Ms Ana Cândida Sammarco > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Mattos Filho Offices
Al. Joaquim Eugênio de Lima, 447
São Paulo, SP, CEP 01403-001
Brazil
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Ms Ana Cândida Sammarco
Work Department
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Position
Partner
Career
Leading our Life Sciences & Healthcare practice, Ana works with various Brazilian government agencies, notably the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) and the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS). She counsels and litigates on behalf of domestic and foreign clients on regulatory, transactional and contractual matters. Ana previously practiced at the New York office of Linklaters LLP
Languages
Portuguese and English
Memberships
Ana is part of the São Paulo Bar Association’s (OAB-SP) Special Committee on Health Law and Special Committee on Medical and Health Law.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie;
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – University of Miami, EUA;
Extension course in Business Negotiaion – Harvard Law School, Cambridge;
Extension course in Business Law – Escola de Formação da Sociedade Brasileira de Direito Público (SBDP).
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Life sciences
(Next Generation Partners)Noted for its ‘prompt service, technical capacity and negotiation skills‘, Mattos Filho handles regulatory, contractual and litigation matters for a diverse group of life sciences and healthcare players. Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthtech, food and beverages, and medical device companies regularly turn to the team for advice on the gamut of industry-related matters, including corporate transactions, clinical trials, product development and pricing. Practice head Ana Cândida Sammarco is singled out for her experience in life sciences regulatory issues; she regularly advises on the structuring of healthcare plan agreements, implementation of new technologies, and drafting and negotiating supply and distribution agreements. Fellow co-leader Gustavo Swenson Caetano utilises his IP and food law expertise to handle contractual, commercial and transactional work in the life sciences sector.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Wealth and succession planning
- White-collar crime and investigations