Marcelo Viveiros de Moura

Practice Areas

Corporate, M&A; Investment Funds & Structured Finance; Oil, Natural Gas, Biofuels & Hydrogens.

Career

Marcelo Viveiros de Moura has over 35 years of experience in general corporate law, advising Brazilian and international clients on domestic and cross-border landmark M&A transactions.

Marcelo is also an accomplished academic, having served as a professor of corporate law at the Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School and authoring several articles on corporate law, project finance, and oil and gas regulatory matters.

Marcelo has held several prestigious positions, including chairing the British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, where he now holds a life honorary Board seat. In addition, Marcelo is a board member of the Rio de Janeiro chapter of LIDE, a corporate leaders association.​

He is also actively involved in philanthropy, serving as the chairman and president of the Association of Friends of the Parque Lage Visual Arts School and as a board member of Parceiros da Educação, an NGO focused on improving public education in Rio de Janeiro.

Professional Memberships

British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (Britcham): Former Chair, Honorary Boardmember.

Parceiros da Educação (RJ): Boardmember.

Parque Lage Visual Arts School Friends Association: Chairman.

Instituto Cultural Vale: Boardmember.

Personal

LL.M. in Corporate Law from the Cambridge University.

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

International experience: Slaughter & May, England.

Practice Areas

Corporate M&A, Investment Funds and Structured Finance, Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels.

Career

Marcelo Viveiros de Moura has been a corporate/M&A partner since 1996. With over 35 years’ experience in general corporate practice, Marcelo has steered some of the country’s most important transactions, having recently represented TIM S.A. in the acquisition of Oi S.A.’s mobile business (together with Telefonica Brasil and Claro S.A.) and Mubadala Capital in the acquisitions of Refinaria Landulpho Alves – RLAM from Petrobras and an equity stake in Atvos Industrial S.A. (formerly, Odebrecht Agroindustrial S.A) from Odebrecht and Lonestar.

Marcelo was a professor of corporate law at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School, and has authored several articles on corporate law, project finance and oil and gas regulatory matters. Marcelo was a member of the board of the Rio de Janeiro Chapter of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance.

Marcelo chaired the British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, where he now holds a life honorary Board seat, and also served as president of the Rio de Janeiro Branch of the Chamber. He is the chairman and president of the Association of Friends of the Parque Lage Visual Arts School, and a member of the board of Parceiros da Educação, an NGO that focuses on improving public education in Rio de Janeiro.

International experience: Slaughter & May, England.

Professional Memberships

British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (Britcham): Former Chair, Honorary Boardmember.

Parceiros da Educação (RJ): Boardmember.

Parque Lage Visual Arts School Friends Association: Chairman.

Instituto Cultural Vale: Boardmember.

Personal

LL.M. in Corporate Law from the Cambridge University.

Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).