Juliana Oliveira Domingues

Juliana Oliveira Domingues is a professor of economic law and antitrust at the University of São Paulo (FDRP/USP). She also serves as president of the Competition Law Commission at the São Paulo Lawyers Institute and holds leadership roles in research groups focused on competition, consumer protection, innovation, and international trade. Her primary areas of expertise include antitrust, consumer protection, international trade, and law & economics.

She also serves as a director of infrastructure at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo and is a member of a congressional commission of jurists tasked with revising Brazil’s legal framework for ports and port infrastructure. In addition, she is regional co-director of the Academic Society for Competition Law.

She was previously attorney general at the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), Brazil’s antitrust authority. Before that, she served as Brazil’s national secretary of consumer affairs at the Ministry of Justice, where she also led the Department of Consumer Protection and Defense and held roles on multiple national regulatory and policy councils, including the National Council for Consumer Protection and the National Council to Combat Piracy, which she also chaired.

Earlier, she was head of antitrust at L.O. Baptista Advogados and worked as an associate at Brazilian law firms, advising on competition and regulatory matters.

She has received recognition for her work in competition law, including for her book “Direito Antitruste: o Combate aos Cartéis,” which won the Economic Culture Award for best law book.

She earned a bachelor’s in law from the State University of Londrina, a master’s in law from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, and a Ph.D. in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. She also was a visiting scholar at Georgetown University Law Center and completed executive education in digital markets at Columbia Business School.