Maria Cristina Cescon

Partner at Wald, Antunes, Vita e Blattner Advogados (São Paulo, Brazil); LLB, Master in Laws and PhD at University of São Paulo Law School; LL.M. in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration at NYU School of Law (Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholar); Vice-President of the Brazilian Bar’s Special Arbitration Commission; Director at the Mediation and Arbitration Center at the Brazil-Portugal Chamber of Commerce; CIArb Fellow; Author of several articles on arbitr...

JOSÉ THEODORO ALVES DE ARAÚJO Partner Office: São Paulo E-mail: taraujo@araujopolicastro.com.br Dir. phone: (55) (11) 3049-5705 Areas of Practice Corporate, Banking and Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Regulatory and Administrative Law. Education • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade de São Paulo Law School – USP (1962); • Career improvement course on Financial System at Getulio Vargas Business School (1963); • Career improvement course ...

Mr. Areno has worked on more than 40 offerings, including of Banco BTG Pactual, Azul, Ultrapar, Cosan, Tarpon, BR Malls, Iguatemi, MetLife and Banco do Brasil. In addition, he has been involved in several mergers and acquisitions, including representing Deutsche Bank AG as financial advisor to Enersis Américas S.A. (Chile) in the US$22 billion restructuring of certain companies controlled by Enel (recognized as a 2017 Global Finance Deal of the Year (Insolvency and Restructuring) by Th...

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