About Bruno
BRUNO LANNA PEIXOTO Partner Office: São Paulo Email: [email protected] Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5789 Areas of PracticeAntitrust and CompetitionEducation• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Law School - UFMG (2001);• Master’s Degree in Economic Law from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (2005);• Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago (2005). Research paper: “Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm”.LanguagesPortuguese (native), English (fluent), and Spanish (full-working knowledge).Special Features• Recommended by the GCR 100 – Global Competition Review's guide to the world's leading competition law practices – 2013 and 2014 editions;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust Law in The Best Lawyers in Brazil since 2012;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust and Competition by The Legal 500 Latin America since 2013;• Recommended by the Global Competition Review 2012 Survey of Leading Brazilian Law Firms;• Recommended by the American Bar Association (ABA) Guide to Foreign Law Firms, Fifth Edition (2010).Positions• Vice-Chair, International Antitrust Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association.• Former Government Attorney at the Federal Antitrust Department (SDE), Ministry of Justice.• Member of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer and International Trade (IBRAC).Speaking Engagements• At the Gates of the BRIC Countries: Regulatory Barriers to Private Equity Acquisitions - American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (Co-Chair and Moderator);• How to Assess and Deal with Potential Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Liability in M&A Transactions, American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL) Fall Meeting, Miami, USA, 2012 (Co-Chair/Speaker).• Dynamic and Static Analysis in Brazil’s New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, IBRAC Annual Meeting, Sao Paulo, 2012 (Moderator).• What’s New in Merger Review and Its Impact on Merger Activity – American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL), Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 2011 (Co-Chair/Moderator).• Antitrust in Latin America: What’s Going On? – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2011 (Speaker).• Regulation and the Wealth of the Nations: A Debate with University of Chicago Professor Sam Peltzman – Brazilian Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2010 (Chair/Moderator).• Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2010, (Speaker/Coordinator for the Latin American Jurisdictions).• Antitrust and Competition – International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, 2009 (Co-Chair/Speaker).Publications• ESSENTIALS OF MERGER REVIEW, American Bar Association (Editor and Co-Author - forthcoming 2013).• Brazil: Cartels & Leniency, THE ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS, Global Competition Review, London, 2011, 2012, and 2013.• Merger Control in Brazil, THE MERGER CONTROL REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010, 2011, and 2012.• Brazil, ANTITRUST YEAR-IN-REVIEW, American Bar Association, SIL, Washington, DC, 2011.• Private Competition Enforcement in Brazil, THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010.• Brazil, THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, Global Competition Review, London, 2010.• Success, Dominance, and the Myopic Insistence on Interoperability: Avoiding the 21st Century Antitrust Paradox, 85 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs), 2009.• Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (with Alan Devlin), 2008.• Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm, RESEARCH PAPER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, 2005.
BRUNO LANNA PEIXOTO Partner Office: São Paulo Email: [email protected] Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5789 Areas of PracticeAntitrust and CompetitionEducation• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Law School - UFMG (2001);• Master’s Degree in Economic Law from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (2005);• Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago (2005). Research paper: “Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm”.LanguagesPortuguese (native), English (fluent), and Spanish (full-working knowledge).Special Features• Recommended by the GCR 100 – Global Competition Review's guide to the world's leading competition law practices – 2013 and 2014 editions;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust Law in The Best Lawyers in Brazil since 2012;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust and Competition by The Legal 500 Latin America since 2013;• Recommended by the Global Competition Review 2012 Survey of Leading Brazilian Law Firms;• Recommended by the American Bar Association (ABA) Guide to Foreign Law Firms, Fifth Edition (2010).Positions• Vice-Chair, International Antitrust Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association.• Former Government Attorney at the Federal Antitrust Department (SDE), Ministry of Justice.• Member of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer and International Trade (IBRAC).Speaking Engagements• At the Gates of the BRIC Countries: Regulatory Barriers to Private Equity Acquisitions - American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (Co-Chair and Moderator);• How to Assess and Deal with Potential Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Liability in M&A Transactions, American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL) Fall Meeting, Miami, USA, 2012 (Co-Chair/Speaker).• Dynamic and Static Analysis in Brazil’s New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, IBRAC Annual Meeting, Sao Paulo, 2012 (Moderator).• What’s New in Merger Review and Its Impact on Merger Activity – American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL), Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 2011 (Co-Chair/Moderator).• Antitrust in Latin America: What’s Going On? – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2011 (Speaker).• Regulation and the Wealth of the Nations: A Debate with University of Chicago Professor Sam Peltzman – Brazilian Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2010 (Chair/Moderator).• Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2010, (Speaker/Coordinator for the Latin American Jurisdictions).• Antitrust and Competition – International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, 2009 (Co-Chair/Speaker).Publications• ESSENTIALS OF MERGER REVIEW, American Bar Association (Editor and Co-Author - forthcoming 2013).• Brazil: Cartels & Leniency, THE ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS, Global Competition Review, London, 2011, 2012, and 2013.• Merger Control in Brazil, THE MERGER CONTROL REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010, 2011, and 2012.• Brazil, ANTITRUST YEAR-IN-REVIEW, American Bar Association, SIL, Washington, DC, 2011.• Private Competition Enforcement in Brazil, THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010.• Brazil, THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, Global Competition Review, London, 2010.• Success, Dominance, and the Myopic Insistence on Interoperability: Avoiding the 21st Century Antitrust Paradox, 85 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs), 2009.• Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (with Alan Devlin), 2008.• Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm, RESEARCH PAPER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, 2005.
