Magalhães e Dias - Advocacia

Competition Law, International Trade, Regulatory and Administrative Law, Civil Litigation and Commercial Law and Arbitration

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A specialist in competition and regulatory law, he stands out for his academic expertise and intense professional engagement in highly complex cases. He obtained an LL.M and an LL.D from the Law School of Bonn (Germany).

He served as a former advisor to the Presidency of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) in 1997/98, being directly responsible for the development of new Resolutions and votes.

A member and former Director of IBRAC, he is a guest professor at renowned educational institutions, and has been a speaker and author of several articles in newspapers and magazines, as well as an award-winning book published by the renowned German publisher Mohr Siebeck.

Portuguese, English, German, Italian and Spanish.

Name partner and current managing partner of the Firm, he is responsible for all Economic Law cases, with special emphasis on Competition Law.

He obtained an LL.M and an LL.D from the Law School of Bonn (Germany). Graduated in Law from the Law School of the University of São Paulo (FAD/USP).

Gabriel Nogueira Dias is the current managing partner for Magalhães e Dias – Advocacia and responsible for the whole antitrust practice in the firm. He became equity partner of the firm 10 years ago and has been working with antitrust in the firm since 1996.”

Mr. Dias represents major corporations in complex administrative and judicial proceedings in the economic law field. He is known by his clients for his strong legal foundation, accurate strategic approach, and fast and pragmatic solutions designed for extremely intricate situations. Some of his clients call him the antitrust memory of the legal departments of their companies, since their long-lasting relationship provides him with the full knowledge of the company’s legal background.

He was the first lawyer to advise, draft and sign a cease and desist agreement in horizontal conduct investigations, when the regulation for such agreements was enacted in Brazil, for cement leader Lafarge, in a case that later broke the record for fines applied by the Brazilian authorities.