Mr Leonardo Rocha e Silva > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Brasilia, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
SECTOR DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO FEDERAL SUL (SAFS)
QUADRA 2 - BLOCO B - 3° ANDAR - ED. VIA OFFICE
BRASILIA, DF 70070-600
Brazil
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Mr Leonardo Rocha e Silva
Work Department
Competition; Civil and Commercial Litigation; Technology, Media & Telecommunications.
Position
Partner.
Career
Leonardo Peres da Rocha e Silva has over 25 years’ experience in advising domestic and international companies on merger filings, acquisition and joint ventures with the Brazilian antitrust authority (CADE) and on investigations into anticompetitive practices. Leonardo represents clients in complex lawsuits related to economic law and regulation issues before state and federal district courts as well as before the higher courts (STJ and STF). He also acts in the prevention of litigation and in advising companies, especially those interested in implementing robust compliance programs.
International experience: Denton, Wilde & Sapte, England.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association – OAB/DF (1995).
Competition Committee (OAB/DF): Former Vice-Chair.
Brazilian Institute of Competition, Consumer and International Trade Law Studies (IBRAC): Former Officer of Institutional Relations in Brasília.
Education
LL.M. from the University of Warwick;
MBA in Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV);
Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Brasília (UnB);
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB).
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.
Brazil > City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
Pinheiro Neto Advogados fields a strong offering in concession disputes, administrative improbity cases, and administrative sanctions for clients across the transport, sanitation, healthcare, defence, technology and banking sectors. Dispute resolution also features heavily in the team’s workload, including proceedings before the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Carlos Vilhena is dedicated to mining law and government relations, José Alexandre Buaiz Neto centres his practice on compliance, anti-bribery and antitrust issues, and Daniel Costa Rebello is often called upon in complex private and public corporate investigations. Leonardo Rocha e Silva is highly skilled in negotiations before the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), and Vicente Coelho Araujo focuses on appellate litigation before the superior courts.
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