Bernadete is a founding partner of CGM Advogados, specializing in corporate and M&A, and is responsible for the firm’s life sciences group. She has extensive experience serving clients in the healthcare, industrial, retail, technology, and cosmetics sectors, having assisted numerous international companies with the legal conduct of their operations in Brazil, including relationships with distributors, agents, shopping centers, research institutions, and hospitals. Her practice includes advising on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance in supplementary health and sanitary matters, company incorporation (including regulated activities), mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border transactions. She has also represented clients in product liability, advertising, and regulatory matters involving the Federal Council of Medicine and health surveillance agencies, at both the national and local levels.

Bernadete taught Contracts at the graduate course at PUC-SP from 2006 to 2008 and was a visiting professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in Chicago, USA, from 2014 to 2016.

Education

• LL.M. from Northwestern Pritzker Law School.
• MBA in Business Management, Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA-USP).
• Master’s Degree in International Law, Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
• Law Degree, UFRN

Recognition

• The Legal 500 (Corporate | 2019)
• Latin Lawyer 250 (2025)
• Análise Advocacia Mulher (Business Contracts | 2023; Pharmaceutical | 2023)
• Análise Advocacia (Commercial Contracts | 2018-2022)
• Análise Regional (2025)

Languages

• English
• French
• Spanish