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Brazil: CADE names new Superintendent General

By  |  August 30, 2017

The coordinator of Cade’s (Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense) leniency program, attorney Amanda Athayde Linhares Martins was appointed to take over the Cade Superintendence-General, the watchdog’s most senior executive body.

She is the first woman in this position, and was well received among counselors. Her approval should proceed with ease in the Committee on Economic Affairs and in the Senate plenary, according to newspaper JOTA.

Also a lawyer, Walter Agra Júnior was appointed to the Cade Attorney’s Office. If approved by the Senate, ithe will represent the local authority in lawsuits in the Judiciary, in addition to checking whether companies that have signed agreements with Cade have been fulfilling their obligations, such as fines and divestitures.

Full Content: JOTA

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