Mr Gustavo Swenson Caetano > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mattos Filho
Al. Joaquim Eugênio de Lima, 447
São Paulo, SP, CEP 01403-001
Brazil

Work Department

Agribusiness Law/Life Sciences & Healthcare

Position

Partner

Career

Gustavo is a specialist in transactional, regulatory and intellectual property matters related to the life sciences, health, food, agribusiness, technology and biotechnology industries. He represents local and international clients before regulatory and government agencies, such as the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa), the Brazilian Agency of Supplementary Health (ANS), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (Mapa). Gustavo also works with healthcare compliance and legal matters involving privacy and personal data protection.

Gustavo previously served as a Brazilian representative at the Japanese Intellectual Property Training Center, organized by the Japan Patent Office (Tokyo, 2013) and was a guest professor in a course on health compliance offered by Legal, Ethics & Compliance (LEC) between 2015 and 2019.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

Gustavo is a member of the Food Lawyer Network (FLN) and a coordinator of Brazil’s National Industrial Hemp Association (ANC).

Education

​Bachelor of Laws, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP)

Master of Laws (LL.M.), George Washington University (USA)

Specialization in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

Specialization in Bidding Procedures and Administrative Contracts, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Life sciences

(Next Generation Partners)

Gustavo Swenson CaetanoMattos Filho

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.