BRAZIL Law and Practice Contributed by: Fabio Cendão, Heitor Maia, Eduardo Faria and Gabriel Lobato, Faria, Cendão & Maia Advogados (FCM Law)
Faria, Cendão & Maia Advogados (FCM Law) is a specialised law firm with over 12 years of market experience and a team of 15 attorneys dedicated to venture capital, technology, and digital law. It pro- vides strategic legal counsel across blockchain, to- kenisation, digital assets (NFTs, VASPs, exchanges and cryptoassets), Web3 business structuring and Legal Design – integrating legal, regulatory and stra- tegic advisory services. FCM Law’s client portfolio includes leading organisations such as Transfero, UnblockPay, Lumx, BlockBR, Netspaces, Mercado Bitcoin, Omex Exchange, Núclea, Mobiup, Upland,
Blockchain Rio and Merge. The firm delivers com- prehensive legal services encompassing regulatory compliance (CVM, Banco Central do Brasil, and other authorities), digital asset protection, intellectual prop- erty, technology contracts and venture capital trans- actions. With a track record of advising over 2,000 companies and structuring more than 50 crypto-as- set projects, FCM Law serves domestic and interna- tional clients across the digital asset ecosystem, pro- viding strategic legal support to start-ups, investors and businesses at all stages.
Authors
Fabio Cendão is a founding partner of FCM Law and LegalHack. He holds a Doctorate and Master’s degree in Intellectual Property and Innovation from INPI, with research focused on copyright, blockchain and
Eduardo Faria is a founding partner of FCM Law with over 13 years of
experience in dispute resolution, focusing on reducing litigation and improving communication with the judiciary. He is a pioneer in the use of visual law and legal design, as well as a founding partner of LegalHack. He practises in civil, consumer and real estate law (proptechs), with extensive experience in contracts. Co-author of the book “Aprendendo a empreender para não se surpreender”, he holds specialisations in real estate law and cybercrime prevention.
decentralised licensing, as well as an LLM in Corporate Law from IBMEC. With over 13 years of experience in corporate, digital and intellectual property law, he is the creator of Radar Web3 Brasil and author of Law, Metaverse and NFTs. A Brazilian representative of the US Department of State’s YLAI programme, Fabio also serves as mentor, adviser, investor and professor in graduate programmes. Heitor Maia is a founding partner of FCM Law, serving as managing partner in the corporate, venture capital and M&A practice areas. He also actively engages as an angel investor, mentor and organiser of various initiatives and events focused on start-ups and entrepreneurship.
Gabriel Lobato is a lawyer at FCM Law. He holds an LLM in Business Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Rio), has specialised training in blockchain and digital assets through the Mastering Web3 programme at
the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and has also completed specialised training in Financial Compliance through Legal, Ethics and Compliance (LEC). He holds CPRED certification and advises start-ups and technology-driven companies, with a focus on regulatory compliance for innovative business models, particularly those based on blockchain. He is a board member and an associate researcher at the Institute for Collaboration and Blockchain (ICoLab).
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