Leonardo has been at TozziniFreire since 2017 and has experience in both Banking & Finance and Capital Markets. He has experience assisting with public offerings, national offerings, national and cross-border syndicated loans, project finance, agribusiness finance, green and social finance, sustainable finance, investment funds, financial innovation, fintechs, payment institutions, foreign exchange transactions, derivatives and securitization. He has acted on several large transactions, and is recognized for his work on impact transactions, such as the issuance of CRIs to finance and build housing for people in economic and social need, Debentures to renovate housing for people in economic and social need, CRAs to finance communities throughout Brazil for family farming, etc. Leonardo also acted on the USD 2 billion ABL Credit Agreement granted by Wells Fargo, as well as advising K2 Brasil on multi-currency term and revolving financing transactions, etc.
// Academic education
Graduate of the Law School of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2018.
// Publications
- Article: The referential rate as an index for monetary correction of the service time guarantee fund - analysis of its constitutionality or debates on its unconstitutionality". In: Justiça magazine: Justice, Public Policies and Relations between State and Society. São Paulo: Atena Editora, 2021. (Publication mentioned by Minister of Justice Gilmar Mendes in his decision as rapporteur of ADC 58, ADC 59, ADI 5867 and ADI 6021).
- Article: "In review: digital markets, funding and payment services in Brazil" co-author. London: Lexology, 7ed., 2024.
- Article: "Establishing a financial institution in Brazil". London: Thomson Reuters, 2020.
