Experience

Laurence Simons Latam

• Brazil
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Latam

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Miami, Florida, United States



Electrolux

• Sweden
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Group Legal Counsel - LATAM

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  • Legal advisory head for corporate law matters related to Electrolux Group in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela); • Responsible for advising, analysis and negotiation of contracts with Supply area (such as: supply of direct and indirect materials, CAPEX operations and services), and contracts related to IT and Financial areas; • Development, training, implementation and review of 3rd party legal system to optimize the control of all Electrolux’s… Show more • Legal advisory head for corporate law matters related to Electrolux Group in Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela); • Responsible for advising, analysis and negotiation of contracts with Supply area (such as: supply of direct and indirect materials, CAPEX operations and services), and contracts related to IT and Financial areas; • Development, training, implementation and review of 3rd party legal system to optimize the control of all Electrolux’s contracting flow and approvals; • Responsible for development and analysis of corporate documents, such as minutes of meetings of the board of directors and directors, statutes and articles of association, control of powers of attorney, among others; and • Due diligence for M&A proved experience. Show less



Marins Bertoldi Advogados Associados

• Associate Lawyer

  • Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Experience in strategic projects involving M&A and corporate restructuring - splits, mergers, due diligence and development of all negotiation and corporate documents of such operations; • Experience in corporate succession planning including the creation and reorganization of families business structures; • Development and analysis of documents and corporate agreements such as shareholder agreements, by laws and articles of associations, memorandum of understandings and shares/quotas… Show more • Experience in strategic projects involving M&A and corporate restructuring - splits, mergers, due diligence and development of all negotiation and corporate documents of such operations; • Experience in corporate succession planning including the creation and reorganization of families business structures; • Development and analysis of documents and corporate agreements such as shareholder agreements, by laws and articles of associations, memorandum of understandings and shares/quotas purchase agreements; • Development and analysis of documents and commercial agreements, including business partnerships and investment agreements; • Experience in compliance projects for companies through the development of codes of ethics and conduct, and internal policies; • Legal advice and legal opinions regarding corporate law, regulatory law (CVM, CADE), civil law, contracts law and Compliance; and • Experience in competition law through the development of legal opinions, legal proceedings and monitoring it before the regulator - CADE. Show less



AES Brasil

• Brazil
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  São Paulo e Região, Brasil • Acting on strategic projects concerning M&A, spin-off, winding up of companies, as well as projects of corporate restructuring of and due diligence proceedings; • Development of corporate agreements and documents, as well as shareholders agreement, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), by-laws and share purchase agreement; and • Provide legal advisory to different areas of AES Brasil Group.

• Senior Compliance Specialist

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  São Paulo e Região, Brasil • Analysis and negotiation of agreements, such as: purchase and sale, services of maintenance, IT, engineering, supply of materials and others as, turn- key contracts, purchase and sale of energy, association, donation and sponsor; • Analysis and evaluation of the agreement’s object and of commercial partners, in order to mitigate risks to the AES Brazil Group; • Arrangement of reports about high risk operations and other specific process, such as donations, sponsors, M&A, EPC’s… Show more • Analysis and negotiation of agreements, such as: purchase and sale, services of maintenance, IT, engineering, supply of materials and others as, turn- key contracts, purchase and sale of energy, association, donation and sponsor; • Analysis and evaluation of the agreement’s object and of commercial partners, in order to mitigate risks to the AES Brazil Group; • Arrangement of reports about high risk operations and other specific process, such as donations, sponsors, M&A, EPC’s, agreement for energy efficiency, as well as operations involved with any public agents or governmental agencies; • Corporate, reputational and risk analysis and conducting due diligences, by means of searching and surveys related to future business partners; • Specific technical system searching (GRID and FACTIVA), besides of internet search, regarding all potentials suppliers to the AES Brazil Group; • Investigative and periodic tracking reports related to business partners; and • Acquaintance of politics and guidelines established to the activities of AES Brazil enterprises, as well as national and international standards (FCPA) applied to the regulations of Compliance.

• Legal Counsel

  • Dec 2009 - Sep 2012

  São Paulo e Região, Brasil • Development of by-laws and share/quotaholders agreements, minutes of fiscal council meetings, shareholder meetings, board of directors meetings and other corporate documents; • Experience in projects concerning mergers, winding up, purchase and acquirement of companies, as well as projects of corporate restructuring of AES Brazil Group and due diligence proceedings; • Development and regularization of attorney, minutes of board of directors and fiscal council meetings, and other… Show more • Development of by-laws and share/quotaholders agreements, minutes of fiscal council meetings, shareholder meetings, board of directors meetings and other corporate documents; • Experience in projects concerning mergers, winding up, purchase and acquirement of companies, as well as projects of corporate restructuring of AES Brazil Group and due diligence proceedings; • Development and regularization of attorney, minutes of board of directors and fiscal council meetings, and other corporate documents of foreign companies; • Experience in settlement projects of foreign companies registering before the secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil; • Reporting of changes in the corporate structure and other changes in AES Brazil Group companies to the team of its controller shareholder - The AES Corporations, located in United States; • Experience in publicly-held companies, as AES Brazil Group controls five publicly-held companies as well as other companies (private and limited-liability companies) controlled by the AES Brazil Group; • Experience in procedures control and approval in subjects related to the corporate and operational activities of the AES Brazil Group’s Entities, complying with the provisions of its companies by-laws, articles of associations and also the shareholders agreement entered into with the BNDES Participações S.A., as well as the regulations of ANEEL; • Filling of Reference Form according to the instruction CVM nº 480/2009 and other instructions of CVM; and • Management of fiscal council, board of directors and executive board meetings for AES Brazil’s Group companies.



Comexport

• Brazil
• International Trade and Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• In-House Counsel

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2009

  São Paulo e Região, Brasil • Experience in Contract Law area: preparing, analysis and negotiating of agreements; • Analysis, negotiation and preparing national and international agreements, such as: import agreements, supply, purchase and renderer services agreements; • Assistance to Credit and Risk area with the analysis of business partners and its corporate structure; • Experience in corporate group restructuring and the process of its companies regularizations before Federal Revenue and other public… Show more • Experience in Contract Law area: preparing, analysis and negotiating of agreements; • Analysis, negotiation and preparing national and international agreements, such as: import agreements, supply, purchase and renderer services agreements; • Assistance to Credit and Risk area with the analysis of business partners and its corporate structure; • Experience in corporate group restructuring and the process of its companies regularizations before Federal Revenue and other public regulators; • Development of shareholders agreements and by laws, minutes of meetings and other corporate documents; • Legal advice on Civil Law (obligations, contract and business), Consumer Law and Tax Law; • Experience in Business Law: analysis of agreements with public authorities and biddings; and • Experience in administrative litigation (customs duties and tax). Show less



Cardillo e Prado Rossi Sociedade de Advogados

• Brazil
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Trainee

  • 2006 - 2007

  • Experience in projects that involved mergers, acquisitions, purchases and sale of companies; • Experience in projects that involved creation of Holding companies; • Experience in corporate projects that involved Brazilian and foreign partnership; • Development of projects presentations related to corporate and business Law; • Analysis and studies regarding tributary planning in order to incorporate new companies; and • Experience in civil, contract, corporate and tax law… Show more • Experience in projects that involved mergers, acquisitions, purchases and sale of companies; • Experience in projects that involved creation of Holding companies; • Experience in corporate projects that involved Brazilian and foreign partnership; • Development of projects presentations related to corporate and business Law; • Analysis and studies regarding tributary planning in order to incorporate new companies; and • Experience in civil, contract, corporate and tax law proceedings. Show less