PAULA MÜLLER RIBEIRO BERNINI

Sócia

São Paulo | SP

Paula is a lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in Competition Law and Strategic Litigation, representing and advising several individuals and national and foreign companies, from several markets.

She has a solid experience in Civil Law – notedly, damage claims – Civil Procedural, Contracts, Consumer Law and Administrative Law, specifically before the Brazilian Antitrust Authority (CADE) in the complete range of competition matters and before ANEEL in regulatory matters.

Advised clients on antitrust compliance and corporate investigations.

Related areas

Antitrust and Competition Law
Antitrust and Competition Judicial Litigation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Represents clients before the Brazilian Antitrust Authority (CADE) and before the Judicial Courts in the complete range of competition, regulatory, civil and civil procedural matters.

SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES OF EXPERIENCE

Supplementary Health Sector
Automotive Sector
Electric Power and Power Generators
Auto Parts and Automotive Products
Agricultural Defensive Products
Banking Sector
Chemical sector
Wholesale markets

RECOGNITIONS

The excellence of her work was recognized by the Análise Advocacia Mulher 2022 Ranking as one of the most admired lawyers in the area of Competition Law in Brazil, organized by Análise Editorial.

EDUCATION

Graduated in Law in 2006 by PUCRS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul)
Post-graduation in Business Law at UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) (2009)
Specialized Graduate, Tax Law, Anhanguera Educacional University (2010)
Post-graduation in Economic Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2015)

INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of OAB/RS (Brazilian Bar Association – Rio Grande do Sul) since 2006 and OAB/SP (Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo) since 2021
Councilor of the Brazilian Institute for Studies on Competition, Consumption and International Trade – IBRAC (2022-2024)
Was Coordinator of the Litigation and Arbitration Committee of the Brazilian Institute for Studies on Competition, Consumption and International Trade (IBRAC) for 4 consecutive years.
Was a speaker at the XX Congress of IBRAC, speaking about “Sharing of information and evidence, and the incentives to file antitrust damage actions”

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Worked as a paralegal at Kerman & Co LLP, London, UK (2005)

PUBLICATIONS

Derrubando os mitos da arbitragem para a reparação de danos concorrenciais Revista do IBRAC Número 02 – 2021 · 31 de dez de 2021
Arbitragem e Regulamentação pelo CADE JOTA · 12 de out de 2021
Co-autora do Livro “Acordos e políticas de leniência: contribuições para o diálogo e harmonização” IBRAC – Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Concorrência, Consumo e Comércio Internacional · 1 de jan de 2020
Co-autora do Livro “A Livre Concorrência e os Tribunais Brasileiros” – Artigo: “Valor probatório da decisão do CADE nas Ações de Reparação de Danos decorrentes de Cartel (“ARDCs”) Singular E IBRAC -Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Concorrência, Consumo e Comércio Internacional · 1 de jan de 2018
Dever de diligência e a crise dos derivativos IBRADEMP · 29 de set de 2009
Responsabilidade Civil pela Perda de uma Chance PUCRS · 6 de dez de 2004

News

Paula Müller was ranked among the most admired lawyers in Brazil in the Análise Advocacia Mulher 2022 ranking carried out by Análise Editorial.