Bruno Lanna Peixoto
Founding Partner
PRACTICE AREAS: Antitrust Law, International Trade Law
EDUCATION: LL.M., The University of Chicago Law School; LL.B. (JD equivalent) and LL.M. (Economic Law), Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Law.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
- Before co-founding LP, Bruno Peixoto was an attorney at the Antitrust Department of the Ministry of Justice (SDE) where he held positions both in the Merger Control Division and the Anticompetitive Practices Division. He prosecuted international cartels, conducted review of mergers and acquisitions in several industries and elaborated opinions on exclusionary practices and vertical restraints.
- Mr. Peixoto has extensive experience in elaborating and filing M&A notifications before Brazilian Antitrust Authorities (CADE, SDE, and SEAE), representing leading companies in anticompetitive practices investigations and administrative procedures, and implementing antitrust compliance programs.
- Mr. Peixoto has formulated and conducted the first private antitrust actions against cartels and vertical restraints in Brazil. He has also recently elaborated and conducted the first class action against a collusive scheme in Brazilian legal history.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:
- Success, Dominance, and Interoperability, 84 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1157 (2009) (with Alan Devlin and Michael Jacobs).
- Reformulating Antitrust Rules to Safeguard Societal Wealth, 13 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, BUSINESS & FINANCE 225 (2008) (with Alan Devlin).
- Predatory Pricing under Brazilian Law, 9 Journal of the Brazilian Institute of Competition Law, International Trade, and Consumer Law (REVISTA DO IBRAC) 53 (2002).
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
- Brazil: Cartels and Leniency, in THE ANTITRUST REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS 2009 and 2010, Global Competition Review, London.
- Brazil: Private Antitrust Litigation, in THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW, Ilene Gotts (Editor), Law and Business Research, London (2008 and 2009).
- Essentials of Merger Review in Brazil, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, SIL INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST COMMITTEE, available at www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=IC722000 (Regional Supervisor for the South American Jurisdictions).
- Brazil: Trade Enforcement, in THE HANDBOOK OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT, Global Competition Review, London (2008 and 2009).
- Published several articles in the national business media and was interviewed by Brazilian main newspapers for over 30 times.
BAR ASSOCIATIONS: Brazilian Bar Association; American Bar Association; International Bar Association.
- Vice-Chair of the International Antitrust Law Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association
- Member of the Advisory Board of the International Committee, Section Antitrust Law, American Bar Association
ORGANIZATION: Founder and President of the Brazilian Institute for Economic Analysis of Law (IBrAED).
LECTURER: Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Law and Fundação João Pinheiro School of Government.
- Courses: Antitrust Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions, Economic Analysis of Law, Pragmatism and Posner`s Philosophy of Law
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
- American Bar Association, Section of International Law Teleconference: ´Around the World in 90 Minutes: New Developments in Merger Review.´ Moderator (South American jurisdictions) and speaker (Brazil), 2010
- Co-Chair of the panel ´Antitrust and Competition´ in the International Bar Association conference on Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America, Colombia, 2009
- ´Antitrust Law and the Financial Crisis: A debate with Prof. Thomas Morgan (George Washington University)´, American Chamber of Commerce, Brazil, 2009
LANGUAGES: Portuguese (native); English (fluent); Spanish (fluent); Chinese Mandarin (intermediate knowledge).
E-mail: BPeixoto@LPglobal.com.br
Direct dial: +55 11 5185-2848 Fax: + 55 11 5185-2899
