Carlos Klein Zanini

Practice Areas

Corporate Law; M&A and Private Equity; Litigation; Family Office; Commercial contracts; Capital Markets.

Career

Carlos Klein Zanini is a founding and naming partner of MBZ Advogados. He advises Brazilian and foreign clients in a wide range of corporate matters. Zanini has closed several relevant commercial law deals and M&A transactions in southern Brazil. He is ranked as Band 1 in corporate/commercial by Chambers since 2015. Zanini regularly represents clients in complex corporate and finance litigations and arbitration proceedings. As a relevant part of his practice Zanini acts as a trusted advisor to well established family offices.

Personal

PhD in Corporate Law – USP

Full Professor of Corporate Law at UFRGS

Deputy Dean – UFRGS (2012–16).

Head of the Post-Graduate Program – UFRGS (2006–10)

Head of the Department of Private Law – UFRGS (2011–14)

Member of the Arbitrators Body of FIERGS-CIERGS and FEDERASUL

Zanini is a sponsor of the Fundo Centenário of UFRGS School of Engineering, the first endowment within a Brazilian Federal University whose creation he advised. He is also a supporter of the Porto Alegre Symphonic Orchestra and sits at the board of several non-profit organizations supporting the development of educational and technology projects for the community, such as Instituto Jama.