Faaez Samadi
Competition specialist Tito Amaral de Andrade, at Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice in São Paulo, has been elected president of Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Concorrência (IBRAC), a Brazilian competition association.
Andrade, 38, is head of competition at Machado Meyer, where he has worked for the past 11 years. Before this, he worked at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and was a trainee at the European Commission. He takes over from Marcelo Calliari, at TozziniFreire Advogados, on 1 January.
Andrade tells GCR that Brazil experienced "a historic moment" in the enactment of its new competition law last month.
"My primary goal is to keep developing an open and transparent dialogue with the Brazilian antitrust authorities during this transitional period," he says. "A number of regulations are also expected to be sent to public consultation within the next six months, and IBRAC will have a major role commenting on and proposing amendments if needed."
Andrade says he is keen to develop IBRAC’s international profile. "Given the growing importance of the Brazilian economy and the importance of our antitrust system in international transactions and antitrust investigations, we believe that it is important to exchange ideas with our international peers. These are relationships that began many years ago with the great work of our predecessors and I intend to keep developing such initiatives."
Calliari says: "Tito was my vice president so I am very happy to see him elected. I know him to be completely capable of carrying out this task at this particularly important time."
Barbara Rosenberg, at Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão Advogados in São Paulo, says Andrade takes over at a "very challenging and important time" for competition law in Brazil.
"IBRAC will have the challenge of establishing an open and productive dialogue with Brazil’s Council for Economic Defence (CADE), aiming at guaranteeing a smooth, effective and efficient implementation of the law, as the law will directly affect businesses in Brazil. Tito′s experience and reputation will certainly add a lot to this process."
Rosenberg was elected as head of IBRAC′s directorate of competition, one of three divisions overseen by Andrade.
Andrade will continue in his role as head of antitrust at Machado Meyer.
(Global Competition Review 09.12.2011)
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