BRUNO LANNA PEIXOTO Partner Office: São Paulo Email: [email protected] Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5789 Areas of PracticeAntitrust and CompetitionEducation• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Law School - UFMG (2001);• Master’s Degree in Economic Law from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (2005);• Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago (2005). Research paper: “Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm”.LanguagesPortuguese (native), English (fluent), and Spanish (full-working knowledge).Special Features• Recommended by the GCR 100 – Global Competition Review's guide to the world's leading competition law practices – 2013 and 2014 editions;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust Law in The Best Lawyers in Brazil since 2012;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust and Competition by The Legal 500 Latin America since 2013;• Recommended by the Global Competition Review 2012 Survey of Leading Brazilian Law Firms;• Recommended by the American Bar Association (ABA) Guide to Foreign Law Firms, Fifth Edition (2010).
Positions• Vice-Chair, International Antitrust Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association.• Former Government Attorney at the Federal Antitrust Department (SDE), Ministry of Justice.• Member of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer and International Trade (IBRAC).Speaking Engagements• At the Gates of the BRIC Countries: Regulatory Barriers to Private Equity Acquisitions - American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (Co-Chair and Moderator);• How to Assess and Deal with Potential Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Liability in M&A Transactions, American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL) Fall Meeting, Miami, USA, 2012 (Co-Chair/Speaker).• Dynamic and Static Analysis in Brazil’s New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, IBRAC Annual Meeting, Sao Paulo, 2012 (Moderator).• What’s New in Merger Review and Its Impact on Merger Activity – American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL), Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 2011 (Co-Chair/Moderator).• Antitrust in Latin America: What’s Going On? – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2011 (Speaker).• Regulation and the Wealth of the Nations: A Debate with University of Chicago Professor Sam Peltzman – Brazilian Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2010 (Chair/Moderator).• Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2010, (Speaker/Coordinator for the Latin American Jurisdictions).• Antitrust and Competition – International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, 2009 (Co-Chair/Speaker).Publications• ESSENTIALS OF MERGER REVIEW, American Bar Association (Editor and Co-Author - forthcoming 2013).• Brazil: Cartels & Leniency, THE ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS, Global Competition Review, London, 2011, 2012, and 2013.• Merger Control in Brazil, THE MERGER CONTROL REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010, 2011, and 2012.• Brazil, ANTITRUST YEAR-IN-REVIEW, American Bar Association, SIL, Washington, DC, 2011.• Private Competition Enforcement in Brazil, THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010.• Brazil, THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, Global Competition Review, London, 2010.• Success, Dominance, and the Myopic Insistence on Interoperability: Avoiding the 21st Century Antitrust Paradox, 85 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs), 2009.• Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (with Alan Devlin), 2008.• Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm, RESEARCH PAPER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, 2005.
BRUNO LANNA PEIXOTO Partner Office: São Paulo Email: [email protected] Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5789 Areas of PracticeAntitrust and CompetitionEducation• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Law School - UFMG (2001);• Master’s Degree in Economic Law from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (2005);• Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago (2005). Research paper: “Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm”.LanguagesPortuguese (native), English (fluent), and Spanish (full-working knowledge).Special Features• Recommended by the GCR 100 – Global Competition Review's guide to the world's leading competition law practices – 2013 and 2014 editions;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust Law in The Best Lawyers in Brazil since 2012;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust and Competition by The Legal 500 Latin America since 2013;• Recommended by the Global Competition Review 2012 Survey of Leading Brazilian Law Firms;• Recommended by the American Bar Association (ABA) Guide to Foreign Law Firms, Fifth Edition (2010).Positions• Vice-Chair, International Antitrust Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association.• Former Government Attorney at the Federal Antitrust Department (SDE), Ministry of Justice.• Member of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer and International Trade (IBRAC).Speaking Engagements• At the Gates of the BRIC Countries: Regulatory Barriers to Private Equity Acquisitions - American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (Co-Chair and Moderator);• How to Assess and Deal with Potential Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Liability in M&A Transactions, American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL) Fall Meeting, Miami, USA, 2012 (Co-Chair/Speaker).• Dynamic and Static Analysis in Brazil’s New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, IBRAC Annual Meeting, Sao Paulo, 2012 (Moderator).• What’s New in Merger Review and Its Impact on Merger Activity – American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL), Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 2011 (Co-Chair/Moderator).• Antitrust in Latin America: What’s Going On? – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2011 (Speaker).• Regulation and the Wealth of the Nations: A Debate with University of Chicago Professor Sam Peltzman – Brazilian Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2010 (Chair/Moderator).• Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2010, (Speaker/Coordinator for the Latin American Jurisdictions).• Antitrust and Competition – International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, 2009 (Co-Chair/Speaker).Publications• ESSENTIALS OF MERGER REVIEW, American Bar Association (Editor and Co-Author - forthcoming 2013).• Brazil: Cartels & Leniency, THE ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS, Global Competition Review, London, 2011, 2012, and 2013.• Merger Control in Brazil, THE MERGER CONTROL REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010, 2011, and 2012.• Brazil, ANTITRUST YEAR-IN-REVIEW, American Bar Association, SIL, Washington, DC, 2011.• Private Competition Enforcement in Brazil, THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010.• Brazil, THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, Global Competition Review, London, 2010.• Success, Dominance, and the Myopic Insistence on Interoperability: Avoiding the 21st Century Antitrust Paradox, 85 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs), 2009.• Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (with Alan Devlin), 2008.• Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm, RESEARCH PAPER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, 2005.
