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• Represented a small group of European bondholders in the bankruptcy reorganization of a telecommunication corporate group, with a debt of R$ 65 billion
• Represented a bank in a lawsuit over R$1.2 billion against the Brazilian Central Bank
• Represented a Brazilian automobile retailer company in a R$400 million bankruptcy reorganization
• Design a corporate restructuring strategy to protect over R$300 million in assets from business liabilities
• Counseled an international bank on how to monitor more than R$200 million in assets of its debtors that filed for bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation
• Represented a financial institution in an over R$120 million shareholder dispute arbitration, including on the enforcement of the arbitral award
• Represented a client in an over R$100 million inventory proceeding
• Represented a sports club in a shareholder litigation with an investment bank in an over R$40 million dispute
• Represented a company in an over R$30 million arbitration regarding the ownership of transmission rights
• Counseled a large pension fund in a substantial disinvestment in a greenfield project
• Consulted an international consultancy firm in strategic distressed acquisitions and investments, in Brazilian companies that filed for bankruptcy
• Represented bankers and board members in investigations regarding the breach of fiduciary duties and/or violations of the Brazilian Securities' Act, conducted before the Brazilian Capital Market Authority
• Represented shareholders and directors in derivative lawsuits, as plaintiffs or as respondents.

• President of the Especial Commission of Legislative Affairs of Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section;

• Vice-president of the Especial Commission of Bankruptcy of Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section in 2018 and current co-head of the Legislative Affairs Work Group;

• President (2017-2018) and Treasurer (2016-2017) of the Brazilian Association of the Students of Arbitration (“Abearb”);

• Member of the Especial Commission of Arbitration of Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section;

• 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 LLM program of procedural law, lecturing bankruptcy liquidation and reorganization proceedings;

• Visiting Scholar of the School of Judges of the State Court of Rio de Janeiro (2015 – 2018).

• Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section (OAB-RJ);
• Institute of the Brazilian Attorneys (IAB);
• Institute of Cultural Studies (IEC).

• PhD candidate in Law (focus of study: corporate law, bankruptcy reorganization and public utilities), University of São Paulo (USP) – Largo do São Francisco;

• PhD candidate in Law (focus of study: procedural law, collective collection proceedings and corporate insolvency), State University of Rio de Janeiro;

• Masters in Law (focus of study: corporate law, corporate governance and bankruptcy reorganizations), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 2017;

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 2014.

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• Co-autor of Lexology's Guide regarding restructuring & insolvency law in Brazil;
• Co-autor of article “Reflexões sobre a contribuição da arbitragem internacional para a solução de conflitos de interesses - nas companhias” published in Revista de Direito de Direito Bancário e Mercado de Capitais, #75;

• Co-autor of article “Aspectos a serem considerados na aquisição de ativos de empresa em recuperação extrajudicial” published in Novos temas de direito e Corporate Finance da Quartier Latin;

• Co-autor of article “Arbitragem na indústria do petróleo brasileira” published in Direito Marítimo e Portuário - Estudos Contemporâneos em homenagem ao professor Sérgio Mattes, coordenado pela Prof. Eliane Octaviano;

• Co-autor of article “A Mediação como ferramenta de pacificação de conflitos” published in Revista dos Tribunais, #975;

• Co-autor of article “A compatibilidade da arbitragem com a falência e a recuperação judicial” published in Temas Controvertidos na Arbitragem à Luz do Código de Processo Civil de 2015; Matheus S. Ramalho | Brazil | Licks Attorneys 3/3

• Co-autor of article “Regulação do transporte marítimo de petróleo, gás e derivados, análise da Portaria ANP #1702002 e as atribuições da ANTAQ e ANP” published in PD-PETRO's Congress;

• Co-autor of article “Análise Jurídico-Econômica da Indústria do Petróleo expectativas e desafios do novo marco regulatório para as áreas do Pré-Sal” published in Revista do CONPEDI;

• Co-autor of article “Um diálogo entre o conceito de jurisdição e a arbitragem na perspectiva do ordenamento jurídico brasileiro” published in Revista do CONPEDI;

• Co-autor of article “A Sociedade Anônima Simplificada (RE-SAS) e o fenômeno de simplificação das estruturas corporativas” published in Revista do CONPEDI;

• Co-autor of article “A sociedade em conta de participação e suas particularidades” published in Revista do CONPEDI.

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