Paulo Coelho da Rocha

Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate

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.

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.

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.