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Luiz Antonio de Sampaio Campos

+55 21 3824-6043 lac@bmalaw.com.br

Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Partner

Career

Luiz Antonio is one of BMA’s partners. His practice focuses on corporate law, listed companies, corporate governance, capital markets, securities law, M&As and banking.

Luiz Antonio specializes in advising listed companies, including their boards of directors and committees.  Of the course of his career, he has taken part in many complex transactions involving corporate reorganizations of groups of listed companies, acquisitions and sales of control, and public tender offers, acting for both acquirers and target companies. Luiz Antonio has led the defense in various administrative proceedings before Brazil’s securities regulator, the CVM, and the National Financial System Appeals Council, and has acted in complex corporate disputes, both as legal counsel and as arbitrator.

He was a Commissioner of the CVM from 2000 to 2004, where he was involved in important decisions by the Commissioners, and in drafting important rules such as the Instructions on Public Disclosure (CVM358), Tender Offers (CVM361), and Public Offerings (CVM400). He was also involved in the reform of Brazil’s Corporations Law under Law 10.30/2001 and Law 10.411, which restructured the CVM.

Luiz Antonio served as a member of the board of directors of B3 – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, Brazil’s stock exchange, and of B3’s Audit Committee. He has also served on the Capital Market Commission of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance – IBGC, the Regulations Committee of the Brazilian Futures Market – BMF, and on the Fiscal Councils of listed companies. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of BrMalls S.A..

Languages

Portuguese, English

Memberships

OAB/RJ nº 75.714

Education

LL.B., Universidade Cândido Mendes – UCAM (1991)