Demarest Advogados

M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Governance

Partner

Partner of Demarest’s M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Governance areas, Paulo Frank Coelho da Rocha holds a master's degree (LL.M.) in Corporation Law from New York University, after which he worked for two years as foreign associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is the author of several articles in the field and co-author of the books "Business Laws of Brazil", West Thompson, (2015), and "Brazil M&A", Donnelley Financial Solutions (2018). Paulo has been nominated for many consecutive years as a leading lawyer in his field by the legal directories IFLR1000, Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, LACCA, Leaders League, Latin Lawyer 250 and Análise Advocacia 500.

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• Officer of the Latin American Regional Forum of the International Bar Association
• Former Chair of Lex Mundi
• Member of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association

• Master’s degree (LLM) in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law (1997)
• Bachelor of Laws from the University of São Paulo School of Law (1993)

Co-author of "Business laws of Brazil" (Thomson West, 2015, 4th ed.) and of several published articles on Corporate Law.