Mauricio Pacheco

Corporate; M&A; Life Science, Consumer, Energy, Mining, Petrochemical, and Infrastructure; Succession planning

Mauricio Pacheco joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner on 2016. He is a member of the Transactional group (which includes Corporate, Finance, Capital Markets and Real Estate), working mainly focused on Corporate, Corporate Reorganization, M&A and Private Equity. Mauricio is highly regarded by Brazilian and international clients for his business-oriented approach in conducting domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and highly complex corporate reorganizations, all of them mainly focused on projects related to Consumer, ESG, Energy and Health Care & Life Science industries. As a result of his 15-year + experience as a transactional legal practitioner, Mauricio has also gained significant recognition among C-suits executives of Brazilian and international corporations and leading members of reputable global and Brazilian investment banks and M&A financial advisors/boutiques. He is also a member of the firm's China Desk acting actively for Chinese investors in Brazil representing them in high profile projects.

He graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) with a degree in law, specializing in Tax Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and also holds a master's degree in Corporate Law from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC).