Felipe Gibson > Lefosse Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Lefosse Advogados Offices
AVENIDA PRESIDENTE WILSON, 231
OFFICE 2703
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ 20030-905
Brazil
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Felipe Gibson
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Felipe is a partner in Corporate and M&A at Lefosse.
He has experience in M&A, private equity, and capital markets transactions, as well as various corporate restructuring transactions. Felipe advises public companies and represents clients in transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Felipe graduated in Law from PUC-RJ (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro). He gained experience as an international associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Capital markets
Considered a ‘national benchmark in capital markets’, Lefosse Advogados offers a ‘great’ regulatory and transactional services. Led by managing partner Rodrigo Junqueira, the practice excels in equity capital markets, acting for a wide range of issuers and underwriters in both domestic and cross-border initial and secondary offerings. The team is also noted for its strong capabilities in debt issuances, where it advises banks and issuers. Key corporate partners, including Carlos Mello, provide crucial support to the team. Ricardo Prado, Roberto Zarour, who focuses on capital markets transactions, debt restructurings and structured finance, and senior associate Lucas Padilha are among the lawyers noted for their ‘organised and proactive manner’ and for ‘always bringing innovative ideas to better serve the client’. Other noteworthy individuals include Jana Araujo, who has led on some of the largest equity public offerings in Brazil, Felipe Gibson, Bruno Massis (a key contact for issuers, underwriters, investors, creditors and debtors), and senior associate Mariana Pollini, who handles both DCM and ECM work, including public offerings and private placement of securities.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Life sciences
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Telecoms
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Labour and employment
- White-collar crime and investigations
- Insurance