Azevedo Sette Advogados

Corporate M&A, Contracts, Foreign Investments, Intellectual Property, Telecommunication, Internet and Information Technology

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.

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).

English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Chair in Sports Law Committee in IBA - International Bar Association. Member of Brazilian Bar Association.

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).

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.