Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America

Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Selected Insights by Ana

'Solid' body of case law for digital markets must be built in Brazil, CADE’s Fernandes says

25 August 2022 21:17 Ana Paula Candil

Brazilian competition authority must build a “solid” body of case law on anticompetitive practices in digital markets
- Antitrust
- Latin America
Juliana Domingues appointed CADE attorney general; Victor Fernandes named CADE councilor

04 April 2022 17:50 Ana Paula Candil

uliana Domingues has been appointed the national competition authority's attorney general
Disputes among CADE Tribunal members may impact agency rulings, Superintendence's performance

13 October 2021 22:37 Ana Paula Candil

Heated debates between the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal members over the powers of a councilor and a president
CADE policy management to be preserved with new presidency, superintendence choices

12 July 2021 20:46 Ana Paula Candil

Nominations for the presidency and superintendence of the Brazilian competition authority mean the agency's policy management will be preserved
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Latin America
Prolonged delay in setting up Brazil data-protection authority would muddle companies' compliance with law

25 September 2020 21:17 Ana Paula Candil

The General Law for Data Protection (LGPD), effective since Sept. 18, was a huge step toward a bigger role for Brazil in the global digital economy.
- Data Privacy and Security
- Europe