• Portuguese
• English

Corporate Advisory & General Consulting:

• Advised on corporate litigation cases exceeding BRL 10 billion, including a derivative lawsuit, takeover, and high-stakes negotiations. Led case strategy, refining petitions, and contracted legal opinions;
• Issued an opinion on enforcing assets of a company that illicitly froze BRL 1,105 billion to obstruct an arbitral award;
• Advised on procedural succession and tax res judicata in a BRL 1 billion merger.
• Assisted an international bank in monitoring USD 200 million in debtor assets amid judicial recovery and bankruptcy;
• Structured a BRL 300 million asset restructuring with tax and accounting teams to shield partners from company debts;
• Design deal structure to optimize tax and operational efficiency for a transaction exceeding BRL 150 million;
• Advised a leading Brazilian laboratory on a BRL 120 million acquisition.;
• Advised a major public servants’ pension fund on a BRL 50 million greenfield divestment project;
• Advised on the impact of a court-approved settlement in a distressed M&A deal with BRL 40 million in liabilities;
• Assessed the feasibility of acquiring a company under judicial recovery for BRL 35 million;
• Issued an opinion on contamination risks of operational liabilities for a holding company exceeding BRL 30 million;
• Drafted a side letter justifying the waiver of due diligence in a BRL 10 million mall stake acquisition;
• Drafted an English R&D contract for a USD 2.5 million project focused on reverse engineering a strategic input;
• Advised a startup in negotiating and implementing a BRL 500.000 angel investment;
• Advised an international consulting firm on its Brazilian operations and cross-border measures.
• Assisted a renowned international special situations consultancy in the acquisition of distressed assets;
• Assisted an international insurance company in mapping multimillion-dollar liabilities amid a bankruptcy filing;
• Assisted a publicly traded company in implementing a Brazilian poison pill worth billions in market capitalization;
• Advised an investment fund on the impact of the State-Owned Companies Law;
• Advised a publicly traded company on a self-bankruptcy petition’s impact on former directors and shareholders;
• Advised an entertainment company on the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) precedent’s impact on a target acquisition;
• Advised on the legal feasibility of acquiring lawsuit-derived credits, including assessing profitability for financiers;
• Negotiated amendments to a restructuring plan, securing privileges for a strategic creditor in a fire-sale;
• Assessed fraud risks in multiple acquisitions, mitigating clawback exposure;
• Advised on overturning an overly restrictive non-compete clause post-M&A;
• Advised congressmen on legislative reforms contributing to key bills (crypt, arbitration, insolvency, state debt).

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Commercial Litigation Experience:

• Represented a financial institution in a lawsuit against the Central Bank for BRL 1.2 billion;
• Handled infringement and patent nullity cases with a total value exceeding BRL 500 million;
• Represented an automobile dealership in a BRL 400 million in-court bankruptcy;
• Infringement lawsuit of a SEP patent over into a BRL 150 million dispute;
• Represented a financial institution in a BRL 120 million arbitration, successfully enforcing the award;
• Represented an heir in a contentious inventory proceeding with assets valued over BRL 110 million;
• Represented a football club in a dispute against major bank over BRL 100 million investment agreement;
• Represented a shipyard in a BRL 60 million lawsuit against a public financial institution;
• Dispute involving investor rights in a commercial property lease contract valued at BRL 55 million;
• Defended a group of shareholders in a dispute over tail rights valued at BRL 45 million.
• Defended controllers and administrators in derivative lawsuit claims in a dispute worth BRL 43 million;
• Advised a high-net-worth client against a distressed fund in a BRL 33 million piercing the corporate veil incident;
• Represented a company in a BRL 30 million arbitration regarding the violation of broadcasting rights;
• Represented a patent holder into an infringement suit over a second use patent requesting invalidation of public tender of BRL 26 million;
• Represented an international entertainment giant in a BRL 25 million dispute arbitration involving tag along;
• Defended a CTO in a suit before the Brazilian SEC (CVM) involving a Ponzi scheme, securing acquittal from over BRL 20 million in fine;
• Represented Portuguese investors in a BRL 15 million execution, successfully recovering their full investments;
• Represented a SEP patent holder into an infringement lawsuit of over BRL 13 million in fines where a PI was issued;
• Represented a construction company in a BRL 12 million lawsuit against the Brazilian Public Stated Owed Bank;
• Represented a former director in an BRL 11 million execution against a renowned São Paulo association;
• Represented a law firm in the execution of fees against a management company for BRL 9.5 million;
• Assisted a client in a voluntary condominium dissolution case worth BRL 8 million;
• Defended sellers in indemnity claims in M&A transactions totalling BRL 7 million;
• Represented consumers in a BRL 3.25M corporate veil piercing suit against major shareholders of a public company;
• Enforced a non-compete clause in a franchise agreement, securing a BRL 2.9 million PI;
• Handled several derivative lawsuit for partnerships of all types and sizes, including those with family law implications;
• Represented creditors in different bankruptcy proceedings, including European bondholders.

