Admitted to the Brazilian Bar (OAB/MG and OAB/SP)
leonardo@mouratavares.adv.br
Academic Background
• Doctoral Candidate in Commercial Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazil
• Master’s Degree in Business Law – Faculdade Milton Campos, Brazil
• Postgraduate Degree in Corporate Law – Instituto de Educação Continuada da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (IEC PUC Minas), Brazil
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
• Specialist in Law Firm Management – Fordham University and Fundação Dom Cabral
Institutional, Academic and Associative Activities
• Director – Centro de Estudos das Sociedades de Advogados (CESA/MG) – 2024/2026 Term
• Co-Coordinator – Insolvency Committee, Centro de Estudos das Sociedades de Advogados (CESA/MG), Brazil
• Member – Business Law Committee, Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Seção Minas Gerais (OAB/MG), Brazil – 2022/2024 term
• Member – Law Firms Committee, Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Seção Minas Gerais (OAB/MG), Brazil – 2022/2024 Term
• Member – Bankruptcy Law Committee, Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Seção Minas Gerais (OAB/MG), Brazil – 2022/2024 and 2025/2027 Terms
• Member – Ethics and Discipline Court, Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Seção Minas Gerais (OAB/MG), Brazil – 2016/2018 and 2019/2021 Terms
• Member – Instituto dos Advogados de Minas Gerais (IAMG), Brazil
• Professor – Restructuring and Bankruptcy, LL.M. Programs – Ibmec, Brazil
• Former Professor – LGPD, MBA in Digital Compliance – Instituto de Educação Continuada da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (IEC PUC Minas) , Brazil
• Former Professor – Business Law and Civil Procedure – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil
• Former Professor – Business Law and Civil Procedure – Faculdade Milton Campos, Brazil
• Former Professor – Business Law and Civil Procedure – CAD – Centro de Atualização em Direito (Universidade Gama Filho/FUMEC), Brazil
• Former Professor – Civil Procedure, General Theory of Procedure and Procedural Law Topics – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil – 2007/2009
Intellectual Production
• Co-author – “Lei de Recuperações e Falências – Estudos sobre as alterações da Lei 11.101/05”, collective work, Quartier Latin, 2022
• Co-author – “Tendências Contemporâneas do Direito”, collective work, D’Placido, 2017
• Co-author – “O Novo Processo Civil”, collective work, Lex Magister, 2012
• Co-author – “Direito Societário na Atualidade”, collective work, Del Rey, 2007
Honors and Recognitions
• Listed among Brazil’s Most Admired Lawyers – Análise Advocacia 500 – 2018 (3rd place in Corporate Law – national ranking and 3rd place in Minas Gerais ranking); 2023 (4th place in Minas Gerais ranking)
• Commencement Speaker (Paraninfo) – Law School Graduation, 2nd semester 2012 – Faculdade Mineira de Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – Barreiro Campus (PUC Minas) , Brazil
Practice Areas
• Arbitration and Mediation
• Civil and Business Law
• International Law
• Corporate Law
• Succession and Estate Planning
• Restructuring and Insolvency
Offices
• Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• São Paulo, Brazil
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
