Professionals
Our professionals have specialized degrees in matters that are strategic for consultancy and litigation.
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Arbitragem Contencioso Cível Regulatório
Vânia Wongtschowski
vania@wz.adv.br
Education
- LLM Civil Law, with focus on Contracts, PUC/SP, 2005
- J.D., PUC/SP, 2000
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Civil Litigation
Regulatory
Founding partner of the firm. She has more than 20 years of experience in large firms in Brazil. She is in charge of the Civil Litigation department, which has more than one thousand ongoing cases with clients in different sectors of the economy. She also works in the area of Arbitration as well as dispute settlement, in and out of court, as well as corporate disputes, as well as advising in the area of conflict prevention. She is a member of the Legal Board of AACD (Association for the Assistance of Disabled Children).
Compliance Contratos Fusões e Aquisições Mercado Financeiro e Capitais Planejamento patrimonial Propriedade intelectual Societário
Alexandre Zanotta
zanotta@wz.adv.br
Education
- LLM, University of Chicago, 2006
- LLM in Commercial Law, with focus on Capital Markets – PUC/SP, 2005
- J.D., PUC/SP, 2000
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Compliance and Corporate Ethics
Contracts
Mergers and acquisitions
Financial and Capital Markets
Estate Planning
Intelectual Property
Corporate
Founding partner of the firm. Alexandre has more than 20 years of experience in large firms in Brazil, having worked as a foreign associate with Kirkland & Ellis on Chicago (EUA). He is in charge of Corporate, Financial and Capital Markets and Contracts. He works with mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, public and private offerings of securities, structuring investment funds, securitization of receivables, foreign investments and advises on regulations of the Brazilian Securities Exchange Commission and the Brazilian Central Bank.
Arbitragem Contencioso Cível Regulatório
Rubens Opice
rubens@wz.adv.br
Education
- J.D., Mackenzie, 1974
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Civil Litigation
Regulatory
He was a partner with Machado, Meyer, Sendacz and Opice for 35 years, where he was in charge of the Dispute Resolutions/Prevention, Consultancy, Litigation and Arbitration. He works in different lawsuits and arbitrations, mainly related to civil, commercial, corporate and capital markets areas.
Arbitragem Contencioso Cível Prevenção de litígios Regulatório
Marília Canto Gusso
marilia@wz.adv.br
Education
- LLM Compared Civil Law, PUC/SP, 2015
- Diploma in Civil Procedure, PUC/SP, 2008
- J.D., PUC/SP, 2005
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Civil Litigation
Dispute Prevention
Regulatory
Marilia has more than 15 years of experience in the areas of Civil Litigation and Arbitration, representing national and foreign companies in disputes involving civil, corporate, commercial and consumer matters. For the past five years, she has been working on issues involving energy, supporting agents and institutional entities. She also advises dispute prevention and resolution.
Arbitragem Consumidor Contencioso Cível
Juliana Brotto Milaré
juliana@wz.adv.br
Education
- Diploma in Real Estate Law, FMU, 2015
- Diploma in Civil Procedure, PUC/SP, 2004
- J.D., FMU, 2002
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Consumer Law
Civil Litigation
Juliana has more than 20 years of experience in the largest law firms in Brazil, representing national and foreign clients. She works in different conflict resolutions, either in court or out of court, judicial reorganization and bankruptcy, arbitrations, in addition to real estate disputes. She also provides advice in the areas of Consumer and Civil Law. She has experience with aviation and infrastructure law.
Compliance Concorrencial Regulatório
Pedro Zanotta
pedro.zanotta@wz.adv.br
Education
- J.D., USP, 1976
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Compliance and Corporate Ethics
Antitrust
Regulatory
Pedro has acted as General Counsel for large companies (Bayer, Holcim) and for the last 22 years he has acted in law firms as head of Competition and Regulatory. He was president of the Administrative Council of IBRAC (Brazilian Institute for Competition, Consumption and International Trade Studies) and is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association Committee on Competition and Economic Regulation Studies, where he served as president from 2004 to 2009. Coordinator of the books “Desafios Atuais do Direito da Concorrência” [Current Challenges of Competition Law] (Ed. Singular, 2007); “Desafios Atuais da Regulação Econômica e Concorrência” [Current Challenges of Economic Regulation and Competition] (Ed. Atlas, 2010); “Conversando com o CADE … e a SDE”[Talking to CADE… and SDE] (Ed. Singular, 2017) ; “Conversando com o IBRAC” [Talking to IBRAC]. (Ed. Singular, 2019) Co-author of the book “Comentários à Nova Lei de Defesa da Concorrência: Lei 12.529, de 30 de novembro de 2011” [Comments to the New Competition Act – No. 12,520 of 30 November 2011] (Editora Gen/Método, 2012). Co-author of the paper “Estudos práticos sobre a aplicação de penalidades pelo CADE entre a Lei nº 8884/94 e a Lei nº 12.529/11” [Practical studies on the application of penalties by CADE between Law No. 8884/94 and Law No. 12,529 /11] published in the book “5 anos Lei de Defesa da Concorrência: Gênese, Jurisprudência e Desafios para o Futuro” [5 years of the Competition Act: Genesis, Precedents and Challenges for the Future] (Ed. Singular, 2017).