BRUNO LANNA PEIXOTO Partner Office: São Paulo Email: [email protected] Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5789 Areas of PracticeAntitrust and CompetitionEducation• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Law School - UFMG (2001);• Master’s Degree in Economic Law from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (2005);• Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago (2005). Research paper: “Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm”.LanguagesPortuguese (native), English (fluent), and Spanish (full-working knowledge).Special Features• Recommended by the GCR 100 – Global Competition Review's guide to the world's leading competition law practices – 2013 and 2014 editions;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust Law in The Best Lawyers in Brazil since 2012;• Recognized for his outstanding work in Antitrust and Competition by The Legal 500 Latin America since 2013;• Recommended by the Global Competition Review 2012 Survey of Leading Brazilian Law Firms;• Recommended by the American Bar Association (ABA) Guide to Foreign Law Firms, Fifth Edition (2010).
Positions• Vice-Chair, International Antitrust Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association.• Former Government Attorney at the Federal Antitrust Department (SDE), Ministry of Justice.• Member of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer and International Trade (IBRAC).Speaking Engagements• At the Gates of the BRIC Countries: Regulatory Barriers to Private Equity Acquisitions - American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law 2013 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (Co-Chair and Moderator);• How to Assess and Deal with Potential Antitrust and Anti-Corruption Liability in M&A Transactions, American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL) Fall Meeting, Miami, USA, 2012 (Co-Chair/Speaker).• Dynamic and Static Analysis in Brazil’s New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, IBRAC Annual Meeting, Sao Paulo, 2012 (Moderator).• What’s New in Merger Review and Its Impact on Merger Activity – American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law (SIL), Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 2011 (Co-Chair/Moderator).• Antitrust in Latin America: What’s Going On? – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2011 (Speaker).• Regulation and the Wealth of the Nations: A Debate with University of Chicago Professor Sam Peltzman – Brazilian Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2010 (Chair/Moderator).• Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review – ABA SIL Committee Program, 2010, (Speaker/Coordinator for the Latin American Jurisdictions).• Antitrust and Competition – International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, 2009 (Co-Chair/Speaker).Publications• ESSENTIALS OF MERGER REVIEW, American Bar Association (Editor and Co-Author - forthcoming 2013).• Brazil: Cartels & Leniency, THE ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS, Global Competition Review, London, 2011, 2012, and 2013.• Merger Control in Brazil, THE MERGER CONTROL REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010, 2011, and 2012.• Brazil, ANTITRUST YEAR-IN-REVIEW, American Bar Association, SIL, Washington, DC, 2011.• Private Competition Enforcement in Brazil, THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, edited by Ilene Gotts, Law & Business Research, London, 2010.• Brazil, THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, Global Competition Review, London, 2010.• Success, Dominance, and the Myopic Insistence on Interoperability: Avoiding the 21st Century Antitrust Paradox, 85 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs), 2009.• Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (with Alan Devlin), 2008.• Horizontal Mergers and Tacit Collusion: Debunking One of the Last Refuges of the Structure-Conduct-Performance Antitrust Paradigm, RESEARCH PAPER, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, 2005.
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Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Competition / Antitrust Law
- Special Focus: Consumer Relations
- American Bar Association (ABA) - Guide to Foreign Law Firms - Fifth Edition
- Global Competition Review - Survey of Leading Brazilian Law Firms - 2012
- Best Lawyers Brazil - Antitrust Law - 2013 edition
- GCR 100 – Global Competition Review’s - 2013
