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Veirano Advogados Offices

Veirano Advogados
AV BRIGADEIRO FARIA LIMA ,3477
16º ANDAR – SÃO PAULO
SP 04538-133
Brazil
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Mr Guilherme Ohanian Monteiro

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+55 11 2313 5805 guilherme.monteiro@veirano.com.br View profile

Work Department

Banking & Finance; Capital Markets & Investment Funds; Commercial Contracts; Corporate & Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Venture Capital & Startups; Art & Culture; Infrastructure & Projects; Life Sciences & Healthcare

Position

Partner

Career

Guilherme Monteiro has joined the firm in 2003 and has more than fifteen years’ experience in the practice of Corporate Law and Contracts, with a primary focus in Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Regulations, Banking & Finance, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Infrastructure Projects.

Guilherme has worked as an international associate of the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, in New York, NY, in the years of 2012 and 2013.

He contributed as author and coauthor on many articles and publications:

  • “A Summary of Rules & Regulations Affecting Private Capital Funds” – Brazil Chapter, LAVCA, the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America, 2018
  • “Acquisitions through share deals versus asset deals in Brazil: general considerations”, Financier Worldwide, 2017
  • “How do Deal with Changes in a Company’s Governance as a Result of the Admission of a New Investor” – Published in the ABVCAP Portal – Brazilian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, May 28 2014
  • “Structuring Security Packages in Brazil”, published by Executive View (www.executiveview.com), May 2010
  • “Mergers and Acquisitions Review” – Brazil Chapter, published by Law Business Research, November 2009
  • “Mergers and Acquisitions Review” – Brazil Chapter, published by Law Business Research, November 2008
  • “New Rules for Dredging in Brazil” – Valor Econômico, February 2008

Languages

English, Portuguese and Spanish

Memberships

  • Member of the Committee for Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship and Startups of the Brazilian Bar Association, Chapter of Rio de Janeiro
  • Member of the Emerging Leaders Group of the World Services Group (WSG), TMC Section
  • International Law Association – Brazilian Branch
  • American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
  • British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (BRITCHAM)
  • Deutsch-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK)

Education

  • LL.M, Columbia University, Nova York, NY, 2012
  • Post Graduate Course on Corporate Law and Securities Regulations, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, 2009
  • Course on International Private Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, 2007
  • LL.B, Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), Rio de Janeiro, 2006

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Venture capital

At Veirano Advogados, the venture capital department offers support to major corporate venture capitalists, funds and start-ups in their fundraising efforts, investment rounds and exits. M&A transactions involving tech companies also feature in the team’s portfolio. Guilherme Ohanian Monteiro, who has a strong transactional background, is counsel of choice for founders, VC and CVC funds, corporations and banks seeking advice on investment rounds in Brazil and involving offshore structures; he is also proficient in fund formation and tech-related M&A. He co-leads the department with Daniel Augusto Malatesta, who was promoted to the partnership in 2022, and is a name to note for start-ups, investors and established tech companies. Lior Pinsky, who oversees the private equity group, has recently advised on VC financings as well as venture-backed M&A. Associates Pâmela Pinheiro and Fernão Castro are also active in the venture capital space.

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