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Martim Machado

Martim Machado

Work Department

M&A, Commercial Contracts, Corporate and Foreign Investments, Consumer, Corporate Governance

Position

Partner. Specialized in Corporate Law, Commercial Contracts, Foreign Direct Investments, Corporate Finance and M&A, focused on Corporate Practice Group.

Career

Founding partner of CGM, Martim has worked for almost three decades advising companies from various sectors, especially international ones, in various businesses and projects, such as the legal structuring of investments in Brazil, purchase and sale transactions, financing, corporate reorganizations and drafting/negotiating contracts in general (mainly distribution, supply and service agreements). Throughout his career, he has acted for luxury/fashion brands, software companies, consumer goods manufacturers, steel and mining companies, basic industries and professional service providers, among others.  Although he specializes in the corporate and contract areas, Martim defines himself as a generalist, with a broad and strategic vision, coordinating efforts involving other areas of law, always with the objective of solving problems, accomplishing businesses and implementing projects in an efficient, creative and legally sound manner.

Before founding CGM, Martim worked at Mayer Brown, in New York, and at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in Washington, D.C., mainly in infrastructure project finance transactions.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Education

Master´s Degree in Law, Escola de Direito de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center Law Degree, PUC-SP

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