Mr Luiz A. Sette KC > Azevedo Sette Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mr Luiz A. Sette KC

+55 (11) 4083.7613 lsette@azevedosette.com.br View profile View profile

Work Department

Corporate M&A, Contracts, Foreign Investments, Intellectual Property, Telecommunication, Internet and Information Technology

Position

Sette is senior partner and head of Azevedo Sette Advogados’ Corporate M&A practice in São Paulo office. He draws upon more than 25 years’ extensive experience in complex transactions involving commercial contracts, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property matters to companies, domestic and foreign investment funds, and shareholders.

Career

Sette was General Counsel in Microsoft Brazil (1998-2002) and Lead Regional General Counsel Microsoft Latin America (2002-2008). In Microsoft, Luiz led a group of more than 160 attorneys across dozens of Subsidiaries providing legal support for worldwide commercial transactions in excess value of US$ 58 billion, being responsible for all programmatic legal work for Microsoft sales organization and support to all sales units worldwide. Besides, he was a foreign associate at Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York (1995).

Languages

English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Memberships

Chair in Sports Law Committee in IBA – International Bar Association. Member of Brazilian Bar Association.

Education

LL.B. from PUC/MG Law School, he was admitted to practice in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1989. Master’s Degree from University of Pennsylvania, EUA (LL.M., 1995).

Leisure

He is recommended in Corporate M&A, TMT, Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Technology, Innovation and Digital Business practices as “a lawyer with only positive client reviews, sources highlight his commercially minded approach to deals” by Chambers Brazil, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, LACCA Approved, Latin Lawyer 250, Leaders League, IFLR, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers guides.