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Legislation exempting some deals from CADE approval during pandemic should spell out limitations, judge suggests

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 29 Apr 2020 12:44
  • 29 Apr 2020 12:44
A draft bill proposing that certain types of deals won't need antitrust approval during the Covid-19 pandemic flags to the market that some conduct among companies will temporarily be tolerated, a Brazilian Superior Court of Justice judge said.
More flexible rules also create a need “to define the limit of

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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).

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