Mr Marcio Mello Silva Baptista > TozziniFreire Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mr Marcio Mello Silva Baptista

(1 212) 698 1148 mb@tozzinifreire.com.br

Work Department

Corporate Law and Foreign Investment, German Desk, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance and Reinsurance, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Japan Desk

Position

Partner

Career

Head of TozziniFreire’s New York office, Marcio’s practice is primarily cross-border, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, transnational contracts and joint ventures. Marcio is also co-head of the firm´s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group and has extensive experience representing U.S., Asian, European and Latin American clients. Marcio joined the firm in 1989 and became a partner in 1998; before becoming a partner in TozziniFreire, he worked in New York for Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Morrison & Foerster and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Languages

English, German, French and Spanish.

Memberships

• Vice-chair of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council.
• Board member of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce in New York.
• Vice-Chair of the Latin America & Caribbean Committee of the American Bar Association.
• Member of the New York City Bar Association.

Education

• M. in Comparative Jurisprudence from the New York University, 1997.
• Specialized degree in Comparative Law from the University of Wisconsin, 1989.
• Master’s degree in International Law from the Law School of USP (Universidade de São Paulo), 1989.
• Graduate of the Law School of PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), 1986.