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Partner: Marcelo Calliari
Office: São Paulo
Email: mcalliari@tozzinifreire.com.br
Tel.: (55 11) 5086-5313
Fax: (55 11) 5086-5555
Practice Areas:
Antitrust
International Trade
Professional Experience:
At TozziniFreire Advogados, Marcelo Calliari has been a partner and co-chair of the Antitrust and International Trade practice groups since 2000. From 1998 to 2000, he was commissioner of CADE - the Brazilian Competition Commission, where he had previously also served as senior legal and international affairs advisor. While at CADE, Marcelo participated as a member of the official Brazilian delegation at various antitrust negotiations held at the WTO, OECD, FTAA and MERCOSUR. In addition, he worked as an economics journalist, editorial writer and New York correspondent for Folha de S. Paulo, the largest daily newspaper in Brazil.
Marcelo Calliari speaks frequently on competition and international trade issues, having spoken in conferences and events organized by the IBA - International Bar Association, the ABA – American Bar Association, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, IBRAC – Brazilian Institute for Competition and International Trade, Harvard Law School and many other institutions, taking place, among others, in Washington DC, New York, Chicago, London, Brussels, Prague, Florence, Beijing, Singapore, Bangkok, Auckland, Mexico City, Santiago, Buenos Aires and several Brazilian cities.
Education:
• Doctor of Laws (PhD) degree in International Law from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in 2003.
• LL.M. degree from Harvard University Law School in 1996.
• Bachelor of Laws from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in 1989.
• Bachelor in Economic Sciences from the Economics School of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) in 1989.
Professional Activities:
• Member of the Board of the International Bar Association (IBA) Trade and Customs Law Committee
• Vice-President of IBRAC – Brazilian Institute of Competition and International Trade Studies (the main antitrust think-tank in Brazil)
• Co-chair of the competition group of the Task Force on Regulatory Agencies of the AmCham - Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Competition Law International”, published by the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association
• Vice-chair of the International Trade Committee of CESA – the Brazilian Association of Law Firms.
• International consultant of the International Trade Centre (ITC) of the United Nations (UN) in the preparation of the issue on Brazil for the ITC series “Business Guides to Trade Remedies” (awaiting publication).
• Vice-president of the Legislation Committee of the Brazil-China Chamber of Development in Economic Exchange and International Trade.
Publications:
• “Investigations on unilateral conduct: the Brazilian and Argentinean scenarios”, article published in the journal Competition Law International. London: International Bar Association, October 2008.
• Brazil chapter from the book Getting the Deal Through – Vertical Agreements 2006-2009. London: Global Competition Review.
• Brazil chapter from the book Getting the Deal Through – Merger Control 2004-2009. London: Global Competition Review.
• “Concorrência do Setor Elétrico” chapter in the book Regulação Jurídica do Setor Elétrico. São Paulo: Lumen Juris, 2006.
• “Burden of Proof in Barriers to Entry Analysis”, article published in the journal Competition Law International. London: International Bar Association, April 2006.
• Co-author of the book Direito do Comércio Internacional. São Paulo: Lex Editora S.A., 2004.
• “Globalization, Competition and Trade Policy” article published in the journal International Business Lawyer. London: IBA, December 1999.
• O Mecanismo de Solução de Controvérsias da Organização Mundial do Comércio - OMC: Uma Análise à Luz da Teoria dos Jogos chapter in the book Solução e Prevenção de Litígios Internacionais - Volume II. Porto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 1999. |
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