Mr Renê Medrado > 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 Renê Medrado
Work Department
International Trade and Customs, Competition, and Arbitration and Mediation.
Position
Partner.
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.
International experience: International Trade Advisor at Sidley LLP, Washington DC (2003-04). Internship at WTO Rules Division (2004).
Languages
Portuguese, English and French.
Memberships
Admitted to practice law in New York State/USA (2007).
International Trade Section of the International Bar Association (IBA): Secretary Treasury.
Brazilian Institute of Competition, Consumer and International Trade Law Studies (IBRAC): Director for International Trade.
Education
Doctor’s Degree in International Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 2011;
LL.M. from the Columbia University – 2003;
Executive MBA from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper) – 2002;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) – 1992.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > International trade
(Leading individuals)Pinheiro Neto Advogados has a solid track record in trade remedies investigations dating back to the early 1990s. This ensures an ‘unparalleled knowledge of the legal framework, process and practice, with a 360 degrees view’. Major exporters and manufacturers rely on the firm for key trade-related matters including sunset reviews, public interest proceedings, and safeguarding investigations. This extends to WTO disputes, as well as customs and international trade litigation in the administrative and judicial courts. Clients, including trade associations, come from a range of industries, such as energy, natural resources, chemicals, manufacturing, automotive, food, and fashion. Mauro Berenholc and Renê Medrado jointly lead the team, which includes an experienced team of counsel and associates.
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
- Competition and antitrust Brazil
- International trade Brazil
- Leading individuals Brazil > International trade
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