2026 CLS Brazil Forum - Speakers (under construction)

Opening Remarks: Brazil’s Role in the Global Economy

Joaquim Levy (Director for Economic Strategy and Market Relations at Banco Safra. Formerly President of BNDES, Managing Director and CFO of the World Bank Group, and Minister of Finance of Brazil)

Panel 1 | M&A - The Future of M&A: The Evolution of Corporate Governance and Transactions

  1. Leo Strine (Former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. Currently Of Counsel in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz)

  2. Mauricio Vasconcelos (Senior Executive Manager Global Transactions and Operations at Suzano S.A.)

  3. Caetano Berenguer (Partner at Bermudes Advogados)

  4. Moderator: Alyssa A. Grikscheit (Partner at Sidley Austin)

*Additional speakers to be announced soon, stay connected at CLS Brazil.

Panel 2 | Energy & Infrastructure - Connecting the Future: Brazil–U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Strategic Investment in Energy

  1. Moderator: Rafael Breves de Toledo (NY Liaison for IBDE, Brazilian Institute for Energy Law Studies and Senior Associate at Vinson & Elkins)

*Additional speakers to be announced soon, stay connected at CLS Brazil.

Panel 3 | Litigation & Arbitration - Jurisdiction Under Pressure: Strategic Litigation and Parallel Proceedings in Transnational Disputes

  1. Fabiano Robalinho (Partner at Bermudes)

  2. Alejandro Garro (Independent Arbitrator and Professor at CLS)

*Additional speakers/moderator to be announced soon, stay connected at CLS Brazil.

Panel 4 | Restructuring - Restructuring Perspectives from the US and Brazil: Out-of-Court Workouts vs. Court Supervised Proceedings

  1. Daniel Jacintho (Head of Legal US at Braskem)

*Additional speakers/moderator to be announced soon, stay connected at CLS Brazil.

Panel 5 | Finance - Financing Brazilian Companies: Challenges and Opportunities

  1. Enrique Corredor (ECM Partner at BTG Pactual)

  2. Moderator: Lúcio Feijó (Partner at Feijó Advogados)

*Additional speakers to be announced soon, stay connected at CLS Brazil.

Closing Remarks

*To be announced soon, stay connected at CLS Brazil.