Chair - Capital Markets Forum Representative - IBA’s Members Group

With experience in Capital Markets and Banking & Finance since 1996, Alexei has expertise in public offerings, IPOs, follow-on, publicly-held companies, international issues, structured finance, project finance, securitization, syndicated loans, agribusiness finance, derivatives, blended finance, ESG, sustainable & impact investing, ESG disclosures, climate finance, green finance, social finance, sustainable finance, crowdfunding, endowments, asset management, investment funds, private equity, venture capital, corporate venture, financial innovation, fintechs, payment institutions, payment schemes, instant payments, open banking, blockchain, regulatory sandbox, regulation of financial institutions, securities regulation, financial compliance, financial investigation, financial enforcement, and financial leniency agreements. Graduate of the Law School of PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), he holds an LL.M. degree in Banking and Finance from The London School of Economics and Political Science. Alexei is recognized by relevant legal guides, such as Chambers Brazil, Chambers Global, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Who´s Who Legal, Expert Guides, IFLR1000, and Análise Advocacia 500.

Officer - Business Human Rights Committee

Clara is partner and head of the Business and Human Rights practice area. Within over 10 years of experience at TozziniFreire, she works on prevention, strategic planning, and litigation involving Human Rights impacts on the production chain of business activity. Her activities include the elaboration of internal policies, training, contractual mechanisms appropriate to the prevention and remedy of Human Rights violations. Clara has experience negotiating with supervisory bodies (such as the Public Defender's Office and the Public Prosecutor's Office), conflict resolution in legal disputes, mediation and arbitration, consultations with the affected community, among others. She conducts due diligence and develops Human Rights Compliance programs. She is TozziniFreire's pro bono coordinator, with experience in philanthropic activities, strategic litigation, advocacy, and social impact businesses. She coordinated award-winning projects, such as the corporate management practice of trans people inclusion (Lumen, 2022), hiring trans people and rectifying documents (Latin Lawyer, 2023), Mutirão Jurídico (joint effort to provide pro bono legal guidance) in Heliópolis (Latin Lawyer, 2020), and the Guidebook to the Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities (2019). Clara is also a private mediator and has worked in Public Law and Environment Law at the São Paulo Court of Justice. Graduate of the Law School PUC-SP, she took the program How to do Advocacy: effective social participation for NGOs, movements and collectives, by AdvocacyHub, and the WYSE International Leadership Program for Global Changemakers. Clara also holds a master´s degree in Constitutional Law, analyzing the effectiveness of self-composing methods to promote structural impacts on Human Rights, from PUC-SP. She is recognized by Análise Advocacia Mulher 2021 as one of the most admired female lawyers in Brazil. In 2020 e 2021, she was shortlisted as a Future Leader by Chambers Diversity & Inclusion. Received the awards for "Outstanding Contribution on Diversity and Inclusion" from Chambers Brazil 2024 and CEBDS for Women's Leadership in 2022. Recognized by Chambers Brazil in the Third Sector (Band 1) in 2024 and ESG Transactional (Band 3) in 2022 and 2023, as well as by Chambers Global in ESG (Band 3) in 2022 and 2023.

Officer - Communications Law Committee
Member - Antitrust Section

Partner in the Competition Law practice group at TozziniFreire, Guilherme has over 25 years of experience, having worked at both public agencies and private companies, assisting clients in different industries, such as pharmaceutical, telecommunications, internet, technology, payment service providers, food and beverages, textile, and plastics. His practice is focused on advising clients on cartel investigations and unilateral conducts, as well as on mergers and compliance programs. He served as general coordinator in the now extinct SDE (Secretariat of Economic Law) of the Ministry of Justice, where he conducted the first antitrust dawn raids and drafted the antitrust compliance guidelines (SDE Ordinance No. 14/2004). Graduate of the Law School of USP, he took a university extension program on Competition Law at FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas), and holds a master's degree in Commercial Law from USP (Universidade de São Paulo), and a doctorate degree in Administrative Law from USP. Guilherme is recommended by Chambers Brazil, The Legal 500, GCR 100, Expert Guides, Latin Lawyer 250, Who's Who Legal, and Análise Advocacia 500. He is also LACCA Approved: Latin America's leading private practitioner for Antitrust.

