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Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior

Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior

Brazil 2026

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Souto Correa Advogados
 Souto Correa Advogados

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Timberland Investment

Brazil

13 years ranked

Corporate/Commercial: Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil

6 years ranked

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Brazil

10 years ranked

About

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Brazil: Contentious

Practice Areas

Restructuring and Insolvency, Corporate Law and M&A and Timberland

Career

Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior is one of the firm’s founding partners and has extensive experience in sectors like corporate, restructuring and bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and forestry investments.

He has lectured at universities and graduate schools on corporate law, restructuring, and insolvency, and is the author of several legal articles in these fields.

He was a member of the group of jurists who advised the rapporteur of the Bankruptcy Law project in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, which resulted in the publication of Law No. 11101/2005, which governs judicial and extra judicial reorganizations, and bankruptcy of individual businesspeople and business legal entities. He was also a member of the jurist’s commission formed to advise the Special Commission of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies to issue an opinion on Bill No. 1.572/2001, which institutes the Commercial Code.

Education

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences

1980 - 1985

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Bachelor of Laws

1989 - 1993

New York University (NYU)

LL.M Master of Laws

1993 - 1995

Languages Spoken

Portuguese and English

Chambers Review

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Chambers Brazil: Contentious

Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Brazil

Band 5
Individual Editorial

Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior co-heads the department at the firm. He has notable experience assisting clients across a broad range of sectors with judicial reorganisation proceedings, debt recovery and related litigation.

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Chambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Timberland Investment - Brazil

Band 2
Individual Editorial

Founding partner Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior is a seasoned practitioner, well regarded for his broad timberland investment practice, which covers sector-related negotiations, due diligence, analysis of documents and drafting of land acquisition agreements.

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Chambers Brazil: Regions

Corporate/Commercial: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

Band 3
Individual Editorial
Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior is a seasoned practitioner renowned for leading substantial corporate matters and complex acquisitions.
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Strengths

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  • Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior's solid experience offers clients peace of mind and the assurance that their affairs are in the hands of a highly competent specialist.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Brazil: Contentious

  • Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior provides internationally recognised expertise in insolvency law. He is an excellent negotiator.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Brazil: Contentious

  • Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior performs meticulous work, close to the client, with excellent technical skills.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Brazil: Contentious

  • Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior is a respected figure in the market and his contribution to cases is always a differentiating factor.

    Timberland InvestmentChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors

  • Gilberto is a highly seasoned practitioner, and his assessment of our cases is always measured and well balanced.

    Timberland InvestmentChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors

  • Gilberto is a skilled negotiator and has a transactional practice in timberland investment, with a particular focus on forestry matters.

    Timberland InvestmentChambers Brazil: Industries & Sectors

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Brazil

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