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Lefosse Advogados
RUA TABAPUÃ, 1227
14TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO SP 04533-014
Brazil

Work Department

Competition and Antitrust

Position

Partner

Career

Paola Pugliese is a partner in Competition and Antitrust at Lefosse.

Paola Pugliese has over 20 years of experience in submitting large national and global transactions to antitrust approval, and has acted in landmark cartel cases and in complex anticompetitive conduct investigations.

She has represented cases in various sectors of the economy, including aviation, financial market, packaging, petrochemicals, mining, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others. The new partner holds a Master’s degree in Competition Law from the Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany, and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Competition and antitrust

(Leading individuals)

Paola Pugliese – Lefosse Advogados

Bringing together expertise in compliance, white-collar crime and public law, Lefosse Advogados is well positioned to advise Brazilian and international companies in merger control and conduct cases. Co-leader Juliana Daniel specialises in anti-competitive conduct investigations, with a special emphasis on cartels and collusive practices. Also noted, associate Marília Avila is experienced in cross-border mergers and in the structuring of compliance programmes. The group was strengthened by the arrival of renowned competition partners Paola Pugliese and Milena Mundim from Demarest Advogados in April 2023. Isabela Martins joined from FCAR Advogados in July 2022, while Paula Baqueiro and Diego Matos arrived from CADE in summer 2022. Since publication, José Carlos Berardo has left the firm.