Maíra Isabel Saldanha Rodrigues
Associate | Competition & Antitrust Law; International Trade Law mrodrigues@cascione.com.br +55 11 3165-3033

PROFILE

Maíra Isabel Saldanha Rodrigues specializes in Competition and Antitrust Law. Her practice focuses on merger control issues, design and implementation of antitrust compliance programs, and anticompetitive practice investigations.

Maíra has experience representing and advising clients from industries such as chemical, technological, pharmaceutical, food and beverages, and energy, on broad range of cross-border M&A matters, complex merger cases, and negotiation of remedies, as well as assisting clients in antitrust matters related to dealings with competitors, exchange of competitively sensitive information and dealings in the supply chain.

Furthermore, Maíra also represents and advises clients in investigations related to trade matters, such as antidumping, safeguards and countervailing duties. Her experience allows her to assist manufacturers, importers and exporters seeking and defending their interests before the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber, taking part in every stage of the investigation, from drafting change proposals to responding to the questionnaires sent out by the Subsecretariat for Commercial Defense and Public Interest.

Her experience also covers export controls, economic sanctions and anti-corruption laws and regulations, as well as international trade compliance matters.

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

  • LL.B., Law School of University of Brasília
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University Law School
  • Postgraduate Diploma in European Competition Law, King’s College London

LANGUAGES

English

RECOGNITIONS

  • The Legal 500 – Rising Star

PUBLICATIONS

  • Co-authored the article “Non-solicit clauses on Employees: Antitrust And M&A Risks” in the book The Legal Industry Reviews, published in Oct. 2024.
  • JUNQUEIRA, Denise; RODRIGUES, Maíra; ELEUTÉRIO, Felipe. Sustainability Agreements: interface between competition law and sustainability. In: Fabio de Souza Aranha Cascione; Rafael Fernando Feldmann. (Org.). Law and Environment. São Paulo: Editora Primata Ltda., 2024, v. 101-123.
  • Co-authored the "Manual de Práticas Concorrenciais para Sindicatos e Entidades de Classe - 2023", Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP) and Centro das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (CIESP).
  • Organization of the Book “Women in Antitrust”, vol. No. 6, 2023.
  • Co-authored the paper “Controle de estruturas: estatísticas do Tribunal do Cade em 2020 e possibilidade de mudanças em 2021”, Estadão, published in January 2021.
  • Co-authored the paper “The Future Of Merger Review: New Perspectives For “Associative Agreements”, Ibrac, published in Aug. 2020.
  • Co-authored the paper “Protocolo antitruste: criar paper trail das ações é forma mais segura de agir”, Conjur, June 2020.
  • RODRIGUES, Maíra. “UPDATE: Legal Research in Brazil” GlobaLex (NYU Law). October 2019.
  • Contributed in the Brazilian Chapter of the Competition Litigation Comparative Guide, The Legal 500, Aug. 2019.
  • Interviewed by Getting the Deal Through – Market Intelligence, on Merger Review Updates in Brazil, Aug. 2018.
  • RODRIGUES, Maíra. How CADE’s Remedies Practice Addresses Vertical Concerns. Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (IBRAC). Mar 1st, 2018.

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