Practice areas:\u00a0Competition\/Antitrust; International Trade Law; Regulatory; Compliance<\/p>\n
Experience:\u00a0Extensive experience in assisting and representing companies and individuals, national and foreign, on various topics of Competition Law, including cartel investigations and unilateral conduct, control of economic concentrations, preventive counseling on competitive risks of business practices and agreements, and development of compliance programs. He also advises clients on issues of Economic Regulation, Competition Advocacy, Insurance and International Trade. \u201cDescribed by clients as a great competition lawyer\u201d (Chambers and Partners, 2018). Client says that “he has technical knowledge and understands our business,” while another adds: “Ricardo is involved and delivers results.” (Chambers and Partners, 2019)<\/p>\n
Education:\u00a0LL.B., Law School of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo; Master in Business Economics, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Get\u00falio Vargas (FGV-SP); Master in EU Competition Law (with Distinction), King\u2019s College London, UK<\/p>\n
Recognition:\u00a0Recognized as one of the best lawyers in Brazil in Competition and Antitrust by the main international rankings and legal directories, including Chambers and Partners, Latin American Corporate Counsel Association \u2013 LACCA, The Legal 500, Who is Who Legal \u2013 WWL, Leaders League, Best Lawyers, and Euromoney’s Expert Guides.<\/p>\n
Other activities: Director of Competition at the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer Affairs, and International Trade (IBRAC) (2024-2025); Vice Director of Competition at the Brazilian Institute for the Study of Competition, Consumer Affairs, and International Trade (IBRAC) (2022-2023) Director of Regulatory at IBRAC (2018-2022) Member of IBRAC\u2019s Deliberative Council (2014-2017) Member of the Competition Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association \u2013 CECORE\/OAB-SP Participation as Speaker or Moderator in several seminars and events of national and international relevance<\/p>\n
Publications\u00a0Book (author): Exclusivity Rebates as Abuse of Dominant Position: Analysis of the EU General Court\u2019s Judgment in Intel (Singular, 2016) Books (co-author): Overview of Competition Law in Brazil (chapter: \u201cUnilateral Conduct Law and Practice in Brazil\u201d) (Singular, 2015) Lei anticorrup\u00e7\u00e3o: uma an\u00e1lise interdisciplinar (chapter: \u201cAs Principais Caracter\u00edsticas e Desafios do Acordo de Leni\u00eancia na Lei Anticorrup\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d) (LiberArs, 2015) Advocacia da Concorr\u00eancia \u2013 Propostas com base na experi\u00eancia brasileira e internacional (Singular, 2016) Brazilian Antitrust Law: 5 years (chapter: \u201cAssociative agreements under Brazil\u2019s control of concentrations: the search for meaning\u201d) (IBRAC, 2017) Merger Control in Brazil: Frequently Asked Questions (chapter: \u201cWhat\u2019s the Role Played by Efficiencies in the Brazilian Merger Control System?\u201d) (IBRAC, 2018) Institucionaliza\u00e7\u00e3o e Pr\u00e1tica da An\u00e1lise de Impacto Regulat\u00f3rio no Brasil (IBRAC, 2019) Jurisprud\u00eancia do CADE Comentada (chapter: \u201cO Caso das Operadoras de Estacionamento e o Padr\u00e3o Probat\u00f3rio de Acordos Processuais de Colabora\u00e7\u00e3o Firmados com o Cade\u201d) (RT, 2019) Acordos e pol\u00edticas de leni\u00eancia: contribui\u00e7\u00e3o para o di\u00e1logo e a harmoniza\u00e7\u00e3o (Singular, 2020) Concorr\u00eancia: um olhar contempor\u00e2neo sobre condutas unilaterais (chapters: \u201cDescontos Condicionais por Empresas Dominantes: Par\u00e2metros para Avalia\u00e7\u00e3o de Licitude\u201d and \u201cO CADE e o risco de reca\u00edda em controle de pre\u00e7os\u201d) (Singular, 2021) Observat\u00f3rio da regula\u00e7\u00e3o: uma an\u00e1lise emp\u00edrica do passado e presente das ag\u00eancias reguladoras \u00e0 luz da Lei Federal n\u00ba 13.848\/2019 (IBRAC, 2022)<\/p>\n
Languages: English; Portuguese<\/p>\n
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Strengths:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Ricardo Botelho: diligent, proactive and very experienced in antitrust matters, offering innovative solutions always based on solid fundamentals.’ | The Legal 500<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ‘Ricardo Botelho is acknowledged for his precise legal work in a wide range of competition mandates before CADE. He is often mandated by clients to advise on merger control proceedings and administrative investigations.’ | Chambers Brazil<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ‘Ricardo is a very responsible partner who is super responsive. <\/em>He is very meticulous and attentive to details.’ | Chambers Brazil<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ‘Ricardo has great knowledge of competition and is extremely competent.’ | Chambers Brazil<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Practice areas:\u00a0Competition\/Antitrust; International Trade Law; Regulatory; Compliance Experience:\u00a0Extensive experience in assisting and representing companies and individuals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":92,"template":"","tipo":[5],"class_list":["post-99","profissional","type-profissional","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-socios"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n