BMA Advogados

Singled out for ‘the exceptional quality of its services, highly qualified team and ability to offer innovative legal solutions’, BMA Advogados is home to a competition law practice that occupies a leading position in the merger control space, covering both large-scale domestic and cross-border transactions. The firm is also adept in conduct matters, including not only high-profile cartels cases, but also dominance issues and leniency agreements. With a strong presence in the life sciences, agribusiness, energy, chemicals, telecoms, financial services and retail sectors, the department has additional capabilities in internal investigations and in the implementation of antitrust compliance programmes. Practice head Barbara Rosenberg is a reference for major merger proceedings before CADE (Brazil’s competition authority) and unilateral conduct investigations. These are also key areas of expertise for José Inacio Prado, who further advises on disputes involving competition law issues. Marcos Exposto and Bernardo Cascão possess notable strength in merger reviews and cartel investigations. The ‘highly respected’ ​​Camilla Paoletti has recently advised on the merger filing of significant transactions in the food, transport, IT and healthcare segments, while the ‘detail-oriented’ Guilherme Morgulis has handled merger clearances, anti-competitive investigations and administrative settlements before CADE. Maria Amaral de Almeida Sampaio often represents clients in competition and antitrust proceedings in the administrative and judicial spheres, and Lea Jenner de Faria focuses on both merger control and behavioural work.