Speakers

Keynote Speech

Investing in Brazil and M&A Deals: Legal and Strategic Insights

• Claudio Cotrim (Paper Excellence Brazil)
• Carlos Lobo (Arnold & Porter)
• Ana Carolina Nakamura (Patria Investments)
• Alyssa Grikscheit (Sidley Austin LLP) - Moderator

Justice Luiz Fux: Legal Certainty in Brazil

• Luiz Fux (Brazilian Supreme Court Justice)
• Rafael Pimenta (Galdino Advogados) - Moderator

Distressed Transactions and Restructuring: Trends in the US and Brazil

• Guilherme Ferreira (JiveMauá)
• Rodrigo Garcia (Galdino Advogados)
• Renato Maggio (Machado Meyer Advogados)
• Paul Basta (Paul Weiss)

• Edward Morrison (Columbia) – Moderator

   

Litigation Funding: Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil and Abroad

• Marcelo A. Fajnzylber (Prisma Capital)
• Florencia Villaggi (Burford Capital)
• Fabiano Robalinho (Bermudes Advogados and FGV Rio)
• Dai Wai Chin Feman (Parabellum Capital)

• Katie Gonzalez (Cleary Gottlieb) – Moderator

   

Securities and Shareholder Disputes: Perspectives from Brazil and the U.S.

• Tomás Jatobá (Vinci Partners)
• Caetano Berenguer (Bermudes Advogados)
• Julio Neves (Lefosse Advogados)
• Susan L. Saltzstein (Skadden)

• Julia Malkina (Sullivan & Cromwell) – Moderator

   

Brazilian Infrastructure: Project Development, Financing, and Legal Reforms

• Vera Monteiro (Prof. FGV São Paulo)
• Bianca Bianchi Alves (World Bank)
• Maís Moreno (Manesco, Ramires, Perez, Azevedo Marques)
• Karla Bertocco (JiveMauá and Chair of the Board of Directors at Sabesp)
• Rafael Breves de Toledo (Vinson & Elkins LLP) – Moderator

Closing Remarks

• René Medrado (Columbia Alumni Club of Brazil)