Mr Alessandro Pezzolo Giacaglia > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Mr Alessandro Pezzolo Giacaglia
Work Department
Competition and Civil and Commercial Litigation.
Position
Senior associate.
Career
Alessandro Pezzolo Giacaglia advises local and international clients from a wide array of industries, both in the litigation and advisory spheres. Focused on competition law and antitrust litigation, Alessandro has expertise in the notification of mergers and acquisitions and other complex deals to the Brazilian antitrust authority (CADE). In addition, he acts in the defense and administrative proceedings involving cartel and other anticompetitive practices, as well as in advisory and internal investigations.
International experience: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, USA.
Languages
English, Portuguese.
Education
LL.M. from the University of Chicago;
Specialization Degree (Certificate) in Fraud Risk Management and Compliance from the Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA);
Specialization Degree (Certificate) in Law in Corporate Law from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper);
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Competition and antitrust
Pinheiro Neto Advogados counsels clients in a broad range of areas within competition law, including litigation, transactions, and compliance. Drawing on the firm’s market-leading transactional capabilities, the practice is often turned to by a number of domestic and international companies in relation to merger control reviews, investigations before CADE, and antitrust litigation. Praised for her significant experience in merger filings, Cristianne Zarzur also offers advice on compliance programmes and commercial contracts from an antitrust perspective. José Alexandre Buaiz Neto – another key contact for compliance – excels in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations. Renê Medrado and Brasília-based Leonardo Rocha e Silva regularly act in merger control and investigations into anti-competitive practices, while Alessandro Pezzolo Giacaglia is a strong performer in litigation, and also assists in the notification of mergers and acquisitions to the Brazilian antitrust authority.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations