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Luiz A. Sette KC

Sette is senior partner and head of Azevedo Sette Advogados’ Corporate M&A practice in São Paulo office. He draws upon more than 25 years’ extensive experience in complex transactions involving commercial contracts, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property matters to companies, domestic and foreign investment funds, and shareholders. · Azevedo Sette Advogados

BrazilCorporate / M&A, Intellectual PropertyEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese

About

Senior partner and head of Azevedo Sette Advogados’ Corporate M&A practice in São Paulo with more than 25 years’ experience advising on complex transactions involving commercial contracts, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property for companies, domestic and foreign investment funds, and shareholders. He was General Counsel at Microsoft Brazil (1998–2002), Lead Regional General Counsel for Microsoft Latin America (2002–2008), and served as a foreign associate at Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York (1995).

Practice areas

Corporate / M&AIntellectual PropertyTechnologyTelecommunicationsContractsForeign Investment

Office

Expertise

Technology & SoftwareDigital Business & InnovationInvestment FundsSports Law

Education

  • LL.B., PUC/MG Law School
  • LL.M., University of Pennsylvania (1995)

Admissions

  • Admitted to practice in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1989)

Languages

EnglishSpanishPortuguese