Eduardo Frade > Mattos Filho > Brasilia, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mattos Filho Offices

Mattos Filho
SCS Q. 09 Lote C Bloco B, Sala 1205
Edifício Parque Cidade Corporate
BRASILIA, DF, CEP 70316-109
Brazil
Visit website 55 61 3218 6000

Eduardo Frade

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Work Department

Antitrust/ Corporate Investigations

Position

Partner

Career

Eduardo advises clients on a wide range of competition and regulatory matters, including mergers, cartels, leniency, abuse of dominant position, compliance, advocacy, and general competition law consulting. His work in various government agencies (such as the Ministry of Planning and the Civil Aviation Office) has been widely recognized, as well as his leadership in his ten years at the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade), where he played a pivotal role in restructuring Brazil’s antitrust agency and implementing the New Competition Law in 2012, as both a Deputy General Superintendent and General Superintendent.

Considered one of the world’s leading competition lawyers by various legal publications, Global Competition Review named Eduardo one of the top 40 competition lawyers under 40 worldwide in its 2020 “40 under 40” issue. He is a member of the International Cartel Task Force and of the Corporate Counsel Committee of the American Bar Association – Antitrust Section, and has worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He was a guest professor at the FGV Law Program, and  is also the author of numerous books and articles on competition law.

Languages

Portugues, English, Spanish and French

Education

Bachelor of Laws – Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCeub) and Bachelor of International Relations – Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Specialization in Competition Defense – Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and Public Policy and Government Management – Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (Enap)

Master of Laws – Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Visiting Scholar – Global Antitrust Institute – George Mason University, USA

Participant in the Advanced Seminar on Regulatory Policy – George Washington University, USA

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Competition and antitrust

Noted for its ‘knowledge of the industry and recent decisions by CADE‘, the ‘highly qualified, objective and accessible‘ antitrust practice at Mattos Filho is a key port of call for domestic and international heavyweights from the worlds of energy, telecoms, technology, life sciences and financial services, among other sectors. Covering the entire spectrum of competition law matters, the team particularly stands out for its proficiency in complex merger control proceedings; conduct matters, including high-profile cartel and dominance investigations, as well as leniency negotiations, antitrust compliance and lawsuits involving competition issues are other key areas of activity for the department. Marcio Soares is a name to note in the Rio office who maintains a broad practice covering merger reviews, investigations into anti-competitive conduct, antitrust lawsuits and compliance. Based in São Paulo, Lauro Celidonio Neto and Renata Fonseca Zuccolo Giannella have negotiated hundreds of M&A transactions before CADE, and are also well placed to undertake behavioural work. In the same office, Michelle Machado often acts in merger control and leniency negotiations, while associate Ana Carolina Bittar is particularly skilled in unilateral conduct matters and cease-and-desist agreements (TCCs). A key driver behind the firm’s competition practice in Brasília, Eduardo Frade draws on his former experience at several public management agencies to advise clients on merger clearances, cartels, abuse of dominant position cases and antitrust compliance.

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