JOSé CARLOS M. DA MATTA BERARDO Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão José Carlos M. Berardo is a partner of the Competition Practice at BM&A - Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil. He focuses his practice on regulatory work and competition matters, including merger control and conduct investigations; his client list includes both domestic and foreign companies spread across several industries such as education, food & beverage, chemicals, pharmaceutical, among others. He is habitually distinguished in the Antitrust & Competition rankings of legal publications such as Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. José Carlos is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association and a Council member of IBRAC, and he holds a degree in law from Universidade de São Paulo and a M.A. degree from King's College London.