Leonor Cordovil, Founding Partner
Grinberg Cordovil
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Grinberg Cordovil

Leonor Cordovil, Founding Partner


Academic Background
  • Ph.D in Economic and Financial Law from the University of São Paulo.
  • Ph.D and M.S in International Economic Law from the Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne.
  • M.S in Economic Law from Federal University of Minas Gerais.
  • Graduation in Law from Federal University of Minas Gerais.

Selected Articles and Publications
  • Article: “Cartel Regulation 2015”, specific chapter about Brazil in the Global Competition Review;
  • Book: Antidumping – public interest and protectionism in the internacional trade, São Paulo: Publisher Revista dos Tribunais, 2011, 285 p.
  • Book: The New Antitrust Law Commented. São Paulo: Publisher Revista dos Tribunais, 2012, 229 p.
  • Book: The State intervention in Telecommunication: the economic law vision, Belo Horizonte: Publisher Forum, 2005, 294 p.
  • Book: Consumer Law: jurisprudence and the company’s vision, São Paulo: Publisher Saraiva, São Paulo. 2013 Co-organizer Fernando Eberlin
  • Book: Economic Competition Law, São Paulo: Publisher Saraiva, São Paulo. 2013. Co- organizer Mário Gomes Schapiro e Vinícius Marques de Carvalho Articles
  • Benjamin Shieber and the antitrust: the gaps in the 1962 Law n. 12.529/2011. Revista dos Tribunais, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais, São Paulo, v. 918, 2012,
  • The competitive impact Ambevs ́ exclusive liter bottle introduction. IBRAC Journal, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais, v. 19, 2012
  • Article "Gun Jumping or cartel: is Brazil prepared for this analysis?", Competition Law and Policy in Latin America, Eleanor M. Fox and D. Daniel Sokol, eds., Hart, 2009;
  • Article " Retail purchasing power and the challenges of antitrust law: a visit to Chile and Argentina " (co-author), Revista Ibrac , 2008;
  • Article "VAT and taxation in the European Union,” in the book "O Tributo na História: da antiguidade à globalização", coordinated by Ubaldo Cesar Balthazar, Fundação Boiteux, Santa Catarina, 2007;
  • Article "Competitiveness and international trade: should WTO interfere with repression to tax haven? Revista CESA, vol. 01, 2006;
  • Article “The control of abusive prices by the Brazilian Antitrust System (SBDC): an interesting discussion and precedents”. Revista do IBRAC, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais, v. 18, 2010
  • Article “Convergence in telecommunications: the challenge of defining the relevant Market.” Revista ABDI, vol. 01, 2006;
  • Article "Award Sanction in Economic Law.” In Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, ano VI, número 10, 2002;
  • Article “Thoughts on the stransfer risks in the credit card contract.”, Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, ano V, número 9, 2001;
  • Article "The control of abusive prices by the Brazillian Antitrust System (SBDC): an interesting discussion and precedents” (co-author) Revista do Ibrac, 2010
  • La Régulation de la concurrence dans les télécommunications, Rapport brésilien, Travaux de l'association Henri Capitant, Paris, 2006, pg. 759;
  • Leniency Regimes, Brazil, European Lawyer, 2010 e 2011.
  • (org) Revista do IBRAC n. 22, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais. 2012, pg. 380.
  • (org) Revista do IBRAC n. 21, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais. 2012, pg. 521.
  • (org) Revista do IBRAC n. 20, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais. 2012, pg. 527.
  • (org) Revista do IBRAC n. 19, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais. 2012, pg. 389.
  • (org) Revista do IBRAC n. 18, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais. 2012, pg. 387.
  • (org) Revista do IBRAC n. 17, Publisher Revista dos Tribunais. 2012, pg. 397.

