M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Governance

Partner

Partner of Demarest’s M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Governance areas, Paulo Frank Coelho da Rocha holds a master's degree (LL.M.) in Corporation Law from New York University, after which he worked for two years as foreign associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is the author of several articles in the field and co-author of the books "Business Laws of Brazil", West Thompson, (2015), and "Brazil M&A", Donnelley Financial Solutions (2018). Paulo has been nominated for many consecutive years as a leading lawyer in his field by the legal directories IFLR1000, Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, LACCA, Leaders League, Latin Lawyer 250 and Análise Advocacia 500.

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Officer of the Latin American Regional Forum of the International Bar Association Former Chair of Lex Mundi Member of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce Member of the Advisory Board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association

Master’s degree (LLM) in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law (1997) Bachelor of Laws from the University of São Paulo School of Law (1993)

Co-author of "Business laws of Brazil" (Thomson West, 2015, 4th ed.) and of several published articles on Corporate Law.