Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Competition, Commercial Litigation, Criminal and Criminal Procedure.

Partner.

Member of Pinheiro Neto Advogados since 1994 and partner since 2006. He worked as a Foreign Associate at Mayer Brown in NYC in 1997-1998.

José Alexandre Buaiz Neto serves domestic and international clients from different industries in competition law matters, working on notification of deals to the Brazilian antitrust authority (CADE), defenses in administrative proceedings, and negotiation of leniency programs and cease-and-desist commitments. In the compliance arena, José Alexandre has substantial experience in internal investigations regarding several aspects (antitrust, anticorruption, accounting fraud, money laundering, and others), as well as in defending clients and negotiating agreements with public prosecutors at federal and state levels, the Federal Comptroller Board (CGU), the Federal Attorney-General Office (AGU), and other competent bodies. He also practices in civil and commercial litigation and in disputes over decisions from administrative bodies.

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Brazilian Institute of Competition and Consumer Relations (IBRAC): Board Member. American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil (Amcham). He was a member of the National Financial System Appeals Board (CRSFN) between 2011 and 2013 by indication by the Brazilian Association of Publicly Held Companies (ABRASCA). He was professor of Commercial Law and Competition Law at UniCeub (1999-2003), at IGDT-UCG (1999-2007) and IBEP-UCB (2005-2007).

LL.M. from Boston University; Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of Brasília (UnB).