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Karin Alvo

Brazil 2025

KLA Advogados

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Corporate/M&A

Brazil

18 years ranked

Venture Capital

Brazil

3 years ranked

About

Provided by KLA Advogados

Brazil: Transactional

Practice Areas

Karin Alvo is a partner in the Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions department at KLA, with extensive experience across various industries, including Private Equity and Venture Capital. Her practice has been recognized in prominent legal directories: this year, she was awarded Best M&A Lawyer by The Legal 500 (link).

Additionally, a deal she led a team of lawyers on was named Deal of the Year in the Private Equity category by Latin Lawyer (link). Last year, she and her team received the Deal of the Year award in the Mergers and Acquisitions: Private Companies category at the Latin Lawyer awards (link).

Karin is a frequent speaker at international events. At the 2022 IBA Annual Conference in Miami, she participated in the panel "Minority Investments: Trends and Concepts for Balancing Interests" (link). In 2023, she joined the panel "The Bottleneck in Public Securities Transactions, Leveraged Buyouts, and Finance" at an IBA event in Rio (link).

Karin earned her Bachelor of Laws degree from Pontifical Catholic University and her LL.M from New York University School of Law. She began her career at Demarest, a renowned law firm in Brazil, and worked as an associate at the New York office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.

Career

KLA, São Paulo, 2002

Cleary, Gottllieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, 1997-1998

Demarest, São Paulo, 1991-1996 /1999-2002″

Professional Memberships

Bar Admission - Brazil (São Paulo, 1994).

Member of IBA - International Bar Association

Member of ABVCAP - Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Personal

Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (LLM/MCJ), New York University School of Law (1997).

Elected the best student for six years in a row by Fundação dos Rotarianos de São Paulo

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Brazil: Transactional

Corporate/M&A - Brazil

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Karin Alvo boasts a solid reputation representing major players from the telecommunications and energy industries, advising on acquisitions, commercial partnerships and investments, especially in matters of due diligence.

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Venture Capital - Brazil

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Karin Alvo is well regarded for her activity in the field of venture capital and especially for her experience in a variety of industries, such as technology, telecommunications and life sciences.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Karin Alvo is an exceptional M&A lawyer who has a superior understanding of how to lead negotiations from a legal perspective, with deal-making capabilities.
Corporate/M&AChambers Brazil: Transactional
Karin Alvo shows complete commitment and agility. She knows our business and quickly manages to come up with solutions.
Corporate/M&AChambers Brazil: Transactional
Karin has been working in the venture capital sector for years and she has a lot of experience.
Venture CapitalChambers Brazil: Transactional
Karin Alvo is an excellent lawyer.
Venture CapitalChambers Brazil: Transactional