Lawyers

Marcio Mello Silva Baptista

Marcio Mello Silva Baptista

Work Department

Corporate Law and Foreign Investment, German Desk, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance and Reinsurance, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Japan Desk

Position

Partner

Career

Head of TozziniFreire’s New York office, Marcio’s practice is primarily cross-border, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, transnational contracts and joint ventures. Marcio is also co-head of the firm´s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group and has extensive experience representing U.S., Asian, European and Latin American clients. Marcio joined the firm in 1989 and became a partner in 1998; before becoming a partner in TozziniFreire, he worked in New York for Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Morrison & Foerster and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Languages

English, German, French and Spanish.

Memberships

Vice-chair of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council. Board member of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce in New York. Vice-Chair of the Latin America & Caribbean Committee of the American Bar Association. Member of the New York City Bar Association.

Education

M. in Comparative Jurisprudence from the New York University, 1997. Specialized degree in Comparative Law from the University of Wisconsin, 1989. Master’s degree in International Law from the Law School of USP (Universidade de São Paulo), 1989. Graduate of the Law School of PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), 1986.

Mentions

Brazil

Insurance