Mr Guilherme Ribas

(55 11) 50865198 gribas@tozzinifreire.com.br

Work Department

Competition Law

Position

Partner

Career

Guilherme has twenty years of experience in competition law, having worked at both public agencies and private companies, assisting clients in different industries, such as pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, payment service providers, food and beverages, textile, and plastics. His practice is focused on advising clients on cartel investigations and unilateral conducts, as well as on mergers and compliance programs. He served as general coordinator in the now extinct SDE (Secretariat of Economic Law) of the Ministry of Justice, where he conducted the first antitrust dawn raids and drafted the antitrust compliance guidelines (SDE Ordinance No. 14/2004).

Languages

• Spanish
• French
• English

Memberships

• Director of publications at IBRAC (Brazilian Institute of Studies of Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade) (2016-2019), where he was director of Regulation, counselor and president of the Advisory Board.
• Member of the Competition and Economic Regulation Studies Committee of OAB-SP (Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo section) since 2008.
• Founder of GEDECON (Study Group of Economic Law).
• Member of CEDAU (Center of Studies on Administrative, Environmental and Urban Law).

Education

• Doctoral degree in Administrative Law from USP (Universidade de São Paulo), 2015.
• Master’s degree in Commercial Law from USP, 2011.
• University extension studies of Competition Law at FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas), 2004.
• Graduate of the Law School of USP, 1999.