Ms Maria Medeiros Bofill > TozziniFreire Advogados > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Ms Maria Medeiros Bofill

5086-5000 mbofill@tozzinifreire.com.br

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Law & Foreign Investment

Technology & Innovation

Position

Partner

Career

Partner at TozziniFreire, Maria has more than 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, private equity, foreign investment and complex agreements, leading the most important transactions conducted in Rio Grande do Sul state in the past decade. She advises on corporate and contractual matters, assisting clients in corporate governance and succession planning. She answers for strategic relations in the innovation ecosystem, operating as a bridge for venture capital funds and large companies focused on open innovation and corporate venture. Maria was a permanent associate in the M&A team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles, USA, having previously worked as a legal intern with a judge at the Superior Court of California.

Languages

English
Spanish

Memberships

• Member of the State Bar of California.
• Member of the Board of Directors of PROCEMPA (Data Processing Company of the Municipality of Porto Alegre).
• Professor in the Specialization program in Business Law at PUC-RS.

Education

• M. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2007.
• Graduate of the Law School of PUC-RS (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), 2005.