Paulo Marcos Rodrigues Brancher

Practice Areas

Banking & Financial Services; Data Protection & Cybersecurity; Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Telecommunication; Techlogy; Cryptoassets; Payment Methods

Career

A specialist in technology, banking, financial services, cryptoassets and innovation issues, Paulo is a Distinguished Professor at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and a graduate and postgraduate professor in Business Law and Law & Technology at the same institution.

Paulo is a member of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), having previously served as a board member for six years. He has also served as chairman of the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communications (ABDTIC).

Paulo is the author of the books Contratos de Software (Software Agreements), Direito da Concorrência e Propriedade Intelectual (Competition Law and Intellectual Property) and Contratos de Licenciamento de Propriedade Industrial (Industrial Property Licensing Agreements), and has co-authored another three – A Proteção de Dados Pessoais no Brasil (Personal Data Protection in Brazil), Desafios Atuais do Direito da Concorrência (Current Challenges in Competition Law) and Desafios Atuais da Regulação Econômica e Concorrência (Current Challenges in Economic and Competition Regulation). He is also the editor of the law journal Direito Empresarial na Economia Digital (Business Law in the Digital Economy).

Education