Team
Leadership, Governance
Strategic Vision.
Leonardo Messano | Founding Partner
Governance and M&A strategist focused on the long-term viability of high-performance businesses. Specialist in facilitating complex transactions and protecting the legacy of business families.
With over 20 years of experience, Leonardo not only provides legal counsel but also enables the sustainable growth of companies through solid governance structures. Holding a Master's degree in Business Law and a leading expert in M&A, he combines academic rigor as a professor at IBMEC with the practical experience of having coordinated the Minas Gerais Chapter of IBGC. His work focuses on transforming legal complexity into a competitive advantage for his clients.
Franchesco Palhares | Partner
Legal expertise in M&A and Capital Markets for Value Leverage. Skilled in strategic negotiations to close high-value deals with maximum legal security.
A specialist in market-driven transactions, Franchesco has a decade of proven experience in Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Joint Ventures. His work is geared towards delivering strategic results, from structuring holding companies to complex succession planning, ensuring that client capital is always protected and growing.
Capital and
Business Structuring.
Digital Security, LGPD
and Risk Management.
Ana Luiza Campos | Partner
Asset and reputation protection through digital compliance and intelligent governance. Implementation of compliance programs that shield the company against regulatory risks and reputational crises.
Ana Luiza acts as a guardian of corporate integrity, specializing in LGPD compliance and crisis management. With a close, consultative approach, she translates legal requirements into processes that guarantee data security and market confidence. Her experience in M&A and preventive legal counsel allows the companies under her mentorship to operate with mitigated risk and continuous compliance.
Patricia Machado Dias | Tax Law
Asset and reputation protection through digital compliance and intelligent governance. Implementation of compliance programs that shield the company against regulatory risks and reputational crises.
Ana Luiza acts as a guardian of corporate integrity, specializing in LGPD compliance and crisis management. With a close, consultative approach, she translates legal requirements into processes that guarantee data security and market confidence. Her experience in M&A and preventive legal counsel allows the companies under her mentorship to operate with mitigated risk and continuous compliance.
Tax Efficiency.
Structuring, Governance
and Business Viability.
Gabriela Moreto | Business Law
Intelligence in Corporate Structuring and Governance to Enable Scalable Businesses. Expertise in drafting customized contracts and implementing governance programs that protect business operations and increase business value.
Gabriela works directly at the strategic core of companies, transforming the complexity of corporate issues into secure and efficient structures for sustainable growth. As a specialist in Business Law, her mission goes beyond legal compliance: she analyzes the legal viability of new business models and leads reorganizations that protect assets and harmony among partners. Her consultative approach anticipates risks, ensuring that corporate governance keeps pace with innovation and the market.
Lucca Villani | Advisory and Litigation Law
Technical precision in legal operations to guarantee security in strategic transactions and litigation. Agility in structuring legal arguments and excellence in document audits to enable secure and high-performance operations.
Lucca combines dynamism and technical rigor to offer agile legal support in highly complex civil and business matters. With a specialized focus on due diligence and meticulous contract analysis, he acts as a strategic safety filter for companies, mitigating hidden liabilities and vulnerabilities before major market moves. His practice is entirely geared towards delivering precise solutions, ensuring that each legal document or contractual instrument is rigorously aligned with the client's business objectives.
Risk Management, Auditing and Transaction Support.
Reducing Labor Liabilities from an Accounting Perspective.
Isabella Silveira Barroso | Labor Law
Strategic Labor Protection with Economic and Financial Intelligence. Specialists in converting labor legislation into secure and efficient people management strategies.
Isabella combines Labor Law with a background in Accounting to offer something rare in the market: a precise analysis of the financial impact of legal claims. With 10 years of experience, she acts preventively to avoid hidden liabilities, ensuring that labor relations are a pillar of success and not a risk for the company.