Luciano Fialho

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Capital Markets

Private Equity

Corporate

Career

With significant experience in assisting both national and international clients, Fialho and his team advise on merger and acquisition operations, private equity and venture capital investments, structured equity and debt raising transactions, joint venture formation, and corporate reorganizations across various sectors.

He also provide guidance to companies listed on the BM&FBovespa, investment funds, and financial institutions in the process of establishing, adapting to, and complying with regulations issued by the BM&FBovespa, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), and the Central Bank of Brazil. Key sectors served include healthcare, education, retail, pharmaceuticals, mining, information technology, oil and gas, energy, and logistics.

Fialho is a permanent member of the list of arbitrators of the Brazilian Arbitration Chamber for Business (CAMARB) and serves as an arbitrator appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa) for resolving corporate disputes.

In addition, Luciano was a Commercial Law professor at Milton Campos Law School and in extension and postgraduate courses at the School of Advocacy of the Brazilian Bar Association (Minas Gerais Section) from 1995 to 2005. He was also a State Prosecutor of Minas Gerais from 1998 to 2002.

He is licensed to practice law in New York (USA), where he was an associate at the law firms Sidley Austin, Brown & Wood (NY, USA, 2003), and Willkie Farr and Gallagher (Washington, DC, USA, 2004).

Professional Memberships

ABVCAP – Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

ABA – American Bar Association

IBGC – Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance

NYB – New York Bar Association

ABCI – Brazilian International Trade Scholars

IBA – International Bar Association

CAMARB – Brazilian Chamber of Business Arbitration

Languages Spoken

Portuguese and English

Personal

MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (United States)

LL.M. from Columbia University (United States)

Master's in Commercial Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Bachelor's in Accounting from the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Bachelor's in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Practice Areas

Co-founder and head for Corporate/M&A. Represented domestic and foreign clients in corporate transactions, totaling US$ 40 billion in aggregate deal volume.

Having major experience on support to local and international clients, Fialho and his team provide legal advice on merger and acquisition transactions, private equity and venture capital investment, structured transactions for equity and debt fundraising, creation of joint ventures, and corporate restructuring in different sectors.

Career

Luciano worked as a foreign associate at Sidley Austin LLP (NY) and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (Washington). Fialho is appointed as arbitrator by the ICC (Paris), by CAMARB and by Câmara do Mercado (BM&FBovespa).

Luciano was a Professor of Corporate Law at Milton Campos Law School and at the graduate programs sponsored by the Brazilian Bar Association (Minas Gerais State Chapter) from 1995 to 2005. He also served as a Public Attorney to the State of Minas Gerais, from 1998 to 2002.

Professional Memberships

ABVCAP – Associação Brasileira de Venture Capital e Private Equity (Brazilian Association for Venture Capital and Private Equity)

ABA – American Bar Association

IBGC – Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa (Brazilian Corporate Governance Institute)

NYB – New York Bar Association

ABCI – Brazilian International Trade Scholars

IBA – International Bar Association

CAMARB – Câmara de Arbitragem Empresarial Brasil (Business Arbitration Chamber – Brazil)