The Firm
Barbosa Sociedade de Advogados is a business law firm, with focus on corporate and securities legal and regulatory matters.
Our goal is to provide legal counsel to our clients by understanding their interests, culture and strategies, and tailoring the legal advice to such frame.
We believe in teamwork as a pillar for our development as an organization and operate under clear and well-established principles: commitment to technical excellence, high ethical standards, professional improvement, focus on our areas of expertise and respect for diversity.
PRACTICE AREAS
In our practice, we advise and represent our clients in investigations and disputes in all corporate and securities matters, including the Brazilian Securities Commission – CVM and the Brazilian Central Bank – BACEN, as well as in arbitration procedures. Our team also provides legal counsel reflected in legal opinions and memoranda on complex issues related to our practice areas and advises companies, boards of directors, committees, fund managers, audit companies and other clients on their strategic matters. We also maintain a transactional practice, comprising the structuring and negotiation of sophisticated transactions and products, and provide strategic advice on complex litigation settings, also acting as counsels to the parties or expert witnesses.
Some examples of our work include:
Advising investment funds and their investors, managers, and other service providers
Representing plaintiffs or respondents in administrative proceedings before the CVM or BACEN
Representing clients before self-regulatory organizations such as B3, BSM Supervisão de Mercados and ANBIMA
Providing legal opinions on matters related to corporate and securities law
Negotiating shareholders’ and other agreements ruling the relationship between investors
Advising companies on governance related matters, such as the relationship with shareholders, the functioning of administrative bodies and interactions with the CVM
Participating in companies’ and investment funds’ general meetings
Advising on M&As and public offerings
Drafting and reviewing internal corporate policies and procedures regarding matters such as integrity, negotiations and disclosure
Structuring public offers for the acquisition or distribution of securities
Professionals
Marcelo Barbosa
Bachelor of Laws – UERJ. Master of Laws – Columbia University School of Law. Former Chairman of the Brazilian Securities Commission – CVM (2017-2022). Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council (2023-present).
Catarina Pereira
Bachelor of Laws – UERJ. Bachelor of Economics – PUC-Rio. Master of Laws – London School of Economics and Political Science. Former Chief of Staff of the Office of the Chairman of the Brazilian Securities Commission (2017-2022).
Zora Lyra
Bachelor of Laws – PUC-Rio. Master of Laws – Columbia University School of Law. Former counsel to the Chairman of the Brazilian Securities Commission – CVM (2017-2019).
Julia Hebling
Bachelor of Laws – USP-São Paulo. Master of Laws in Commercial Law, USP-São Paulo. Former counsel to the Chairman of the Brazilian Securities Commission – CVM (2018-2020).
Giovanna Queiroz
Bachelor of Laws – USP-São Paulo. LL.M. in Corporate Law – Insper – São Paulo. Master of Laws in Commercial Law, USP-São Paulo.
Natalia Fleichman
Bachelor of Laws – PUC-São Paulo. LL.M. in Financial and Capital Markets Law – Insper – São Paulo. Master of Corporate Law – University of Cambridge.