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Renata Zuccolo
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Renata’s practice focuses on complex competition issues, including mergers linked to both domestic and international transactions, administrative investigations, court proceedings, audits and general counseling on competition related matters. She also works with developing and implementing competition compliance programs and advises clients in trade defense cases. Renata is the merger coordinator at the Competition Committee of the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (Ibrac) and a member of the Mergers Working Group at the International Bar Association (IBA).
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Specialization in Economic and Regulatory Law – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV);
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – King’s College, London.
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Competition & Antitrust (2019 – 2026);
Chambers Global – Competition & Antitrust (2026);
LACCA Approved – Antitrust & Competition (2017, 2019, 2021 – 2025);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Antitrust & Competition (2017 – 2026);
Legal 500 – Competition & Antitrust: Next Generation Partners (2022 – 2023) and Leading Partners (2024 – 2026);
Análise Advocacia – Antitrust (2018 – 2026), São Paulo (2019 – 2021, 2025 – 2026);
Análise Advocacia Mulher – Antitrust (2021 – 2026) Compliance (2021), São Paulo (2021 – 2026);
Euromoney Expert Guides – Women in Business Law: Competition & Antitrust (2022);
HERoes – Women Executives (2022);
IFLR 1000 – Notable Practioner (2018, 2020, 2022 – 2025);
Lexology Index Brazil – Thought Leader: Competition (2020 – 2026);
Lexology Index Global – Thought Leader: Competition (2019 – 2026).
Anticompetitive conduct enforcement in Brazil in 2025 and the outlook for 2026
CADE: 2025 institutional developments at Brazil’s antitrust authority and the outlook for 2026
Anticompetitive conduct in Brazil: CADE’s key findings in the second half of 2025
Institutional developments in Brazilian competition enforcement: September-December 2025
Merger control developments in Brazil: August-December 2025
DEAL: Germany’s BASF snaps up Brazilian insecticide assets
Veirano Advogados in São Paulo has helped German chemicals giant BASF acquire insecticide company AgBiTech – which operates in the US, Australia and Brazil – from New York-based food chain investor Paine Schwartz Partners.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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CADE updates FAQ list for merger filing criteria in Brazil
Brazil’s Antitrust Authority (CADE) published, on April 23, 2025, an updated version of its FAQ section regarding merger filing criteria. An unofficial English translation of the updated FAQ is available here.
Click here and read the article on GC Connect.
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Mattos Filho and Gaia Silva behind cancer treatment partnership in Brazil
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has helped private medical group Oncoclínicas do Brasil sell a minority stake in a radiotherapy subsidiary to healthcare company Unimed.
The buyer, including its subsidiaries, hired Gaia, Silva, Gaede & Associados Advocacia, for the deal, which closed on 31 March. No value was disclosed.
Click here and read more about the deal.
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