Lucas Hermeto
Brazil Guide 2024
Up and Coming : Dispute Resolution: Rio de Janeiro
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Lucas Hermeto
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution / Investment Funds & Private Equity.
Career
Lucas has experience structuring business and solving conflicts with major complexity and risks, focusing on corporate and investment fund matters. His recent experience encompasses the representation of pension funds and investment funds in some of the country's most relevant and most complex courtand arbitration proceedings, concerning the investments of such entities.
Lucas represents important financial, energy, oil and natural gas, civil construction, and technology companies, in national and international arbitrations and large judicial processes.
He constantly advises clients on strategic matters and represents some of them in administrative proceedings (before CVM, CRSFN, Previc, Accounting Courts etc.), mainly concerning corporate and investment funds matters.
Lucas is also active in the academic area. He is the author of many published papers on subjects in relation to Business Law and Arbitration and is a guest professor at the Commercial Law Department of Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-RJ).
Professional Memberships
Member of the Capital Markets Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Section (OAB/RJ).
Director of Pension Funds of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA).
Member of the Study Committee on Corporate Litigation and M&A Disputes at the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Law (IBRADEMP).
Publications
Articles
HERMETO, Lucas. TIBURCIO, Antonio Augusto. Fundos de investimento e tribunais: prazo prescricional para responsabilização civil. ConJur, 2022.
Book chapter
VIEIRA, Paulo. HERMETO, Lucas. Um Mapa para Responsabilização de Administradores de Sociedades em Casos de Falha no Monitoramento de Riscos: A Doutrina do “Red Flag” e o Papel dos Sistemas de Controles. In CASTRO, Rodrigo Rocha Monteiro. Direito Societário, Mercado de Capitais, Arbitragem e Outros Temas: Homenagem a Nelson Eizirik. Vol. II. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2021.
HERMETO, Lucas. LATINI, Luiza. TIBURCIO, Antonio. A Responsabilidade de Gestores em Fundos de “Gestão Não Discricionária”. In HANSZMANN, Felipe. Atualidade em Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais. Vol. V, Edição Especial: Fundos de Investimento. Rio de Janeiro: Lumes Juris, 2021.
HERMETO, Lucas. TIBURCIO, Antonio. Responsabilidade do Gestor de Fundos de Investimento em Participações (FIPs): Alguns Parâmetros. In HANSZMANN, Felipe. Atualidade em Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais. Vol. IV. Rio de Janeiro: Lumes Juris, 2019.
HERMETO, Lucas. TIBURCIO, Antonio. Arbitragem e Fundos de Investimento: A Vinculação do Gestor e do Administrador à Cláusula Compromissória Constante do Regulamento. In HANSZMANN, Felipe. Atualidade em Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais. Vol. III. Rio de Janeiro: Lumes Juris, 2018.
HANSZMANN, Felipe. HERMETO, Lucas. Arbitragem e companhias abertas: confidencialidade e anúncio de fato relevante à luz das alterações da Instrução CVM nº 358. In HANSZMANN, Felipe (coord.). Atualidades em Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais - Volume II. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris, 2017. pp. 95-129.
Organization of book work
Atualidades em Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais: Fundos de Investimento. Vol V, 2021.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Regions
Up-and-coming partner Lucas Hermeto offers clients knowledge in both litigation and arbitration matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Well-prepared professional with a strong background. He understands industry changes."
"Lucas Hermeto is a brilliant lawyer who comes up with creative solutions in complex cases."
"Well-prepared professional with a strong background. He understands industry changes."
"Lucas Hermeto is a brilliant lawyer who comes up with creative solutions in complex cases."