Luiz Octavio Lopes > Lefosse Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Lefosse Advogados Offices
RUA TABAPUÃ, 1227
14TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO SP 04533-014
Brazil
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Luiz Octavio Lopes
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Luiz Octávio is a partner in Corporate and M&A at Lefosse.
He has extensive transactional experience having served as leading counsel in a large number of corporate and capital markets transactions in Brazil and abroad. Before joining Lefosse, Luiz Octávio was a managing director at the investment banking group at Banco Credit Suisse where he was head of M&A in Brazil.
Luiz Octávio holds a Law degree from UERJ (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro) and a master’s degree in Law (LL.M) from the New York University School of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Corporate and M&A: High-end
Praised for its ‘great negotiation skills’, Lefosse Advogados fields a large team that is fully dedicated to corporate law and M&A transactions. The group works with a broad range of corporate clients on a wealth of headline-grabbing transactions, demonstrating particular strength in the education, technology and energy sectors. The firm – which has been experiencing considerable growth in both headcount and market share – is a prime destination for Brazilian and foreign companies, as well as private equity funds and venture capital players engaged in ‘critical transactions’, including cross-border deals. Luiz Octavio Lopes, whose ‘broad legal vision’ is highlighted by clients, has steered the team in an array of M&A transactions of national and international significance. Carlos Mello – one of ‘the best M&A legal advisers in the market’ – is often retained by large Brazilian conglomerates in relation to M&A deals and corporate restructuring matters. André Calumby is turned to by several public companies, private equity firms and venture capital funds seeking advice on the entire spectrum of corporate matters, such as M&A and joint ventures, while recently promoted partner Lígia Padovani is also recommended for corporate restructurings, strategic M&A and private equity investments. Fernando Silveira Carvalho joined from TozziniFreire Advogados in April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Life sciences
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Telecoms
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Labour and employment
- White-collar crime and investigations
- Insurance