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Guilherme Vaz

Partner · Pinheiro Guimarães

BrazilRestructuring & Insolvency, Litigation

About

Partner at Pinheiro Guimarães and a member of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Litigation & Arbitration teams; made full partner in 2021. Experienced in Brazilian and US law with more than 15 years handling complex litigation and cross-border insolvency matters, including work on Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 cases and out-of-court debt restructurings.

Practice areas

Restructuring & InsolvencyLitigationArbitration

Office

Expertise

Cross-border insolvency (Chapter 11 and Chapter 15)Out-of-court debt restructuringComplex civil litigationStructuring collateral packagesCoordination of multi-disciplinary teams

Education

  • Colégio Santo Agostinho, Rio de Janeiro (BA)
  • Pontifical Catholic University Law School, Rio de Janeiro (LLB, 2009)
  • Pontifical Catholic University Law School, Rio de Janeiro (Specialization Degree of Civil Procedure Law, 2011)
  • Université Sorbonne and Cornell Law School, Paris (Joint Program on International Comparative Law, 2011)
  • New York University School of Law, New York (LLM, 2016; Outstanding Leadership Award)

Admissions

  • Brazilian Bar Association
  • New York Bar