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Karin Alvo is a partner in the Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions department at KLA, with extensive experience across various industries, including Private Equity and Venture Capital. Her practice has been recognized in prominent legal directories: this year, she was awarded Best M&A Lawyer by The Legal 500 (link).
Additionally, a deal she led a team of lawyers on was named Deal of the Year in the Private Equity category by Latin Lawyer (link). Last year, she and her team received the Deal of the Year award in the Mergers and Acquisitions: Private Companies category at the Latin Lawyer awards (link).
Karin is a frequent speaker at international events. At the 2022 IBA Annual Conference in Miami, she participated in the panel "Minority Investments: Trends and Concepts for Balancing Interests" (link). In 2023, she joined the panel "The Bottleneck in Public Securities Transactions, Leveraged Buyouts, and Finance" at an IBA event in Rio (link).
Karin earned her Bachelor of Laws degree from Pontifical Catholic University and her LL.M from New York University School of Law. She began her career at Demarest, a renowned law firm in Brazil, and worked as an associate at the New York office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
Career
KLA, São Paulo, 2002
Cleary, Gottllieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, 1997-1998
Demarest, São Paulo, 1991-1996 /1999-2002″
Professional Memberships
Bar Admission - Brazil (São Paulo, 1994).
Member of IBA - International Bar Association
Member of ABVCAP - Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Personal
Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (LLM/MCJ), New York University School of Law (1997).
Elected the best student for six years in a row by Fundação dos Rotarianos de São Paulo