Officer - Anticorruption Committee

Karla Lini Maeji is a partner in the Compliance & Investigation practice at TozziniFreire with extensive experience acting as counsel for foreign listed companies doing business in Brazil, focusing her practice on internal investigations, and regulatory and criminal enforcement. She has conducted numerous cross-border investigations, especially into corruption, fraud, and procurement irregularities reporting to Audit Committees, interacting with external auditors, and having a keen eye for handling matters that may affect the company in different areas of law and jurisdictions. She has consistent experience strategically representing clients before multiple authorities, both in the context of leniency agreements and defense. Karla also regularly advises corporate clients on a broad range of compliance matters for having a deep understanding of her clients' business and potential impacts on the company. One of her initiatives was the creation and coordination of TozziniFreire´s Government Sales practice group, which consolidates all the experience acquired in cases involving the issue to offer truly multidisciplinary assistance to clients. Karla took a secondment program at an international law firm in London. Graduate of the Law School of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, she holds a LL.M. from the Law School of Columbia University School of Law, New York, USA. Karla is recommended by relevant legal guides, such as Chambers Global, Chambers Brazil, Latin Lawyer 250, The Legal 500, Análise Advocacia Mulher, and Who's Who Legal. She is also recognized as a Rising Star by LMG Expert Guides and an Acritas Star by Thomson Reuters.

Member of TozziniFreire's Executive Committee and partner in the Corporate/M&A practice and in the Corporate Social Investment area, Maria Elisa has a long valued multidisciplinary approach to legal practice. She has distinguished herself as a valuable advisor to clients on contractual and corporate matters, using her breadth of knowledge to perform her leading work in contracts, the acquisitions and sales of companies, and in the overall management of clients' legal affairs. Graduate of the Law School of UFES (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), she holds a postgraduate degree in Commercial Law from FGV-RJ (Fundação Getulio Vargas do Rio de Janeiro) and a master's degree in Civil Law from USP (Universidade de São Paulo). Maria Elisa is recognized for her superior work by international legal guides such as The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Who's Who Legal, IFLR1000 and Análise Advocacia 500. Maria Elisa is LACCA Approved for Corporate/M&A.

Former chair - International Trade and Customs Law Committee
Member - Antitrust Section

Head of TozziniFreire's Competition Law practice, Marcelo was a commissioner of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the Brazilian Competition Commission, from 1998 to 2000, and president of the Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (IBRAC), from 2010 to 2011. In addition, he has worked as an editorial writer and New York correspondent for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. He frequently lectures on Antitrust and Trade issues at events organized by IBA, ABA, IBRAC, and other entities around the world. Marcelo has also acted as a non-governmental advisor before the ICN (International Competition Networking). Graduate of the Law School of USP (Universidade de São Paulo), and in Economic Sciences of the Economy School of PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), he holds an LL.M. degree from Harvard University and a Doctor of Laws degree in International Law from USP. Marcelo is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in competition and trade law in legal publications, such as Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, GCR 100, Expert Guides, Who's Who Legal and Análise Advocacia 500. Marcelo is recognized as LACCA Thought Leader: Antitrust & competition, and he is LACCA Approved.

TozziniFreire's partner in the Corporate & Foreign Investment and Mergers & Acquisitions practices, Oswaldo has over 20 years of experience in Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and domestic and foreign M&A transactions, focusing on contracts and financing operations in several industries, such as retail, technology, biotechnology, mining, energy, oil & gas and agribusiness. He has wide expertise in international agreements, having worked on legal proceedings and arbitrations in the USA, United Kingdom and Italy. Oswaldo also worked on financing operations and IPO processes in London and São Paulo. Graduate of the Law School of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, he holds postgraduate degrees in Business Finance from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and in Corporate Law from FGV-SP (Fundação Getulio Vargas de São Paulo). Additionally, he holds an LL.M. in Natural Resources Law from CEPMLP (Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Chevening Scholarship), and an Executive MBA degree from Insper. Oswaldo is recommended by The Legal 500.

Member - Latin American Regional Forum, Agriculture and Food Section, and Corporate and M&A Law Committees

Silvia has extensive experience in corporate law, with a focus on M&A transactions, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring, as well as in the wealth and estate planning area and in the Agribusiness sector. Assisting local and foreign clients from the most diverse sectors, her experience also comprises structuring foreign investments in Brazil, besides analyzing, drafting, and negotiating highly complex contracts, and conducting legal due diligences. Silvia worked as a foreign associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind & Garrison LLP from September 2011 to July 2012. She is a graduate of the Law School of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, holds a specialized degree in Corporate Law from PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), an LL.M. degree from Northwestern University School of Law, USA, and took the Wealth and Estate Planning program of the Law School of FGV-SP (Fundação Getulio Vargas de São Paulo). Silvia is recognized as Next Generation Partner in the Corporate/M&A area by The Legal 500, and as Rising Star in the Corporate/M&A and Private Equity areas by LMG Expert Guides. She is also recognized as Rising Star Brazil in the Corporate and M&A areas by Euromoney.