Ms Karin Alvo > KLA Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
KLA Advogados Offices
AV. BRIGADEIRO FARIA LIMA 1355
18º ANDAR
CEP 01452-002 SÃO PAULO, SP
Brazil
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Ms Karin Alvo
Work Department
Karin Alvo has large experience with corporate matters and complex M&A transactions. She has an extensive experience with foreign clients and cross-border transactions, leading large projects within the firm since their initial due diligence up to the final negotiation of the agreements, helping clients to understand and deal with the Brazilian matters on a practical manner. Karin also represents some fund clients on their investments in Brazilian tech companies and is well recognized by her clients and peers in the Private Equity and Venture Capital practice.
Position
Partner at KLA Advogados.
Career
Karin Alvo is among the most recognized women in the legal market, being shortlisted by Chambers Women in Law Awards in 2018. She has experience in complex and big M&As as well as Private Equity and Technology transactions. She has experience with telecom and life sciences multinational transactions. Karin has worked in the following firms: Demarest & Almeida,1994-2002; Cleary, Gottllieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, 1997-98; KLA 2002-to date.
Languages
English and Spanish
Memberships
Bar Admission: Brazil (São Paulo, 1994).
Education
Faculdade de Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, LLB, 1993, New York University School of Law, LLM/MCJ, 1997.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
(Leading Individuals)The ‘technical and business-oriented’ team at KLA Advogados continues to advise middle-market clients on the full slate of corporate transactions and shareholder issues. Acquisitions, incorporations, joint ventures and private equity investments are key areas of activity for the group, which stands out for its broad industry coverage that spans the technology, food and beverages, telecoms, infrastructure, education, energy, real estate and media sectors. Singled out for her experience in the technology, telecoms and life sciences segments, Karin Alvo has strong credentials in strategic M&A, private equity and venture capital deals. Mariana Cortez, a go-to for clients from the worlds of education and real estate, is an ‘excellent negotiator’, while Melissa Kanô, who heads up the Asian Desk, is recurrently sought out by companies from the advertising and energy spaces. Other individuals to note for corporate matters and M&A transactions include Alessandra Höhne and Luiz Filipe Aranha. Praised by clients for her ‘proficiency, attention, agility, timeliness and client service’, Patrícia Braga leads on cross-border M&A, PE and VC deals for US and German clients. Mário Fioratti works on complex technology and real estate-related transactions, while associate André Maruch maintains a broad practice in corporate and securities law, investment funds and foreign investment.
Brazil > TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
The technology practice at KLA Advogados combines IP, transactional and regulatory expertise, and is well positioned to advise start-ups, established tech companies and investment funds on a host of mandates. Web3, NFTs and AI-related matters are key areas of growth for the department, which is chaired by Karin Alvo, a corporate and M&A lawyer devoted to the tech, telecoms and life sciences sectors. Senior associate Ana Carolina Cesar focuses on transactions in the technology space. Vanessa Pirró left the firm in March 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-market Brazil
- Leading Individuals Brazil > Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business Brazil
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Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Real estate
- Wealth and succession planning
- Tax > Tax advisory
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- White-collar crime and investigations
- Compliance
- Environment
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Media
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Labour and employment
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration