Experience

Duarte Forssell Advogados

• Brazil
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Represents institutional and individual clients in complex litigation matters, including bankruptcy matters tied to instances of fraud and misconduct. He devises and executes strategies for victims of fraud and large-scale misappropriations to pursue claims and recover assets, in matters where assets are concealed through complex offshore structures, trusts, and foundations. Also represents clients in complex international and multi-jurisdictional disputes, including asset recovery, enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards. Show less



Pinheiro Neto Advogados

• Brazil
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate - Litigation Department

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2023

  Senior Associate Attorney with a solid academic background and international (U.S.) experience. Has worked for 16+ years on commercial litigation matters, especially handling creditor-debtor disputes (mainly, involving fraud and veil piercing theories). Developed and implemented litigation, settlement and trial strategies. Prepared complex court filings, legal opinions and memorandums. Tried cases and attended hearings before Brazilian Courts. Recent experiences in preparing court motions for prejudgment freezing order against debtor’s assets in order to ensure their availability for a future judgment of money damages; and preparing and implementing court and out-of-court foreclosure remedies to foreclose security interest in real estate and personal property. Also handles products liability litigation (matters involving safety issues; false advertisement; labeling; recall campaigns). Practiced in a wide range of civil, commercial and consumer proceedings in Brazil, mostly representing multinational corporations. Interacts on a routine basis with trial courts and enforcement agencies such as the State and Federal Public Prosecutors Office (MP) and Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency (PROCON). Practiced at Kobre & Kim’s asset recovery team (2018/2019), as International Lawyer in New York, acting on behalf of judgment and arbitration award creditors to develop and implement enforcement, asset tracing and recovery strategies to monetize high-value judgment and arbitration awards. Experience in a U.S. federal court highly-contested application for discovery under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1782, in a matter involving a relevant Brazilian client. Show less



Kobre & Kim

• United States
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• International Attorney

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

  On a temporary leave from Pinheiro Neto Advogados, taking part of a training program focused on anti-corruption and asset recovery at Kobre & Kim LLP, where I represented companies in high-stakes cross-border disputes, with a particular focus on Latin America. Also represented clients in government enforcement actions, including allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. Experience in internal investigations representing individuals and corporations in jurisdictions including Brazil and United States. Acted on behalf of judgment and arbitration award creditors to develop and implement enforcement, asset tracing and recovery strategies to monetize high-value judgment and arbitration awards. Experience in a U.S. federal court highly-contested application for discovery under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1782, in a matter involving a relevant Brazilian client. Experience in cross-border disputes involving monetization of judgments and arbitration awards both against and on behalf of state-owned enterprises and multinational corporations in matters where assets are concealed through complex offshore structures, trusts, and foundations. The matters often involve fraud or misconducts. Show less