Alexandre da Fonte Filho

Founding partner of Vivacqua Advogados has over 20 years of practice, focused on tax and legal matters related to business issues. Former Administration Subsecretary of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for Housing & Citizenship and Board Member of the Business Council for Legal Affairs of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro. Was Chief Legal Officer – CLO of “NELTUR - Niterói Empresa de Lazer e Turismo S/A”, President of Legal Bridge Brasil and Mem...

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Maria Tereza Dias is an executive partner of Vilas Boas, Lopes e Frattari Advogados, responsible for coordinating the administrative/regulatory law team, an area in which she has over 20 years of experience, including previous work in administrative and judicial litigation and in consultancy. Maria Tereza was graduated from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1998) and also has a Master and PhD in Administrative and Regulatory Law by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2001 and 2007). Bes...

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Ms. Renata Araujo has over 25 years of experience, with her career consistently focused on Labor Law. She leads the defense in labor litigation for major national and multinational companies across the energy, infrastructure, civil construction, aviation, textile, food, and paper and pulp sectors, among others. Ms. Araujo conducts strategic and preventive approaches for clients. She possesses vast expertise in monitoring corporate restructurings and judicial reorganizations, acting in the res...

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Rafhael Frattari is a partner of Vilas Boas, Lopes e Frattari Advogados with more than 20 years of experience in Tax Law. He has acted in the litigation of several companies, especially in the steel, mining, and energy sectors. He currently is ahead of VLF’s tax teams in all operations, including Business Restructuring and M&A operations. Frattari was graduated from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1998) and holds a master’s degree (2003) and a Doctorate (2008) from the s...