Mr Luiz A. Sette KC > Azevedo Sette Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Azevedo Sette Advogados Offices
Avenida Juscelino Kubitschek, 1327 – 11th floor
04543-011
São Paulo - SP
Brazil
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Mr Luiz A. Sette KC
Work Department
Corporate M&A, Contracts, Foreign Investments, Intellectual Property, Telecommunication, Internet and Information Technology
Position
Sette is senior partner and head of Azevedo Sette Advogados’ Corporate M&A practice in São Paulo office. He draws upon more than 25 years’ extensive experience in complex transactions involving commercial contracts, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property matters to companies, domestic and foreign investment funds, and shareholders.
Career
Sette was General Counsel in Microsoft Brazil (1998-2002) and Lead Regional General Counsel Microsoft Latin America (2002-2008). In Microsoft, Luiz led a group of more than 160 attorneys across dozens of Subsidiaries providing legal support for worldwide commercial transactions in excess value of US$ 58 billion, being responsible for all programmatic legal work for Microsoft sales organization and support to all sales units worldwide. Besides, he was a foreign associate at Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York (1995).
Languages
English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Memberships
Chair in Sports Law Committee in IBA – International Bar Association. Member of Brazilian Bar Association.
Education
LL.B. from PUC/MG Law School, he was admitted to practice in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1989. Master’s Degree from University of Pennsylvania, EUA (LL.M., 1995).
Leisure
He is recommended in Corporate M&A, TMT, Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Technology, Innovation and Digital Business practices as “a lawyer with only positive client reviews, sources highlight his commercially minded approach to deals” by Chambers Brazil, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, LACCA Approved, Latin Lawyer 250, Leaders League, IFLR, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers guides.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
The TMT practice at Azevedo Sette Advogados handles a wide range of mandates, encompassing data protection, internet law, IT agreements, IP, and dispute resolution. The team works in close collaboration with the firm’s regulatory, tax, antitrust, corporate and compliance groups to provide the full array of legal services to clients from the IT, payment services, e-commerce and cloud computing sectors. The department is led by a capable trio: Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, who handles contentious and transactional matters in the technology segment; Luiz A. Sette , who leverages his former in-house experience at a Big Tech firm to advise on commercial deals in this space; and Danielle Chipranski Cavalcante, who oversees litigation work involving media and IT players.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Dispute resolution
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Labour
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Natural resources and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
- Tax > Customs
- International trade
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Tax
- City focus - Recife > Leading firms
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Public law
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Wealth and succession planning
- Environment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation