Veirano Advogados

Antitrust & Competition ; Compliance & Investigations

Partner

Alberto Monteiro is an partner with the Compliance & Investigations and Antitrust teams of Veirano Advogados.

In matters of compliance & investigations, Alberto’s experience involves representation of companies and executives in investigations of potential violations of national and foreign anticorruption laws, internal investigations in companies, and elaboration and review of internal compliance policies.

His experience in antitrust matters involves complex merger notifications and investigations of anti-competitive practices, including international cartels. Alberto also provides legal advice on other issues related to competition law, including risk analysis of contracts and commercial practices, and development of best practices programs.

After completing his LL.M at Columbia University, Alberto worked as a consultant for international antitrust at the US Federal Trade Commission - FTC. After that, Alberto spent 2 years, between 2015 and 2017, as a foreign associate at the American law firm Covington & Burling, in Washington-DC, working with the anticorruption team of the firm.

Alberto is experienced in civil and administrative litigation, involving not only competition and compliance matters, but also matters related to commercial and civil liability in general. His litigation background offers valuable contribution for his work in cases before the Brazilian antitrust and anticorruption authorities.

English and Portuguese

Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) - Rio de Janeiro

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Columbia Law School, USA, 2015 - Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar LL.B, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 2008