Dr Frederico Buosi > Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados
RUA SÃO TOMÉ 86
17TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO, SP, 04551-080
Brazil

Work Department

Corporate / M&A / IP / TMT

Position

Partner – Corporate / M&A / IP / TMT

Career

Frederico Buosi is one of Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados founding partners, co-head of the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions practice and head of the TMT and Intellectual Property practices. Frederico’s international experience includes working as foreign associate in the New York office of Allen & Overy.

With more than 20 years of experience, his practice focuses in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, project finance, capital markets, technology and outsourcing transactions. Frederico has substantial experience in complex commercial transactions around the world for companies in a wide range of industries, particularly in communications, financial institutions, private equity, telecommunications and technology industries.

Frederico is recognized as one of the leading corporate and TMT lawyers in Brazil by Chambers Latin America, Chambers Global, Legal 500 and Latin Lawyer. Clients state that “He is one of the best for his ability to take care of very complex M&A deals” (Chambers Latin America). “His ability to find creative solutions to his clients’ problems” (Chambers Global).

Frederico is the leading partner in several deals involving some of the firm’s top key clients: TPG Capital Partners, Kinea Investimentos (a Brazilian private equity fund) and GP Investments.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

  • Member of the American Bar Association – ABA, section of International Law;
  • Member of International Bar Association – IBA;
  • Visiting Professor of post-graduate course in Corporate Law at Universidade de Brasília – UnB/DF, 2010 – 2011;
  • Member of the CER – Comitê Executivo de Regulação da ABVCAP – Associação Brasileira de Private Equity e Venture Capital.

Education

  • Fundação Dom Cabral, 2012, Senior Management Development Program;
  • University of Chicago, 2002, Master of Laws (LL.M.);
  • Universidade de São Paulo – USP, 1997, Bachelor of Laws (J.D.).

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Corporate and M&A: High-end

A host of domestic and international clients turn to Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados for assistance with big-ticket M&A, most notably in the financial services and private equity spaces. Typical instructions for the ‘team of extremely qualified professionals’ also include business transactions in the retail, healthcare, and media and entertainment sectors. Moreover, its strategic alliance with international firm Dentons and ‘deep understanding of local laws and business practices’ in Brazil make it well placed to handle consequential cross-border matters. The practice is under the leadership of founders Frederico Buosi, who draws on his international background to advise on multijurisdictional investments, mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, and Rodrigo Vilardo Vella, the main point of contact for private equity mandates. Co-head of the firm’s compliance practice for the Latin American and Caribbean regions, Denise Chachamovitz Leão de Salles assists clients from the life sciences, financial services, infrastructure, real estate and energy sectors with transactional and corporate law matters. Gabriella Maranesi Najjar focuses on public M&A, while Bruna Gobbi has a strong track record in roll-up acquisitions for large private equity funds. Other key names to note include recently promoted partners Fernanda Le Tassinari and Fernando Henrique Lopes; Anne Chang, who joined from Halabi e Chang Advogados in October 2022 to strengthen the firm’s technology and digital law offering; and counsel Vitor Clark Nunes.