Mr Guilherme Fontes Bechara > Demarest Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Demarest Advogados Offices
AV PEDROSO DE MORAES 1201
SÃO PAULO, SP 05419-001
Brazil
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Mr Guilherme Fontes Bechara
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)
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Restructuring and insolvency
(Leading individuals)Demarest Advogados is a popular choice for major debtors and creditors seeking legal support in contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Commended for its ‘ability to solve multiple problems’ and competence in handling ‘extremely complex cross-border transactions’, the group is well versed in international work involving Chapter 11 and 15 filings in the US, as well as DIP financings and distressed M&A. Practice head Guilherme Fontes Bechara is an ‘outstanding professional’ with ‘enormous respect and recognition in the sector’. In May 2023, former partner Celso Xavier left to establish a new firm, Xavier Gagliardi Inglez Verona Schaffer.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Insurance
- International trade
- Labour and employment
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Environment
- Public law
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- TMT: Telecoms
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Intellectual property
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Projects and infrastructure
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- Transport: Aviation
- White-collar crime and investigations
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Life sciences
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business