Author of the articles Direito Concorrencial – este estranho que habita nossa vida” [Competition Law – this stranger that lives in our lives] published in Conjuntura Jurídica, 2013; “Minha empresa pode ser acusada de formação de Cartel? Como evitar esse risco?”, [Can my company be accused of cartel? How to avoid such risk?] published in Migalhas, 2012; “Considerações sobre concorrência com base no reposicionamento do produto”, [Considerations about competition based on repositioning a product] published in Migalhas, 2012; “A nova lei antitruste como um vetor para o desenvolvimento” [The new antitrust act as a vector for development] published at Revista Areia e Brita, da ANEPAC – Associação Nacional das Entidades de Produtores de Agregados para Construção Civil [National Association of Entities of Producers of Constuction Agrgregate], 2012 and on Migalhas, 2012.
Fusões e Aquisições Mercado Financeiro e Capitais Societário
Tiago Peres
tiago.peres@wz.adv.br
Education
- J.D., PUC, 2000
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Mergers and acquisitions
Financial and Capital Markets
Corporate
He is a partner with the Corporate area, having 17 years of experience in large law firms in Brazil, where he acquired wide experience in local and international operations in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity. He represents national and foreign clients in local and cross border Mergers and Acquisitions, sale of assets, joint ventures and other corporate operations, involving many sectors of the economy.
Arbitragem Contencioso Cível Prevenção de litígios
Domingos Fernando Refinetti
domingos.refinetti@wz.adv.br
11 3818-5549 / 11 9 99142372
Domingos Fernando Refinetti
domingos.refinetti@wz.adv.br
Education
- Especialização em Administração de Empresas pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (CEAG-FGV) – 1991
- Bacharel em Direito, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 1976
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Civil Litigation
Dispute Prevention
Domingos atua na área de resolução de disputas, com atuação em ações judiciais, processos administrativos e arbitragens, com especial enfoque na prevenção de litígios e na consultoria cível, comercial, empresarial, contratual e consumerista, ao direito contencioso aeronáutico.
Ele também é reconhecido em falência, recuperação judicial e extrajudicial de empresas. Ele é coautor do livro Lavagem de Dinheiro e Recuperação de Ativos: Brasil, Nigéria, Reino Unido e Suiça.
Membro da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, International Bar Association, da Turnaround Management Association do Brasil e IBR – Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Recuperação de Empresas.
Arbitragem Contencioso Cível Planejamento patrimonial Prevenção de litígios Regulatório
Maria Amélia Alves
maria.amelia@wz.adv.br
Education
- LLM in Civil Law, Universidade Nacional Autônoma do México, 2011
- J.D., USP, 2004
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Arbitration
Civil Litigation
Estate Planning
Dispute Prevention
Regulatory
Maria Amélia graduated from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), holds a Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M) from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM) and has previously worked at renowned law firms and companies in Brazil and abroad. She has more than 15 years of experience in those areas and is also a mediator.
Tributário
Amanda Andrian dos Santos
amanda.santos@wz.adv.br
Education
- LLM Tax Law Diploma – ongoing, Insper
- J.D., UEL, 2019
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Tax
Contencioso Cível
Ana Luiza Pinto
ana.luiza@wz.adv.br
Education
- Law student, Mackenzie
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Contratos Fusões e Aquisições Mercado Financeiro e Capitais Societário
Bruno Zampieri Frederico Ottoni
bruno.ottoni@wz.adv.br
+55 11 3818-5548
Bruno Zampieri Frederico Ottoni
bruno.ottoni@wz.adv.br
Education
- J.D., Mackenzie, 2016
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Contracts
Mergers and acquisitions
Financial and Capital Markets
Corporate
Planejamento patrimonial Tributário Negócios e Investimentos de Impacto Terceiro Setor
Camila Mazzer de Aquino
camila.aquino@wz.adv.br
Education
- Diploma in International Tax Law, IBDT, 2009
- Diploma in Tax Law, PUC-COGEAE, 2004
- J.D., UEL, 2000
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Tax
Impact Businesses and Investments
Non-profit Organizations
Carla Freitas dos Santos
carla.santos@wz.adv.br
Education
- Diploma in Labor Law, Legale, 2017
- J.D., FMU, 2014
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Consumidor Contencioso Cível
Daniela Falcão de Abreu Finck
daniela.finck@wz.adv.br
+55 11 3818-5533
Daniela Falcão de Abreu Finck
daniela.finck@wz.adv.br
Education
- Civil Law Diploma – ongoing, Mackenzie
- J.D., Mackenzie, 2019
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Practice Areas
Consumer Law
Civil Litigation
Contencioso Cível
Luis Guilherme Lichtenfels de Moura
luis.moura@wz.adv.br
+55 11 3818-5555
Luis Guilherme Lichtenfels de Moura
luis.moura@wz.adv.br
Education
- Law student, Mackenzie
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Contencioso Cível
Maria Luiza dos Reis Soares
maria.soares@wz.adv.br
Education
- Law student, São Judas Tadeu
Languages
- English
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation