rossi WatanabeCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 4 | 17 Years RankedTrench 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.4 Veirano AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 4 | 20 Years RankedVeirano 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.
Band 5
5 Figueiredo e Velloso AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedFigueiredo e Velloso Advogados is sought after for their knowledge in competition law including administrative proceedings, M&A fillings, cartel and unilateral conduct investigations.5 Stocche Forbes AdvogadosCompetition/Antitrust2024 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedStocche 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.