• Legal 500 Latin America – Key lawyer – Life Sciences (2025);
• Member of the National Legislation Committee of the Brazilian Federal Bar;
• Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Rio de Janeiro State Bar President of the Especial Commission of Legislative Affairs of Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section;
• Columnist, Relatório Reservado;
• Coordinator of the Venture Capital & Start-ups discipline at the Superior Advocacy School of Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section;
• Coordinator of the Corporate Bankruptcy discipline at the OAB/RJ Superior Advocacy School;
• Member of the OAB/RJ Corporate Law Commission;
• Member of the OAB/RJ Arbitration Commission;
• Member of the OAB/RJ Bankruptcy Especial Commission (2018);
• Member of the OAB/RJ Civil Procedure Studies Especial Commission;
• President (2017-2018) and Treasurer (2016-2017) of the Brazilian Association of the Students of Arbitration (“Abearb”);
• Member of the Brazilian Bar Association’s special committee responsible for designing the Bar Admission Exam (2014-2016);
• Visiting Scholar of the State University of Rio de Janeiro in LL.M. program of procedural law, lecturing bankruptcy liquidation and reorganization proceedings (2022 – ongoing);
• Visiting Scholar of the School of Judges of the State Court of Rio de Janeiro (2015 – 2018).

• Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro (OAB/RJ);
• Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo (OAB/SP);
• Institute of the Brazilian Attorneys (IAB);
• Institute of Cultural Studies (IEC).

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Securities Litigation and Shareholder Enforcement Rights (Brazilian and U.S. law), Rio de Janeiro State University – UERJ (2023 – ongoing);
• Doctor of Laws (PhD), Corporate Law – Finance, Restructuring, and Public Utilities, University of São Paulo – USP (2023);
• Doctor of Laws (PhD), Procedural Law – Bankruptcy Reorganization, Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights, and Due Process, Rio de Janeiro State University – UERJ (2023);
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), Governance, Corporate Groups, Risk Allocation, and Bankruptcy Reorganization, Rio de Janeiro State University – UERJ (2017);
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2014).

• O Caso Eletrobras: Axia, União e o conforto da culpa sem dono, Relatório Reservado, 2025;
• (Im)perfeição: Proteção do investidor ou corrida armamentista?, Relatório Reservado, 2025;
• Quando a recomendação pode virar manipulação de mercado?, Relatório Reservado, 2025;
• Credores querem exumar balanços da Americanas até 2002, Relatório Reservado, 2023;
• Justiça norte-americana é a maior ameaça a Lemann, Telles e Sicupira, Relatório Reservado, 2023;
• Startup valuation e cuidado com ativos intelectuais, Valor Econômico, 2023;
• Disputa 3 bi rivais não impede Oi sair recuperação, diz Ministério Público, Telesíntese, 2022;
• Execução contra o sócio: um estudo multidisciplinar de direito societário e processual brasileiro, RSDE, 2022;
• Arbitragem e transparência: um diálogo necessário, FGV, 2021;
• Lei de Falências e enriquecimento pessoal, Valor Econômico, 2021;
• Participação no relatório: Doing Business Subnacional Brasil 2021, Banco Mundial, 2021;
• É na recuperação judicial que resgataremos o futebol brasileiro?, Estadão, 2021;
• Restructuring & insolvency law in Brazil, Lexology, 2019;
• Aspectos a serem considerados na aquisição de ativos de empresa em recuperação extrajudicial. In: Novos temas de direito e Corporate Finance, Quartier Latin, 2019;
• Reflexões sobre a contribuição da arbitragem internacional para a solução de conflitos de interesses nas companhias, Revista de Direito de Direito Bancário e Mercado de Capitais, 2017;
• Arbitragem na indústria do petróleo brasileira. In: Direito Marítimo e Portuário: Estudos Contemporâneos em homenagem ao professor Sérgio Mattes, Arraes Editores, 2017;
• A Mediação como ferramenta de pacificação de conflitos, Revista dos Tribunais, 2017;
• A compatibilidade da arbitragem com a falência e a recuperação judicial. In: Temas Controvertidos na Arbitragem à Luz do Código de Processo Civil de 2015, Editora GZ, 2018;
• A sociedade em conta de participação e suas particularidades. Direito Empresarial, 2015;
• Um diálogo entre o conceito de jurisdição e a arbitragem na perspectiva do ordenamento jurídico brasileiro. Processo e Jurisdição, 2014;
• A Sociedade Anônima Simplificada (RE-SAS) e o fenômeno de simplificação das estruturas corporativas. Direito Empresarial, 2014;
• Regulação do transporte marítimo de petróleo, gás e derivados: análise da Portaria ANP nº 170/2002 e as atribuições da ANTAQ e ANP neste setor. Anais 7º PDPETRO, 2013;
• Análise Jurídico-Econômica da Indústria do Petróleo: expectativas e desafios do novo marco regulatório para as áreas do Pré-Sal. Direito e Economia, 2013.