Gabriela Forsman

Gabriela Forsman

Associate
Gabriela Forsman
Contact: +55 11 3555 5165
Bar Admissions

OAB-SP 420.169

Languages: English and Portuguese

Gabriela Forsman assists clients in antitrust, white-collar and compliance matters before administrative and judicial courts. She conducts internal investigations; has experience in negotiating leniency and settlement agreements with public authorities, including the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), Federal Controller’s Office (CGU) and Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP); and represents clients in filing and challenging merger reviews before CADE.

Furthermore, Gabriela structures compliance programs and reviews associations and companies’ business practices.

Gabriela was a meber of Kirklan & Ellis´ antitru practice in Washington D.C. between 2024 and 2025 and assisted clients in antitrust, corporate and refugee matters at Hogan Lovells, Tokyo, in 2018.

Gabriela holds a Master´s Degree in white-collar from Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo and an LLM. in corporate governance from Stanford University. She is fluent in Portuguese and English.

Publications

- Co-author of “2024 Annual review of antitrust law developments”. In Antitrust Bar Association. 2025
- Author of “Is privilege against self-Incrimination applicable to Brazilian internal investigations?”. Competition Policy International. 2023.
- Co-author of “Internal Investigations: Best practices and the Brazilian experience” ("Investigações internas: melhores práticas internacionais e a experiência brasileira“). In IBRAC. Revista do IBRAC. Direto da Concorrência, Consumo e Comércio Internacional. Número 2. 2021. - Co-author of "Competition Compliance in Brazil: retrospective and perspective". In. Competition Policy Internacional. November Chronicle. 2021.
- Co-author of “Antitrust discrimination: Where are we and what are the envisioned challenges for the future?”. In. IBRAC. Conducts Enforcement in Brazil: Frequently Asked Questions. 2019.
- Co-author of “WTO’s Measures against money laundering” (“Novas ações da OMC contra a lavagem de dinheiro”). Valor Econômico. 2017.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Master’s Degree in white-collar, Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo

Master of Laws (LL.M), Stanford University