Luciano Fialho

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Capital Markets

Private Equity

Corporate

Career

With significant experience in assisting both national and international clients, Fialho and his team advise on merger and acquisition operations, private equity and venture capital investments, structured equity and debt raising transactions, joint venture formation, and corporate reorganizations across various sectors.

He also provide guidance to companies listed on the BM&FBovespa, investment funds, and financial institutions in the process of establishing, adapting to, and complying with regulations issued by the BM&FBovespa, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), and the Central Bank of Brazil. Key sectors served include healthcare, education, retail, pharmaceuticals, mining, information technology, oil and gas, energy, and logistics.

Fialho is a permanent member of the list of arbitrators of the Brazilian Arbitration Chamber for Business (CAMARB) and serves as an arbitrator appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa) for resolving corporate disputes.

In addition, Luciano was a Commercial Law professor at Milton Campos Law School and in extension and postgraduate courses at the School of Advocacy of the Brazilian Bar Association (Minas Gerais Section) from 1995 to 2005. He was also a State Prosecutor of Minas Gerais from 1998 to 2002.

He is licensed to practice law in New York (USA), where he was an associate at the law firms Sidley Austin, Brown & Wood (NY, USA, 2003), and Willkie Farr and Gallagher (Washington, DC, USA, 2004).

Professional Memberships

ABVCAP – Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

ABA – American Bar Association

IBGC – Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance

NYB – New York Bar Association

ABCI – Brazilian International Trade Scholars

IBA – International Bar Association

CAMARB – Brazilian Chamber of Business Arbitration

Languages Spoken

Portuguese and English

Personal

MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (United States)

LL.M. from Columbia University (United States)

Master's in Commercial Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Bachelor's in Accounting from the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Bachelor's in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais