Ms Andrea Cruz > Trench Rossi Watanabe > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Trench Rossi Watanabe Offices
EDIFICIO. EZ TOWERS BLDG, TOWER A
RUA ARQ. OLAVO REDIG DE CAMPOS, 105 Torre A - 31º ANDAR
04711-904, SÃO PAULO, SP
Brazil
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Ms Andrea Cruz
Work Department
Antitrust, International Trade
Position
Associate
Career
Andrea Da Cunha Cruz joined the Firm in 2022. She integrates the Antitrust practice group, with focus on providing legal assistance regarding a variety of matter concerning competition law and international trade. Andrea has a wide breadth of experience in the representation of clients before the Brazilian Competition Authority (the Administrative Council for Economic Defense or CADE) in administrative proceedings regarding both cartel investigations and unilateral anticompetitive practices. She also has a wide-ranging track record of commercial transactions filed with CADE. Her practice further includes preventive counselling concerning antitrust risks involved in commercial practices and contracts; handling internal investigations; and structuring and implementing antitrust compliance programs. As to international trade, she mainly advises representatives of the national industry and Brazilian importers in antidumping and subsidy investigations.
Languages
English, French (Intermediate), Portuguese
Education
She graduated from the University of São Paulo Law School with a degree in law and from from Columbia Law School with a LL.M. degree, and she also holds a postgraduate degree in Regulatory Economic Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Competition and antitrust
(Leading associates)Drawing on an expansive ‘international network of lawyers‘, the antitrust practice at Trench Rossi Watanabe has the ability to handle multijurisdictional merger clearances, and is also often engaged in high-profile investigations before CADE and litigation. The team also assists corporate clients from the consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and automotive sectors, among others, with audits and the development and implementation of antitrust compliance programmes. The group is under the joint leadership of Paulo Casagrande and Francisco Niclós Negrão, both of whom have a wealth of experience in competition law, covering conduct and merger control work. Merger cases and antitrust investigations are core areas of activity for senior associate Andrea Cruz.
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