BRAZIL Law and Practice Contributed by: Octaviano Duarte, Henrique Forssell and Marcelo Lucidi, Duarte Forssell Advogados
Duarte Forssell Advogados (DFA) is a boutique law firm composed of four partners and 25 lawyers spe - cialised in complex litigation, international asset re - covery and transnational insolvency. The firm’s pro - fessionals have over 20 years’ experience in complex multi-jurisdiction claims and transactions. The team advises financial institutions, trustees, foreign liqui - dators and Brazilian and foreign business groups in
legal matters involving commercial, banking, bank - ruptcy, succession, corporate and contractual law. Headquartered in São Paulo, the firm operates in over 50 countries by means of an international net - work of legal professionals. DFA is the only law firm based in São Paulo that integrates FraudNet, an in - ternational network of lawyers created by the Interna - tional Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Authors
Octaviano Duarte is the founding partner of DFA and has 25 years of experience advising financial institutions and corporate groups in litigation and commercial negotiations. In the field of cross-
Marcelo Lucidi is a partner at DFA, with a practice focused on cross- border insolvency, asset recovery and distressed M&A. He combines experience in transactional work and commercial litigation, particularly in
border insolvency, he leads proceedings and projects aimed at identifying and recovering assets diverted through fraud, both in Brazil and abroad. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Judicial Reorganization of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association and was elected as a member of the Special Technical Committee of FONAREF (National Forum on Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy. He was appointed Institutional Relations Secretary of the São Paulo Section of the Brazilian Bar Association.
matters involving insolvency and corporate distress. He has advised on corporate reorganisations and on the acquisition of publicly held and closely held companies, including the purchase of assets from companies subject to judicial reorganisation or bankruptcy proceedings. Marcelo represents financial institutions, trustees, and a broad range of creditors in international asset recovery in the identification and recovery of assets diverted through bankruptcy fraud and capital markets fraud. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Corporate Law at the University of São Paulo.
Henrique Forssell is a founding partner of DFA, with extensive experience in advising trustees, foreign liquidators and financial institutions on the identification of bankruptcy and banking frauds. Over
the last 16 years, he has been appointed by several judicial authorities to some of the most significant proceedings of international recovery of assets in Brazil. Since 2011, he has been a member of FraudNet, an organisation established by the International Chamber of Commerce that selects highly qualified and experienced lawyers in recovery of assets in each country. He was named as a reference lawyer in Brazil in recovery of defrauded assets by a leading legal research company.
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