Professional notice
Advocacia José Del Chiaro is the home of one of the country's best-known antitrust specialists. José Del Chiaro Ferreira da Rosa is a former head of the SDE, and a founder member of Ibrac, Brazil's main competition-focused group to which most of Brazil's competition lawyers belong. Del Chiaro is also a Who's Who nominee.
The firm has nine equity partners, one associate and three of counsel. It lost four people this year, which rivals say was a blow to the team.
Vale, Brazil's largest mining company, is an M&A client of the firm, as is French industrial gas manufacturer Air Liquide. The firm also advised Air Liquide on the investigations of alleged cartel in the medicinal and industrial gas sector.
Advocacia José Del Chiaro advised Hypermarcas, a large Brazilian manufacturer on the notification of its acquisition of DM Monange, which resulted in a leading company in the sweetener sector, with three main brands. The firm is also advising Femsa and Spal on the Brazilian notification of their joint bid with Coca-Cola for the Mexican beverage company Jugos Del Valle.