Vinicius Marques de Carvalho

CADE’s analysis influence CVM debate regarding competition in the securities market* CVM has opened a public hearing to discuss the possibility of multiple stock exchanges in Brazil after the antitrust authority’s debates. In light of the discussions held by Cade in a number of antitrust (...)

New cartel screening tool may enhance investigations by CADE* A new working paper published by the authority explores the possibility of applying statistics to public procurement auctions. CADE’s Department of Economic Studies (DEE) released, in December, a working paper discussing the (...)

IBM Red Hat case triggers discussion on gun jumping fine* CADE’s Tribunal debates changing the limits for fines, which would be currently outdated for high-value transactions. In the context of an Administrative Proceeding to Investigate a Merger (APAC, in its Portuguese acronym), CADE’s (...)

On October 14, CADE’s General Superintendence (GS) recommended closing an administrative inquiry investigating potential anticompetitive conduct. Such conduct consisted of the transmission of sensitive information among competitors in the payments market. More specifically, the investigation (...)

CADE has recently analyzed two international mergers with intense cooperation with DG-Competition. In fact, these two cases reflect the advances brought by new Competition Law. In the previous law, CADE would only analyze cases after their approval by other jurisdictions. With the institution (...)

The Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE) has recently issued an important decision on Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) practices that may serve as guideline for future analyses of this conduct (CADE’s Administrative Proceeding nº 08012.001271/2001-44). The administrative judgment started in 2009 (...)