About

Rede D’Or São Luiz is the largest independent hospital operator in Brazil, with more than 4,000 beds and 34,000 employees across Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Pernambuco Federal District. Jonas Pulcheri oversees the continuing expansion strategy of the business as legal manager. As one nominator stated: ‘Jonas has led an impressive number of M&A transactions in the last six years, which makes him one of the most prepared legal counsel for growing companies’. Pulcheri recently handled an investment of approximately R$1.75bn ($600 million) into Rede D’Or by The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager. This outlay saw The Carlyle Group join other investment companies such as BTG Pactual, who are backing the continued expansion of the healthcare operator. The Brazilian government opened up the healthcare sector to international investment in 2015, and it is predicted that this will help bridge the gap between the healthcare supply and demand. As the commerciality of healthcare becomes more important, it is essential that the legal support keeps pace regardless of the increasing regulatory scrutiny in the sector. Luckily for Rede D’Or, Pulcheri is known in the market as a ‘business-oriented and deeply strategic legal counsel’ who is ‘admired by those who work with him’. Before moving into an in-house role, he worked in private practice at Coelho, Ancelmo & Dourado Advogados and Stüssi-Neves Advogados. Using his private practice experience he has been able to ‘encourage a constant synergy between law firms and his team’, which produces better outcomes for his company.