Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Partner Paulo Fernando de Menezes Cardoso is a part of the Firm’s Latin America practice, based in São Paulo. He focuses his practice on global securities transactions, including SEC-registered and locally registered initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and investment grade and high yield bond issuances, as well as on mergers and acquisitions and credit financing (including syndicated loans and acquisition finance), most often with a focus on Latin America and Brazil. Paulo represents corporate issuers, investment banks and private equity sponsors alike on domestic and international equity and debt offerings as well as on mergers and acquisitions and credit transactions across a unique mix of industries including fintech, education, e-commerce, software, infrastructure (including digital infrastructure), communications and telecoms, as well as more traditional sectors, such as energy, logistics, oil & gas, minerals, retail and protein production.

Joined Firm in 2016; Partner in 2022.

LL.B. from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio De Janeiro (2006), B.A. in Business Management from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2010) and LL.M. from University of Chicago Law School (2011).