Speeches, Seminars and Conferences
  • "Cartel - an Administrative Offense," at the seminar “Cartel: Crime and Punishment - Violation and Sanction - Action and Prevention,” a speech given to the Lawyers’ Institute of São Paulo (IASP), São Paulo, in 2007;
  • “Publicity in the Consumer Protection Code,” a speech given at Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo, 2005;
  • “Principles of Antitrust Law,” a speech given at the Brazilian Bar Association/São Paulo Chapter, to the Consumer Law Committee, São Paulo, 2007.
  • “Antitrust Law and essential facilities,” a speech made at the 2nd Antitrust Enforcement, Rio de Janeiro, in 2007;
  • “Legal or illegal: discrimination, refusal of sale, tying arrangement, predatory price - The Rule of Reason Applied to the Control of Violations.” 1 Milton Campos, Belo Horizonte, 2008;
  • "Gun Jumping or cartel", Latin American Competition Policy International Seminar: The Law And Economics of Cartels And Competition Advocacy, São Paulo, 2008;
  • “Competition in a convergence scenario: ex ante or ex post control?,” Brazilian Association of Computer Systems and Telecommunications Law Seminar, São Paulo, 2007;
  • “Antidumping challenges,” International Law Winter Course - CEDIN, Belo Horizonte, 2009;
  • “Monopolistic Mergers,” 3rd PUC-UERJ Seminar on antitrust enforcement, Rio de Janeiro, 2010.“Monopolistic Mergers,” 3rd UFMG Seminar on economic law, Belo Horizonte, 2010.
  • “Compliance”, Idear, Porto Alegre, 2011;
  • “Export Control”, American Bar Association, Section of International Law 2012 event;
  • Panel moderator in the seminar sponsored by OAB/Pernambuco Chapter, antitrust law, 2012;
  • IBRAC-UERJ Seminar on st seminar on antitrust enforcement UFMG
  • PUC-UERJ Seminar on antitrust enforcement, Rio de Janeiro, UFMG Seminar on economic law, Belo Horizonte, 2010.
  • Hot Topics – 18th Annual Competition Conference, International Bar Association, Florence, 2014;
  • Asian Antitrust Enforcers – Annual conference International Bar Association, Tokyo, 2014.


Positions Held
Professor at the master and post-graduation courses - Economic Law and Antitrust Law – at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo (since 2007)

International Trade Officer at the Brazilian Institute for Antitrust, Consumer and International Trade Studies (IBRAC). 2014-2015

Publishing officer at the Brazilian Institute for Antitrust, Consumer and International Trade Studies (IBRAC). 2010-2014

Fellow - Doctoral Student Support Program of the World Trade Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland (2008).

Special Mentions
Nominated by The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers, among "the world's leading lawyers", of Global Competition Review (London) from 2007 to 2014.
Nominated by The International Who's Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers, among "the world's leading lawyers", of Global Competition Review (London) from 2010 to 2014.
The Legal 500, 2014:

Put simply, Grinberg e Cordovil Advogados is ‘outstanding’. Particular praise is heaped on its ‘round-the-clock availability’ and ‘deep knowledge of the law’, which has positioned it ‘among a handful of Brazilian firms that have distinguished themselves from the local competition in their ability to service foreign clients’. Clients are unanimous in their praise of firm founders Mauro Grinberg, who has ‘extraordinary judgment based on his years of experience’, and Leonor Cordovil, who is ‘extremely responsive, reliable and knowledgeable and very well connected’. Although the firm was hit by the departure of third name partner Carlos Amadeu Bueno Pereira de Barros in 2013, it immediately hired Patrícia Avigni (formerly of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados) to plug the gap at top level. The team is currently advising on a series of major cartel investigations, including representing Siemens in a high-profile rail transportation case and Merck in a generic-drugs case. International trade and customs work is a core pillar of Grinberg, Cordovil e Barros Advogados’ service offering, and the ‘top-quality’ team is very experienced in anti-dumping investigations and assisting Brazilian exporters abroad. Leonor Cordovil demonstrates ‘exceptional technical competence’. Key mandates included representing Siemens in an anti-dumping investigation into the export of power transformers from Brazil to Argentina; advising Villares Metals on an anti-dumping investigation regarding the import of stainless steel bars into the US from Brazil; and assisting Rhodia do Brasil in an anti-dumping investigation into the imports of silica from China and India into Brazil. Other clients include Dow Brasil Sudeste Industrial, Unigel Plásticos, Ternium México and Lanxess Emulsions Rubber.


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