Paulo Coelho da Rocha
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Paulo Coelho da Rocha
Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate
Career
Partner of Demarest’s M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Governance areas, Paulo Frank Coelho da Rocha holds a master's degree (LL.M.) in Corporation Law from New York University, after which he worked for two years as foreign associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is the author of several articles in the field and co-author of the books "Business Laws of Brazil", West Thompson, (2015), and "Brazil M&A", Donnelley Financial Solutions (2018). Paulo has been nominated for many consecutive years as a leading lawyer in his field by the main legal directories.
Professional Memberships
Officer of the Latin American Regional Forum of the International Bar Association;
Former Chair of Lex Mundi;
Member of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce;
Member of the Advisory Board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association.
Publications
Author of numerous articles on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance, such as:
''A new dawn for compliance in Brazil in the wake of the Petrobras scandal", IBA;
Co-author the book "Business laws of Brazil", Thomson Reuters, 3rd Ed.
Among various others.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Transactional
Paulo Coelho da Rocha represents private and publicly held companies from the construction, financial and aluminium sectors, as well as private equity firms, in transactions and cross-border mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paulo is a person with a broad vision of the business and always ready to defend the client's interests. He provides a clear view of the risks and alternatives."
"He is quite a good lawyer indeed."
"Paulo is a person with a broad vision of the business and always ready to defend the client's interests. He provides a clear view of the risks and alternatives."
"He is quite a good lawyer indeed."