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Mr Guilherme Fontes Bechara

+55 11 3356 1763 gfontes@demarest.com.br View profile

Work Department

Alternative Investments, Litigation and Arbitration, Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Position

Partner

Career

Partner in Demarest’s Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Bankruptcy and Alternative Investments practice areas and member of the firm’s Board of Directors, Guilherme Fontes Bechara holds a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Corporate Governance and Practice by Stanford Law School, Stanford University (USA) and Civil Law by Pontifical Catholic University – PUC-SP. He is specialized in Civil Litigation, Arbitration and Restructuring, acting more specifically in judicial reorganization and bankruptcy proceedings. Among his main clients are investment funds, financial institutions companies from various sectors and national and international financial institutions, focusing on the recovery of credits, judicially or extrajudicially, investments in credits or investment in companies in crisis.

Languages

Portuguese, English

Memberships

• Regional Vice Chair (Latin America/Caribbean) of the Lex Mundi’s Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group
• Member of TMA – Turnaround Management Association
• Member of INSOL – International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals

Education

• Master’s Degree (LLM) in Corporate Governance and Practice, Stanford Law School, Stanford University, USA (2014)
• Master’s Degree in Civil Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil (2014)
• Bachelor of Laws from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil (2008)