Latin America - Brazil

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

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Pinheiro Neto Advogados has a solid track record in trade remedies investigations dating back to the early 1990s. This ensures an ‘unparalleled knowledge of the legal framework, process and practice, with a 360 degrees view’. Major exporters and manufacturers rely on the firm for key trade-related matters including sunset reviews, public interest proceedings, and safeguarding investigations. This extends to WTO disputes, as well as customs and international trade litigation in the administrative and judicial courts. Clients, including trade associations, come from a range of industries, such as energy, natural resources, chemicals, manufacturing, automotive, food, and fashion. Mauro Berenholc and Renê Medrado jointly lead the team, which includes an experienced team of counsel and associates.

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  • 'Unparalleled knowledge of the legal framework, process and practice, with a 360 degrees view.'
  • 'Proactive, always ready, pragmatic and extremely knowledgeable and well informed.'

Key clients

  • BASF
  • Lonza Group
  • Primient Products Ingredients Brazil
  • Cargill Agrícola
  • Becton Dickinson Group
  • Tetra Pak
  • Whirlpool Group
  • ABRABE – Brazilian Association for Beverages
  • McDonald’s (Arcos Dourados)
  • Indemil Ind. E Com.
  • GRU Airport
  • Rhodia
  • Alexion/AstraZeneca
  • Diageo
  • General Motors
  • Arcos Dourados
  • Vertex
  • IBÁ – Indústria Brasileira de Árvores
  • AGA
  • GKN Automotive

Work highlights

  • Assisting the National Citric Acid Industry Association (ABIACID) on the original anti-dumping investigation on the imports into Brazil of citric acid and its salts and esters, originating in Thailand and Colombia.
  • Assisting Benton Dickinson in a request for reapplication before the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretariat to reapply anti-dumping measures on imports into Brazil of disposable syringes originating in China.
  • Advising ABRABE, a Brazilian association representing beverage manufacturers and importers in Brazil, in relation to its plea to reduce import tariff rates on glass bottles.