Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago (2005), with a focus on Antitrust and Regulatory Law;
- Master in Economic Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG (2005);
- Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG (2001).
Languages
- Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Special mentions
- Recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America (2013 to 2024) for his professional excellence in the area of Antitrust & Competition Law, being awarded the title of “Next Generation”;
- Recognized for his professional excellence by Best Lawyers Brazil (2012 to 2024) in Antitrust & Competition Law, and by Best Lawyers Global business Edition (2020). Published in the United States for over 25 years, Best Lawyers is a worldwide reference guide for the legal profession;
- Recognized as a Leading Lawyer for his expertise and experience in the area of Civil Remedies for Competition Damages, in the Leaders League’s “Litigation & Competition” guide (2019 to 2022);
- Highlighted by Latin Lawyer 250 (2013 to 2016) for his work in Antitrust and Competition Law;
- Recommended by the Global Competition Review (GCR 100) – British ranking of the 100 best antitrust and competition law firms in the world (2012 to 2014) – Brazilian Law Firms Survey;
- Recommended by the ABA Guide to Foreign Law Firms, Fifth Edition (2010).
- Recognized as “Up and Coming Lawyer” on the Competition and Antitrust practice by Chambers Brazil 2024.
Positions and jobs
- Vice-Chair of the International Antitrust Law Committee of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law (ABA) from 2010-2014;
- Former member of the Secretariat of Economic Law (SDE) of the Ministry of Justice, where he worked in the Coordination of Market Control and in the Coordination of Anticompetitive Conduct in the Infrastructure and Services Sectors;
- Member of the Brazilian Institute for Competition, Consumer and International Trade Studies (IBRAC) and Coordinator of the Strategic Litigation Committee;
- Effective member of the Commission for the Study of Competition and Economic Regulation of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section – CECORE/OAB-SP.
Main Publications
- Private Antitrust Litigation in Brazil, PRIVATE ANTITRUST LITIGATION 2021, published by Lexology Getting the Deal Through. edited by Elizabeth Morony, Encompass Print Solutions, London, 2020
- FREE COMPETITION AND THE BRAZILIAN COURTS. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDGMENTS IN THE JUDICIAL POWER INVOLVING COMPETITIVE MATTERS, Editora Singular, São Paulo, 2018 (Coordinator and Co-author)
- Reparatory Actions for Competition Damages: Initial Term of the Limitation Period (with Ludmilla Martins da Silva and Renato Xavier da Silveira Rosa as co-authors), published in A LIVRE COMPETRÊNCIA E OS TRIBUNAIS BRASILEIROS. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDGMENTS IN THE JUDICIAL POWER INVOLVING COMPETITIVE MATTERS, Editora Singular, São Paulo, 2018
- Necessary Legislative Changes and the Future of Reparatory Actions for Competition Damages in Brazil (with Ludmilla Martins da Silva as co-author), published in A LIVRE COMPETRÊNCIA E OS TRIBUNAIS BRASILEIROS. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDGMENTS IN THE JUDICIAL POWER INVOLVING COMPETITIVE MATTERS, Editora Singular, São Paulo, 2018
- Recovery Actions for Cartel Damages: State of Affairs and Challenges for the Next Five Years, (with Ludmilla Martins da Silva as co-author), published in BRAZILIAN ANTITRUST LAW (LAW NO. 12,529/11): 5 YEARS, IBRAC, São Paulo, 2017
- Civil Liability for Disinformation to Investors in the Capital Market: A Teleological Analysis in the Light of North American Law, published in A RESPONSABILIDADE CIVIL DA EMPRESA PERANTE OS INVESTIDORES. CONTRIBUTION TO THE MODERNIZATION OF THE CAPITAL MARKET, organized by Luiz Gastão Paes de Barros, Modesto Carvalhosa and Arnoldo Wald, Editora Quartier Latin, São Paulo, 2018
- Brazil’s Piece of the Global Private Enforcement Puzzle: The Plaintiff’s Perspective, GLOBAL PRIVATE LITIGATION BULLETIN, published by the American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, DC, 2015
- ESSENTIALS OF MERGER REVIEW, published by the American Bar Association, Chicago, 2013 (Editor and Co-Author)
- Merger Control in Brazil, THE MERGER CONTROL REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2012
- Brazil: Cartels & Leniency, THE 2012 ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS, published by Global Competition Review, London, 2011, 2012 and 2013
- Developments in Brazil, THE 2010 ANTITRUST YEAR-IN-REVIEW, edited by the American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Washington, DC, 2011
- Private Competition Enforcement in Brazil, THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010
- Brazil, THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, edited by Global Competition Review, London, 2010
- Success, Dominance, and the Myopic Insistence on Interoperability: Avoiding the 21st Century Antitrust Paradox, 85 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs as coauthors), Bloomington, 2009.
- Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (with Alan Devlin as coauthor), Palo Alto, 2008.
- Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm, RESEARCH PAPER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, Chicago, 2005
Lectures at International Congresses and Seminars
- Reparatory Actions and Arbitration: Comparative Law – IASP/IBRAC Competition Law Course, 2019 (Guest Lecturer)
- Liability of the S/A towards its shareholders for wrongdoing by directors – 7th Brazilian Congress of Commercial Law, São Paulo, 2017 (Chairman and Moderator)
- Brazil’s Piece of the Global Private Enforcement Puzzle – American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law Program 2015 (Speaker)
- Collective Actions in Europe – American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Fall Meeting, London (Co-Chair)
- The Judiciary and Damage Reparation Actions Involving Competition Infringements – 19th IBRAC International Seminar on the Defense of Competition, Foz do Iguaçu, 2013 (Speaker)
- Compensation for Anti-Competitive Conduct and the Interaction between Competition Law and Civil Law – OAB Seminar on Competition Law, São Paulo, 2014 (Chair)
- At the Gates of the BRIC Countries: Regulatory Barriers to Private Equity Acquisitions – American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (Co-Chair and Moderator)
- How to Assess and Deal with Potential Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Liability in M&A Transactions ABA – American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2012 Fall Meeting, Miami (Co-Chair and Speaker)
- Static and Dynamic Analysis in the New Guides for the Analysis of Economic Concentration: A Picture of the Present or a Film about the Future?, 18th IBRAC International Seminar on the Defense of Competition, Guarujá, 2012 (Moderator)
- What’s New in Merger Review and Its Impact on Merger Activity – American Bar Association (ABA) Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 2011 (Co-Chair and moderator)
- Antitrust in Latin America: What’s Going On? – ABA Committee Program, 2011 (Speaker)
- Regulation and the Wealth of the Nations: A Debate with University of Chicago Professor Sam Peltzman – International Congress of the Brazilian Association of Law and Economics, 2010 (President and moderator)
- Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review – ABA Committee Program, 2010, (Speaker and coordinator for Latin American countries)
- Antitrust and Competition – International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Bogotá, 2009 (Co-Chair and speaker)
