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Paula Baqueiro has a Master’s degree in Law, State and Constitution from the University of Brasília, where she also completed her Law Degree.

Having worked in the public sector and the private sector, in addition to intense participation in the academic field, Paula brings together a robust and varied set of skills that enrich her legal practice.

She worked as a lawyer, advising and representing Brazilian and foreign clients in cases of expression in the competition area, in addition to conducting internal investigations and designing and implementing compliance/corporate compliance policies. She held the positions of Head of Advisory and Advisor in the Office of the Court of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (2018-2022), specializing in the analysis of administrative processes involving acts of concentration (M&A) and investigations of anti-competitive conduct, such as cartels and abuses of dominant position. In 2019, she participated in the International Trade Training Program with the Brazilian Mission in Geneva, integrating activities at the WTO, WIPO and UNCTAD, and interned at the Minister’s Office of the Federal Supreme Court, with work focused on concentrated constitutionality control actions ( 2016-2017).

– Master in Law, State and Constitution from the Postgraduate Program in Law at the University of Brasília (PPGD-UnB) (2020-2022).

– Bachelor in Law from the University of Brasília (UnB) (2013-2017)

– BAQUEIRO, Paula. Entre Poder Econômico e Poder Político: reflexões sociológicas e constitucionais para uma nova abordagem pelo Direito da Concorrência. Belo Horizonte: Editora Fórum, 2023.

– MELLO, Patrícia Perrone; BAQUEIRO, Paula. Distinção inconsistente e superação de precedentes no Supremo Tribunal Federal. Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas, v. 8, p. 667-688, 2018.

– SILVEIRA, Paula Azevedo; BAQUEIRO, Paula. Can competition authorities address corruption in public procurement? The Brazilian experience in Car Wash cases. Concurrences Competition Law Review, v. 1, p. 1-8, 2020.

Portuguese, English and Spanish.