Fernanda Girardi Tavares > Souto Correa Advogados > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Souto Correa Advogados Offices
AV CARLOS GOMES, 700
13TH ANDAR
PORTO ALEGRE, RS CEP 90480-000
Brazil
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Fernanda Girardi Tavares
Work Department
Consumer and Product Liability, Contracts, Real Estate, Data Protection, and Corporate Law and M&A.
Position
Partner
Career
With over two decades of experience in commercial contracts, including the development and negotiation of infrastructure, distribution, and technology contracts, Fernanda Tavares has wide experience counseling Brazilian and international clients on contractual and data protection matters.
She provides counseling on a regular basis to businesses operating in a wide variety of fields, such as alternative energy, technology, construction, electronics, and service industries.
She also counsels clients in complicated mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions as well as incorporation of joint ventures.
Languages
Portuguese (native), English, and Italian.
Memberships
- Member of the Legal Intelligence Committee of the Brazilian Association of Information Technology Companies (ASSESPRO)
- Member of the International Association of Privacy (IAPP)
Education
- Master’s degree in Private Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – 2008
- Post-graduate diploma in Contracts and Civil Liability from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – 2002
- Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – 2000
Personal
Coordinator of the Data Protection Committee of the Federation of Business Entities of Rio Grande do Sul (FEDERASUL)
Leisure
- Currently serving as a substitute assistant lecturer at the Department of Private Law and Civil Procedural Law at the Law School at UFRGS, where she has previously taught students in the courses of Civil Law, Institutions of Law, and Intellectual Property (2009)
- Guest lecturer of the post-graduate program in Contracts at the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘solid‘ corporate team at Souto Correa Advogados advises major companies and shareholders on M&A transactions, restructurings, joint venture agreements, and day-to-day corporate matters. Noted for its market knowledge, the group expertly handles foreign investment mandates, advising regional and global clients on establishing operations in Brazil. Additionally, the team often assists local companies in the sale of majority and minority stakes in business to foreign investors. Founding partner Carlos Souto acts for clients in the technology, finance, energy, consumer products, and manufacturing sectors, while fellow co-founder Gilberto Deon Corrêa Júnior has a thriving practice in restructuring and insolvency matters. Raquel Stein advises on commercial contracts and international transactions, and Rodrigo Tellechea is skilled in consultancy and litigation matters in corporate law. Fernanda Girardi Tavares focuses on commercial, infrastructure, and real estate contracts.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Brazil > City focus - Porto Alegre
- Next Generation Partners Brazil > City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Labour
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Intellectual property
- Life sciences
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Environment
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- TMT: Media