Lauro Celidonio Neto > Mattos Filho > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

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

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Work Department

Antitrust / Infrastructure & Energy / Corporate Investigations

Position

Partner

Career

Lauro advises clients in all areas of antitrust law, including notifying the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) of M&A transactions, analyzing competition risks, reviewing trading and competition compliance policies, investigating anticompetitive practices, reviewing association, partnership and distribution agreements, defining and reviewing trading, compliance and competition policies, and anticompetitive conduct investigations before antitrust authorities in Brazil. His team has already negotiated and approved hundreds of transactions. Lauro also works with various markets and industries, including automotive, construction, infrastructure, energy, technology, pharmaceutical, supermarket, telecommunication and transportation. His practice also covers competition-related litigation, such as loss and damage suits, contract reviews and contractual disputes, as well as unfair competition cases.

Lauro also specializes in advising companies, investors, sponsors and financiers in relations to infrastructure, public works, public service concessions and PPPs, as well as general administrative law concerns.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

Lauro a member of the Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (IBRAC), where he served as chairman between 2020 and 2021. He is also a member of the Lawyers Institute of São Paulo (IASP), as well as a board member and coordinator of the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries’ (ABDIB) Legal and Tax Committee.

Education

Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Competition and antitrust

A ‘first choice in Brazil‘ for many multinational companies, Mattos Filho‘s antitrust practice is commended for its capabilities in ‘guiding clients through complex mergers‘. Besides its strength in merger control matters, including non-fast-track merger review cases and the negotiation of remedies, the firm is also well positioned to represent clients in antitrust litigation and challenges to CADE’s decisions. Advising on all areas of antitrust law, team members Lauro Celidonio Neto and Renata Fonseca Zuccolo Gianella are described as ‘hands-on partners, with a great deal of knowledge and excellent experience before antitrust bodies’. Marcio Soares regularly acts for domestic and foreign clients from various economic sectors in merger approvals before CADE. Showcasing experience in competition, corporate investigations and digital markets, Michelle Machado is active in antitrust investigations and compliance mandates. Eduardo Frade leverages his previous experience in public management agencies and CADE to advise on a wide range of competition and regulatory issues, including cartels, leniency and abuse of dominant position. Paula Camara Baptista De Oliveira is a name to watch for her expertise in representing domestic and international clients in connection with antitrust related matters. Former New York office head Amadeu Ribeiro, who was noted for his competition law experience, left the firm in September 2023.

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