Pinheiro Neto Advogados

International Trade and Customs, Competition, and Arbitration and Mediation.

Partner.

Renê G. S. Medrado advises multinational corporations, Brazilian companies and trade associations on economic law matters, with a focus on international trade and competition.

Since 1997, Renê has represented clients in domestic and cross-border international trade disputes, anti-dumping, countervailing measures and safeguards investigations in Brazil and abroad. He has extensive experience in multijurisdictional investigations and public interest proceedings and regularly represents clients before the Brazilian authorities with jurisdiction over financial and trade matters including the Ministries of Industry and Trade, Finance, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Trade. Renê also advises on compliance with governmental measures instituted under the WTO rules, having also acted as panelist before the WTO dispute settlement body. He also works on topics related to the intersection between sustainability and international trade.

Renê has extensive experience in competition law matters, such as cartel investigations and strategic merger reviews before Brazilian competition regulator (CADE).

He is a seasoned practitioner in arbitration and court litigation revolving around economic law matters, as well as in cartel damage claims and other competition disputes. He has served as an expert witness before the US courts.

Currently, Renê serves as the President of IBRAC (Brazilian Institute for Competition, Consumer Relations and International Trade); a member of FIESP’s Council for International Trade; and President of Columbia Alumni Association of Brazil. He is also the Coordinator for the firm’s Litigation Department.

International experience: World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.

Portuguese, English, and French.

Doctor's Degree in International Law from the University of São Paulo (USP);

LL.M. from Columbia University;

Executive MBA from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper);

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).