Vinícius Gonçalves Villa Alvarez

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law and Foreign Investment, Private Equity & Venture Capital
Languages: Spanish, English
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Telephone: (55 21)
Email: valvarez@tozzinifreire.com.br

Vinícius has over 15 years of experience advising clients on sophisticated corporate, private equity and venture capital transactions, as well as in the mining, oil and gas, energy and infrastructure sectors. His practice includes leading the negotiation and coordination of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including M&A, investments and joint ventures, as well as the contractual, regulatory and financial structuring of large-scale projects.

// Academic education

Master of Corporate Law (MCL) from the University of Cambridge, St. Edmund´s College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2020. Specialized in finance for lawyers from Alumni Coppead, 2017. Postgraduate degree in Business Law with emphasis on Corporate Law and Capital Markets from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio), 2015. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, 2011. Completed an Academic Exchange at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto – FDUP, 2010.

// Additional Activities

Recognized by Análise Advocacia - Most Admired Lawyers in Rio de Janeiro (2024 and 2025).

Recognized by Legal 500 - Rio de Janeiro Elite in the areas of Corporate & M&A (2024 and 2025). 

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Chapter (OAB-RJ and OAB/SP). 

Member of the Corporate Law Committee and the Brazil-UK Committee of the OAB/RJ.

Member of the Oxford and Cambridge(Oxbridge) Alumni Organizing Committee.