Office of the Attorney-General at CADE

The Office of the Attorney-General at CADE – PFE-Cade in its acronym in Portuguese – is the body of the Brazilian Office of the General Attorney – AGU in its acronym in Portuguese – responsible for consulting, legally advising and legal/extrajudicial representing CADE. These attributions were given by the Article 15 of the Law N° 12.529/2011, the Article 18 of the Decree N° 7.783/2012 and the Article 28 of CADE’s Internal Statute.

The Attorney-General, nominated by the President of the Republic, after approval by the Senate, for a two years term, with possibility of renewal for the same period, leads the Office of the Attorney General at CADE. The Attorney-General is directly assisted by a Assistant Attorney, who is also in charge of ascertaining the certainty and liquidity of CADE’s credits and including it in the past-due liability roster of the Brazilian government.

The Office of the Attorney General at CADE is composed by three units:

• The Department of Studies and Expert Opinions (CEP in its acronym in Portuguese): it is an advisory body responsible for issues related to CADE’s core activity and monitoring the compliance of CADE’s extrajudicial decisions
• The Department of Administrative Matters (CMA in its acronym in Portuguese): it is an advisory body responsible for issues related to bids, administrative contracts and agreements, human resources, administrative disciplinary proceedings and other matters related to CADE’s supporting activities
• The Department of Judicial Disputes (CCJ in its acronym in Portuguese): it is CADE’s representative body before the Judiciary branch responsible for postulating and/or defending CADE’s interests before a judge or a court. Moreover, CCJ is responsible for promoting the judicial execution of CADE's decisions

Contact

 The Office of the Attorney-General at CADE is inserted on the fourth floor of CADE’s headquarter. For contact purposes, the interested party may send email to:

• proc-cade@cade.gov.br – for general matters and/or related to the Office of the Attorney-General at CADE judicial activity;
• scd.procade@cade.gov.br – for issues related to the gathering of amounts to be payed to CADE, relating to the past-due liability and/or to the compliance of CADE's decisions, as well as to Cease and Desist Agreements and Merger Control Agreements.