Carlos Fernando Souto > 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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Carlos Fernando Souto
Work Department
Corporate and M&A; Compliance; Contracts; Litigation; Public Law and Regulatory; Restructuring and Insolvency; and Wealth and Sucession Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Carlos Souto is a founding partner of the firm. He has wide experience in corporate law, having led complicated dispute resolutions, product liability, and corporate and regulatory matters for national and international clients in many different areas, including technology, finance, energy, consumer products, and manufacturing.
Carlos often acts as a consultant, providing unique strategies to help companies in addressing the abstract and complex legal difficulties of dispute resolution, corporate transactions, and contract negotiation.
Languages
Portuguese (native), and English
Memberships
- President of the Institute of Business Studies (IEE)
- President of the Liberal Institute (IL)
- President of the National Council of Liberal Institutes (CONIL)
- Vice-President of the Federation of Trade Associations and Services of Rio Grande do Sul (FEDERASUL)
- Member of the Superior Council of the Commercial Association of Porto Alegre (ACPA)
- President and member of the Regional Council of the AMCHAM/RS
- President of YPO – Chapter Porto Alegre (RS)
- President of YPO – Area Brazil
- Member of the Board of Y-WPO – Area Brazil
- Vice President of YPO in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Member of the Permanent Committee of Conduct and Ethics of YPO Brazil
Education
- Many programs on leadership and business jointly organized over the last 15 years by YPO and Harvard Business School and YPO and Fundação Getúlio Vargas
- OPM from Harvard Business School Shanghai (China), 2011
- OPM from Harvard Business School (EUA), 2005
- Preparatory course for a career in the Public Prosecutor’s Office, 1999
- Specialist in Economic and Business Law, 1998
- “Political Culture, Rule of Law and Democracy” course from Friederich – Naumann (Germany), 1997
- Specialist in Philosophy and Political Economy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) – 1995
- Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 1989
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
Singled out for its cross-office collaboration, Souto Correa Advogados is a strong performer in the middle-market M&A space, where it supports companies of all sizes present in a range of industries, including energy, agribusiness, technology, infrastructure and manufacturing. Led from Porto Alegre by M&A, corporate and commercial specialist Carlos Fernando Souto and Rodrigo Tellechea, the group is proficient in the full array of corporate matters, from investment agreements to corporate restructuring and commercial contracts. M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings are key areas of focus for associate Martha Giugno Termignoni. Mauricio Negri Paschoal, Clarissa Yokomizo and Giedre Brajato left the firm in September 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
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