About
Rodrigo Mello has over 20 years of experience in corporate law and M&A, with more than 350 transactions to his credit. His practice combines deep legal expertise in complex transactions with first-hand experience as a business founder across multiple industries. This perspective gives him a deep understanding of the decision-making realities faced by founders, shareholders, and boards of directors.
Rodrigo’s longstanding clients include some of the most successful entrepreneurs of his generation, whom he advises across the full corporate life cycle, from corporate structuring and funding rounds to M&A, reorganizations, and liquidity events. He has a well-established cross-border practice, advising multinational corporations, investment funds, and private investors, both Brazilian and foreign, in transactions involving multiple jurisdictions and complex corporate structures. Rodrigo works seamlessly alongside international counsel on transactions governed by foreign law or structured through hybrid contractual architectures, an experience further deepened by his time as a foreign associate at Fox, Horan & Camerini LLP, in New York.
He holds an LL.M. in Corporate Law from Insper and a Specialist degree in M&A from Fundação Getulio Vargas-São Paulo. He served as a Visiting Scholar in the LL.M. Program at Fordham Law School, in New York, in the areas of banking, corporate, financial, and securities law.
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Areas of Focus
Education
M&A degree from Fundação Getulio Vargas-São Paulo
Languages
- English
- Portuguese
Location
São Paulo
Areas of Focus
Education
M&A degree from Fundação Getulio Vargas-São Paulo
Languages
- English
- Portuguese
