Magalhães e Dias - Advocacia is a boutique firm that covers the full range of competition and antitrust work, including litigation, cartel investigations, unilateral practices and merger review proceedings. Equally strong in contentious and non-contentious mandates, the team of ‘first-class strategists’ excels in investigations before CADE, acting for a number of multinational clients from the retail, energy, healthcare, food and beverages sectors. Leading the practice, managing partner Gabriel Nogueira Dias advises on complex merger reviews and conduct cases. Litigation specialist Raquel Cândido regularly acts in administrative cases before CADE and merger control issues, while Thais De Sousa Guerra has been particularly active in the real estate and fertilisers industries. Yi Shin Tang, Cristiano Rodrigo Del Debbio and senior associate Leonardo Barbosa, the latter of whom specialises in merger filings, investigations and settlement negotiations, are other key names to note. The team was strengthened at the associate level by several additions over the past year, including that of Mariana Nascimento Silveira, who joined from Andrade Chamas Advogados in July 2022.
Testimonials
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'Gabriel Nogueira Dias - his commitment not only to deliveries and deadlines, but mainly to ethical and responsible work is the greatest highlight of his work. This characteristic is accompanied by competence and excellent technical knowledge.'
'Knowledge of the client's business, flexibility and technical knowledge.'
Key clients
- Ipiranga
- Nestlé
Work highlights
- Representing Bayer and Monsanto in an administrative inquiry to investigate alleged abuse of dominance in matters concerning conditioned discounts, market foreclosure and exclusivity in the market for traits and seed production.
- Represented IBG in the first decision from STF reverting a fine of approx. R$14m for alleged participation in the “industrial gas cartel” on the grounds of unlawful evidence.