Veirano Advogados

Mariana focuses her practice in antitrust/competition law. Her experience involves general advice on Brazilian competition law, including advice in relation to day-to-day business practices, risk assessment of specific mergers and commercial practices, merger notifications, challenges to merger notifications before competition authorities, representation of clients in procedures involving anticompetitive practices, litigation involving antitrust issues and preparation of compliance programs. She has acted in many antitrust/competition cases, merger cases and cases involving anticompetitive conducts, including cartel cases and cases involving abuses of a dominant position. Mariana also handles some of the firm s litigation cases involving antitrust issues.

Mariana is also experienced in litigation, mainly with respect to civil, commercial, civil liability and consumer issues. Mariana s litigation background contributes to a closer interaction between the firm s antitrust and litigation practices.

Education

Masters Degree in Commercial Law
Law School of São Paulo University (USP)

LL.M degree in Banking and Finance Law
London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), University of London

Bachelor Degree
Law School of Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ)

Professional Associations

Mariana is an International Law Associate of the American Bar Association, a member of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association, a member of the Brazilian Bar Association and member of GEDECON (Economic Law Study Group). She is currently an officer of IBRAC (Brazilian Institute for Studies in Competition, Consumer and International Trade Law). She was Foreign Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London (1999).