Mayer Brown

Paulo Rage is a Partner of T&C Mayer Brown based in the Rio de Janeiro office and member of the Corporate and M&A; International Tax; and, Africa and Latin America practice groups.

Paulo has LL.B./J.D., LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Law and has significant practical experience in complex cross-border projects and M&As.. He has broad project development skills, since the planning and structuring phase (finance, tax, corporate, regulatory and labor planning)  through implementation and divestment phases, mainly in the sectors of: energy (oil & gas, power and hydrogen); infrastructure (construction & engineering); mining; and, industrial (pharmaceutical and agroindustrial). He has a prominent practice with projects in emerging LATAM (Latin America) and MEA (Middle East and Africa) markets, especially Sub-Saharan and Lusophone Africa (Angola, Mozambique and STP). He advised several multinational companies in transactions through different jurisdictions, such as: Mozambique, Angola, South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, Kenya, Botswana, STP, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Netherlands, Albania, UAE, China, India, among others.

Paulo is qualified to practice law in Brazil and Portugal; and, is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. He is also Director of the Brazil-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce – CCIABM (since 2008). His previous experience includes: Partner of renowned Law Firms; Lawyer and International Relations in reputed institutions (as Embassy of Brazil in Washington, USA and American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil - AMCHAM); and, Coordinator of several academic activities in International Economic Law and Law & Economics.

Portuguese, English, Spanish, French

Director, Brazil-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce – CCIABM (since 2008).

Member, ABCI Institute, USA (since 2010).

Director, Young Businessmen Council of the Commercial Association of Minas Gerais - ACMinas (2006-2010).

Member, Committee of Young Businessmen of the American Chamber of Commerce of Minas Gerais - AmCham (2006-2016).

Member, Legal Committee of the Brazil-India Chamber of Commerce - CCBI (2010-2013).

Member, Brazilian Institute of Finance Executives - IBEF (2012-2013).

Board Member, Hospital de Olhos Foundation (2007 - 2015).

Coordinator, International Economic Law Group of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (2009-2012).

Member, Young Leadership Forum of Minas Gerais (2006-2010).

Philosophy Doctor (Ph.D.) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, 2022

Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, 2013

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B./J.D.) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, 2009

Extension, Law & Economics - University of Chicago, 2016

Extension, Accounting – SENAC, 2011

Extension, International Trade – Aduaneiras, 2009