Demarest Advogados
Rated for its ‘legal technical background’ and ’business understanding of antitrust-related matters’, Demarest Advogados is sought out by clients operating in a multitude of sectors – including healthcare, education and technology – for its expertise in merger approvals and behavioural investigations. Recognised for his work in the negotiation of complex leniency agreements, settlements and divestiture orders, Daniel Oliveira Andreoli is also engaged in high-profile abuse of dominance cases. He jointly leads the group with Bruno Drago, who possesses over 20 years’ experience in merger control, cartel cases and unilateral conduct investigations. Marco Antônio Fonseca is recommended for investigations and merger review cases. Former co-heads Paola Pugliese and Milena Mundim left the firm in April 2023.
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Testimonials
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'The team members are very cooperative and open to discuss.'
'Informative and quick to respond.'
'Bruno Drago and his team are very responsive. It is worth mentioning that, due to the full-service structure of the firm, there is always the possibility of engaging other teams when the matter goes beyond competition law.'
'The service provided by the team (composed of Bruno Drago and Marco Antônio Fonseca) has been excellent and very complete.'
'They have a very good legal technical background as well as a business understanding of antitrust-related matters.'
'Demarest has spectacular knowledge and timely responses. Bruno Drago and Marco Antônio Fonseca form a well-prepared and cohesive team.'
Key clients
- ANIP – Associação Nacional da Indústria de Pneumáticos
- Syngenta
- Bridgestone
- Nike
- Heineken
- Bayer AG
- RBS
- Sanofi
- Vale
- Clariant
- ABBT
- M. Dias Branco
- União Química
- SAAM Towage
- Parker Hannifin
- Nielsen
- Volkswagen Financial Services
- Drogaria São Paulo
- MS Amlin
- Ferrero Rocher
- Sumitomo Chemical
- Furukawa Electric
- SBA
- Lactalis
- InoBram
- Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group BV (Motherson Group)
- SAS Autosystemtechnik GMBH (Faurecia)
- Generali Seguros
Work highlights
- Assisting Heineken in its complaint to CADE against Ambev's anti-competitive conducts in the beer market.
- Acting for NielsenIQ and GfK in the merger of both companies.
- Representing Bayer as a defendant in Brazil’s first administrative proceeding focused on anticompetitive conducts related to the labour market and discussions of human resources information.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Daniel Andreoli, Bruno Drago