Azevedo Sette Advogados

Corporate M&A, HNW / Sucession Planning, Commercial and Financial Contracts, Foreign Investments, Mining Law 

Sette is senior partner and head of Corporate M&A and High Net Worth (HNW) practices at Azevedo Sette Advogados. He draws upon more than 25 years’ experience advising clients in complex transactions involving commercial and financial contracts, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions and succession planning matters, especially to Mining, Construction and Engineering sector.

He was a professor of Strategic Alliances in graduate courses at the School of Economics of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, International Negotiations at the Foreign Trade School of UNA-MG and International Transactions at IEC-PUC/MG.

He was foreign associate at Hannoch Weisman (New Jersey, 1994) and Dewey Ballantine (New York, 1997).

English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Sette was president of the Legal Network International (LNI), a network of independent law firms covering over fifty countries worldwide.

LL.B. from UFMG Law School, he was admitted to practice in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1992. Master’s Degree in Law at University of Pennsylvania, EUA (LL.M., 1997).

He is recommended as a key contact in private wealth management practice in Brazil by Chambers HNW guide. In Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, and Chambers Brazil (Transactional 2021) as eminent practitioner (Band 1) and highly regarded professional. In The Legal 500, Leaders League and LACCA Approved guides he is recognized in Mining, Corporate M&A, and Commercial practices. In Latin Lawyer 250 is listed as reference in Corporate M&A, Mining & Metals, Project Finance and Infrastructure practices. Partner is also recommended in Corporate and M&A and Project Finance and Development by Best Lawyers guide. In Análise Advocacia is considered one of the most admired lawyers in Minas Gerais state and reference to Construction and Engineering industry.