José Inacio Ferraz de Almeida Prado Filho > BMA Advogados > RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

BMA Advogados
LARGO DO IBAM, 1 – 4th FLOOR, HUMAITA
RJ. 22271-070
Brazil
José Inacio Ferraz de Almeida Prado Filho photo

Work Department

Competition Law

Position

Partner

Career

​José Inacio F. de Almeida Prado Filho is a partner in the Competition Law practice area.

José Inacio has extensive experience in all areas of competition law.
He represents clients before CADE, Brazil’s antitrust authority, in the submission and review of mergers and acquisitions; in investigations into cartels and unilateral conduct; and in proposals for leniency agreements and in the resolution of investigations by agreement with the investigating authority.
In his advisory practice, José Inacio assists companies in analyzing the competition aspects of their business policies, and in conducting internal competition compliance investigations.  He also advises on competition aspects in the due diligence and negotiating phases of M&A transactions.
José Inácio provides specialist support to the firm’s litigation practice area in disputes involving competition law issues, and works with the banking area in merger notifications to the Central Bank of Brazil.

Languages

Portuguese, English

Memberships

José Inacio is a member of the Regional Council of Economics, São Paulo section.

OAB/SP nº 234.668

Education

​Ph.D. in Commercial Law, Universidade de São Paulo – USP (2012).

Economics Degree, EESP – Fundação Getulio Vargas (2008).

LL.B. with Business Law concentration, Universidade de São Paulo – USP (2003).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Competition and antitrust

Well regarded for its breadth of expertise in competition and antitrust, BMA Advogados is skilled in domestic and cross-border mergers, cartels and unilateral conducts investigations. Although the ‘business-oriented‘ team benefits from its close collaboration with the firm’s corporate and M&A practice, it is able to generate an impressive stream of standalone work, from merger control to behavioural mandates, including abuse of dominance cases, leniency applications and compliance. Practice head Barbara Rosenberg is a seasoned competition lawyer with a long track record in precedent-setting cases in Brazil; she is also regularly retained by companies in the approval of mergers and acquisitions by CADE and in investigations into anti-competitive conduct. These are also key areas of activity for José Inacio Ferraz De Almeida Prado Filho, while Marcos Antonio Exposto often acts in merger review proceedings before CADE for both domestic and cross-border deals. Camilla Paoletti is a name to note for clients from the life sciences, chemicals and consumer goods sectors. Merger notifications, administrative proceedings involving investigations into cartels and competition compliance programmes are among Luiz Antonio Galvão and Maria Amaral de Almeida Sampaio‘s legal specialisms. Associate Lea Jenner de Faria has notable strength in merger control filings.