
COMPETITION AND REGULATORY LAW
Areas of expertise
As a result of our location in the capital and the accumulated experience of our team, whether with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), or in control bodies, such as the Federal Audit Court (TCU) or in the most different regulatory agencies ( such as ANTT, ANP, ANTAQ, ANAC and ANP), our operations encompass the following services:
Advice on mergers, acquisitions and asset purchase operations, and their mandatory notification to Cade, originating the so-called Economic Concentration Acts (ACs).
In sponsoring the notified ACs, we participate in the
I. Preparation of Notification Forms
II. Preparation of responses to official letters (both from notifiers and from other official companies to subsidize the Autarchy's market research);
III. Holding hearings and preparing memorials to be presented within the scope of the General Superintendence and the Administrative Court;
IV. Negotiation of Merger Control Agreements;
Assistance to individuals and legal entities wishing to initiate investigations into the commission of infringements by their competitors. In this context, we assist clients in attack and defense strategies, carrying out a risk assessment and sponsoring the monitoring of the administrative process before Cade, in its different phases.
Development of antitrust compliance programs aimed at preventing anti-competitive conduct and aimed at guiding best competition practices, in order to identify possible areas of exposure and risk;
At the Federal Audit Court (TCU), we assist interested parties in various Accounting and Accounting processes and inspection procedures within the Court.
