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Bernardo Cascão

Bernardo Cascão is a partner in BMA's Competition practice area, and a member of the firm's Technology group, focusing on competition in the digital environment. He represents clients before Brazil's competition authority, CADE – Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, in merger reviews and investigations into potentially anticompetitive conduct such as cartels. He also assists clients in reviewing their business practices, developing competition compliance programs and providing training on compliance programs.

Languages

Portuguese
English

Information and contact

OAB

OAB/RJ nº 188.223

Practice areas

Competition Law Technology

Professional experience

His clients include some of the largest national and international companies doing business in various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, information technology, energy, oil and gas, ports, construction, finance and investment banking, insurance and reinsurance, durable goods sales, pharmacies and drugstores, fuel distribution and sales, tourism, and parking services.

Bernardo was a foreign associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Brussels (October 2013 to March 2014).

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY

He lectures in Competition Law in the LL.M. program at the Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais – IBMEC, and has taught Industrial Property Law at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV Rio (2011-2012) and at the Magistrates' School of the State of Rio de Janeiro – EMERJ (2009).

Practice Areas

Competition Law Technology

Education

LL.M., Economic and Intellectual Property Law, Universidade Cândido Mendes - UCAM (2010)

LL.B., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (2006)

Associations

Bernardo Cascão is a member of the Legal Issues Commission of AmCham Rio de Janeiro.

Recognitions

Bernardo is frequently recommended in Competition and Antitrust Law rankings released by well-known legal guides such as Chambers Brazil, Chambers Global, Legal 500 and Lexology Index.

…Luis Bernardo Cascão has experience advising high-profile clients on merger control proceedings and cartel investigations. A client says: “Bernardo demonstrates a lot of experience, thus he anticipates questions we could have.”

Chambers Brazil

PUBLICAÇÕES DO PROFISSIONAL

Publicações

"Antitrust Cases Involving Intellectual Property Rights in the Communication and Media Sector in Brazil". Communications and Competition Law. Key Issues in the Telecoms, Media and Technology Sectors, 2014. p. 207-216.

"Antitrust Assessment of IP-Related Matters in Brazil: Recent Developments". Competition Law International, 2012.

"Breves Notas sobre Atos de Concentração Submetidos ao CADE". Concentração de Empresas no Direito Antitruste Brasileiro. 2011.

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Awards and recognitions 08.04.2026