Michael Culhane Harper is an associate at Jones Day. Michael Harper’s practice is focused on antitrust matters, including antitrust compliance counseling, litigation, and transactional matters across a broad range of industries. His practice in Brazil is focused on advising corporate clients on the Brazilian antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other commercial transactions. Michael has experience in antitrust matters before the Brazilian antitrust authorities, as well as the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in the United States. Michael also has experience working on complex civil litigation and international litigation. He has experience across multiple types of complex commercial litigation matters, including contractual disputes, business disputes, torts, and class action defense. In addition, Michael is active in the pro bono community. In 2011, he successfully petitioned for the guardianship of two minors on behalf of pro bono clients. He also has obtained tax-exempt status for a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Prior to joining Jones Day, Michael served as a law clerk for Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
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On May 29, 2012, Brazil’s New Merger Law entered into force and the Administrative Council for Economic Defense ("CADE") issued Merger Regulations that further define what transactions must be reported and what filing procedures followed in Brazil’s new pre-merger control regime. On May 31, (...)
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On December 1, 2011, Brazil’s new competition law was published in its final form, having been approved by President Dilma Rousseff. The new law goes into effect on May 29, 2012. Before approving the new law, President Rousseff vetoed several provisions that affect timing of review, (...)
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On October 5, 2011, Brazil’s Congress approved a new competition law that significantly restructures the landscape of competition enforcement in Brazil. Brazil’s Congress will now forward the bill to the desk of President Dilma Rousseff, who has 15 working days to approve or reject the bill. (...)
