João Pedro holds a law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) and represents clients across a full range of antitrust and competition matters, including competition compliance and international trade. He has experience in merger and acquisition cases and administrative proceedings involving the transportation, auto parts, digital markets, ports, logistics, steel, infrastructure, and insurance sectors, as well as cartels related to public procurement and international cartels. 

In the compliance area, he has been involved in advising company employees and regularly attends industry association meetings and other forums to assist in the development of best practices from an antitrust perspective. He also has experience representing clients in trade defense cases and public interest assessments before public authorities in the field of foreign trade. 

João Pedro has participated in meetings and lectures at IBRAC (Brazilian Institute of Studies in Competition, Consumer Relations and International Trade Law), including discussions on self-preferencing, competitive assessments of the port sector, and civil aviation. He has also devoted particular attention to legislative discussions on the regulation of digital platforms and artificial intelligence, participating in public hearings on these topics and collaborating in the preparation of IBRAC’s responses to public consultations conducted by Brazilian authorities. 

More recently, João Pedro has focused on the Brazilian maritime and port sectors, participating as an observer in public hearings involving private sector stakeholders and public authorities.