José Luiz Homem de Mello

Practice Areas

Banking and Financial Regulation, Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, Venture Capital and Startups.

Career

José Luiz Homem de Mello has been a partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados since 2005. He practices in corporate finance, with a focus on financing and capital market transactions, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions. José Luiz advises on the main transactions, IPOs, project financings of the financial services industry. José Luiz assists regularly domestic and foreign clients with new products and solutions in fintech, payment arrangements, asset management, subordinate and hybrid instruments, investment rounds, virtual assets and tokenization, as well in joint ventures and corporate restructurings. José Luiz also advises in supervisory matters and administrative

proceedings.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar and NY State Bar.

Brazilian Institute of Investor Relations (IBRI): Member of the Legal Committee.

Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC): Member of the Financial Institutions Governance Committee.

Personal

LL.M. from the University of Chicago.

Executive MBA in Finance from the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper).

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation - São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP).

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

International experience: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, USA.