By Flavia Fortes ( October 9, 2025, 19:21 GMT | Comment) -- In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the interim president of Brazil’s antitrust authority, Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima, affirmed its commitment to ensuring predictability and technical rigor in its merger review process, signaling continued emphasis on transparency and analytical consistency in competition enforcement. De Lima also discussed the role of economic evidence, changes on the way to resolutions concerning notification criteria and associative contracts, and the agency’s approach to remedies on global deals.In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the interim president of Brazil’s antitrust authority, Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima, affirmed its commitment to ensuring predictability and technical rigor in its merger review process, signaling continued emphasis on transparency and analytical consistency in competition enforcement....
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