Corporate clients and individuals, including company executives, regularly seek L.O. Baptista Advogados‘ assistance with investigations into anti-competitive conduct, settlement negotiations and compliance matters. The practice is also routinely engaged in merger filings and lawsuits before the national courts challenging CADE’s decisions. Patricia Agra Araujo is the main point of contact in the team; her notable areas of activity include merger reviews, antitrust investigations and leniency agreements.
Testimonials
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‘Differentiated service and very technically strong partners.'
Key clients
- Copart do Brasil Organizações de Leilões Ltda.
- Olympus Optical do Brasil Ltda.
Work highlights
- Acted for Copart do Brasil Organizações de Leilões in the filing of a complaint before CADE against several union and class associations of the auction industry for anti-competitive practices.
- Advising and defending Olympus Optical do Brasil Ltda., and individuals related to the company, in an investigation into an alleged exchange of competitively sensitive information in the labour market in the healthcare industry.