After having recently strengthened its International Trade and Financial Markets teams, Araújo e Policastro Advogados is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lanna Peixoto Advogados, with the admission of Bruno Lanna Peixoto as new partner and head of the Antitrust and Competition practice area.

Co-founder Theodoro Araújo says, “the acquisition of Lanna Peixoto Advogados, a boutique firm renowned for its quality in providing cutting-edge services in areas that require high specialization, will further widen and strengthen our structure.” And he adds: “Bruno Peixoto is a very talented lawyer with valuable background and expertise, which will allow us to expand the services we provide in the fields of M&A notification to competition authorities, potential anticompetitive conducts, and complex competition litigation. Bruno will provide clients with both sheer intellectual horsepower and a high level of energy.”

“We share Araújo e Policastro’s commitment to excellence, customized services as well as its passion for devising effective solutions in high-stakes cases. With its platform and long distinguished tradition in the corporate, infrastructure, and regulatory areas, I look forward to expanding our provision of result-oriented services to an increasingly dynamic and demanding global market. The firm will provide high-quality advice at the frontier of international competition law and will positively impact the implementation of Brazil’s new Competition Law which enters into force on May 29th,” comments Bruno Peixoto.

Before founding Lanna Peixoto Advogados, Bruno was an attorney at the Antitrust Department of the Ministry of Justice (SDE) where he held positions in the Merger Control Division and in the Anticompetitive Practices Division. He earned his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Chicago and is Vice-Chair of the International Antitrust Law Committee of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law (ABA).

Bruno has represented merging companies in complex international transactions in a variety of industries. He has also distinguished experience in multifaceted competition litigation, having represented leading Brazilian and global companies in investigations concerning cartelization and unilateral conducts before CADE. In addition, he has obtained landmark decisions in private actions in federal and state courts. He is a lecturer in international seminars and meetings and has published academic studies in American law journals and several articles on Brazilian competition law in international publications.

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