Dr Fernando Henrique Lopes > Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados Offices
RUA SÃO TOMÉ 86
17TH FLOOR
SÃO PAULO, SP, 04551-080
Brazil
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Dr Fernando Henrique Lopes
Work Department
Corporate / M&A
Position
Partner – Corporate / M&A
Career
Fernando Henrique Lopes is a partner in the Corporate practice at Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados. With more than 15 years of legal experience, Fernando concentrates his practice on the business area, working on matters related to contracts, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, long term incentives and compliance. He advises national and international companies and groups from different industry sectors and has an outstanding performance in structuring and negotiating commercial and corporate transactions. He also focuses his practice on investment operations, infrastructure and asset-based financing. Simultaneously, he is also one of the heads of inclusion, minority and social responsibility projects, not only by promoting and providing pro-bono services, but also through recruiting and leading high potential young members to become the next generation of VPBG’s leaders.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
- Member of the International Bar Association – IBA.
Education
- Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 2009, Specialization in Corporate Law;
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2006, Bachelor of Law (JD).
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.