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Leonardo Farinha Goulart

Leonardo Farinha Goulart

Work Department

Civil Litigation and Arbitration, Insurance, Social Security and Health Care, Mining Law, Telecommunication, Internet and Information Technology

Position

Goulart is partner in Azevedo Sette Advogados’ Litigation and Arbitration practice in Belo Horizonte office. He draws upon more than 10 years’ experience representing clients in strategic litigations & arbitrations in civil, competition, environmental, intellectual property, mining, and real estate matters, specially to automotive, mining and TMT segments.

Languages

English and Portuguese

Memberships

Goulart is a former member of the Committee of Social Security Law, a former member of the Committee of the New Civil Procedure Code, a former member the Committee of the Ethics and Disciplinary Court, and a former member of the Committee for Legal Aspects of Startups of the Brazilian Bar Association, in Minas Gerais section. Today, he is a prosecuting attorney of the Sports Justice of the State of Minas Gerais and coordinator in Minas Gerais of the “anti-piracy” software campaign for BSA-The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org).

Education

LL.B. from Universidade Fumec Law School, he was admitted to practice in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2007. He is specialized in Civil Law at Pontificia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUC/MG (2008). Specialization in Management Legal and Litigation at IBMEC (2015). Specialization course in Civil Procedural at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG (2016). LL.M. (in course) in Civil Law at Universidade Fumec.

Leisure

He is recommended in Energy and Natural Resources: Mining, Mining & Metals, Litigation and Dispute Resolution practices as “lawyer has high technical knowledge, a name to note” and key contact by Chambers Latin America, Chambers Brazil, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250 and Best Lawyers. In Leaders Legue is listed as reference in Dispute Resolution in Southeast region. In Análise Advocacia is considered as one of the most admired lawyers in Minas Gerais state, and reference to Steel and Mining sectors. In the Leaders League ranking, he is cited as a reference in Arbitration practice.

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