Cristianne Saccab Zarzur

Partner, Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Cristianne Saccab Zarzur is praised by the market as an excellent technical expert, and for her straightforward approach and commitment to clients’ needs. She has an extensive track record on highly sophisticated competition and antitrust cases, including merger control and filings, anticompetitive practices, compliance programmes, counselling on commercial contracts from an antitrust perspective, and indemnification law suits. Other than being one of the most important competition lawyers in the world, she has accomplished much more than obtain professional awards, and the recognition of clients and peers. As a true female leader, she is an enthusiastic advocate of the empowerment of women, and she co-founded the firm’s women’s committee to organise initiatives that have impact on the everyday life of associates within the firm. She has been a partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados since 2006, having joined the firm in 1992. She has also worked as a foreign associate at antitrust law firm Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLC in Washington from 2000 to 2001. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo (1995) and has a specialist degree in economic law from the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo (2002).