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Isadora Barretto de Almeida · Law School · Masters '24
Education
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Philadelphia, PA, United States · May, 2024
LL.M. - Masters of Law
- Granted with a partial Dean’s Scholarship.
LL.M representative of the Penn Law Real Estate Club and mentee at the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center’s Career Mentor Program (https://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/).
Member of the Wharton Restructuring and Distressed Investing Conference committee (https://2024.wrdic.org/about-wrdic/).
Climate Leaders at Penn Fellow (https://www.climateleadersatpenn.com/).
LL.M representative of the Penn Black Law Students Association.
Conducts pro bono legal research for the Civil Rights Law Project and the Penn Housing Rights Project.
Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV
São Paulo, SP, Brazil · June, 2023
Postgraduate Degree in Corporate Law
Pontifícia Universidade Católica Law School
São Paulo, SP, Brazil · December, 2016
LL.B. (J.D. Equivalent)
- Honors:
LL.B Final thesis "The Fiduciary Assignment of Real Estate Properties in the Scope of Capital Markets” graded 10.0/10.0 with honors.
Paper presented to the CESA – Centro de Estudos das Sociedades de Advogados on Apr. 2015 during the VIII Monography Contest held under the theme “The lawyer’s role in conflict resolutions – mediation, conciliation and arbitration” ranked with honors.
Assistant Lecturer to Prof. Dr. Everaldo Cambler in Civil Law (Feb. 2021 – June 2022).
Publications:
“The Evolution of the Fiduciary Assignment of Real Estate Properties from the Perspective of the Financial and Capital Markets: How do the Changes brought by Law 13.465/17 fit into this reality?” In: Estatuto Fundiário Brasileiro: Comentários à Lei nº 13.465/17 - Tomo 2. 1ed. São Paulo: IASP, 2021, v. 2.
“Illegal Immigration and the Rights of Foreigners: Brazil as an Immigrant Destination of Latin America in the 21st Century”. In: Direito Internacional em Análise. 1ed. São Paulo: Clássica Editora, 2017.
Experience
Demarest Advogados Law Firm
São Paulo, SP, Brazil · March 2019 – July 2023
Senior Associate
- Advised international and local clients in the structuring and drafting of financial and capital markets transactions, including public issuance of bonds, securitization transactions and investment funds).
Advised on Brazilian SEC regulation for publicly traded companies, investment banks and assets’ managers. Led transactions directly with clients and coordinated teams of up to five persons in deals involving legal and economic complex matters.
Honors: Rated by IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers 2022 and 2023 as “Rising Star” as being among the region’s leading business lawyers recommended for Investment Funds.
Promoted twice reserved only for the top 2% attorneys.
Madrona Advogados Law Firm
São Paulo, SP, Brazil · April 2015 – February 2019
Junior Associate
- Advised on Capital Markets.
Supported M&A transactions, including conducting due diligence and drafting of SPAs.
Honors: As a first year associate, earned the best bonus only offered to the 25% top associates
Tess Advogados Law Firm
São Paulo, SP, Brazil · May 2014 – April 2015
Intern
- Conducted legal research, due diligence and drafted corporate agreements, including in M&A transactions.
Mitsubishi Corporation do Brasil S.A.
São Paulo, SP, Brazil · November 2012 – April 2014
Intern
- Assisted on business consulting and compliance, mainly involving legal research, preparation of compliance presentations and drafting of corporate agreements in general.
Reported directly to lawyers from USA and Japan.
Interests
- Real Estate Finance
- Investment Banking
- Development
- Asset Management
- Real Estate Law
- Acquisitions
Regions of Interest for a job or internship
- California
- California, West Coast
- California, West Coast: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- California, West Coast: San Francisco Metropolitan Area
- Mid-Atlantic USA
- Mid-Atlantic USA: Baltimore Metropolitan Area
- Mid-Atlantic USA: Washington Metropolitan Area
- Mid-West USA
- Mid-West USA: Chicago Metropolitan Area
- Northeast USA
- Northeast USA: Boston Metropolitan Area
- Northeast USA: New York Metropolitan Area
- Northeast USA: Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
- Northwest USA
- Southeast USA
- Southwest USA
- West Coast USA
Other Information
LANGUAGE: Portuguese: native; English: fluent; Spanish: basic.
BAR ADMISSIONS: Plans to sit for the New York Bar Exam, 2024. Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Chapter, in Jan. 2017.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES AND PRO BONO:
Member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of São Paulo’s Regional Section of Brazilian BAR
Guest Member of the IASP – Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo Real Estate Law Commission
Member of the D&I Committee of Demarest and the Legal Alliance for Racial Equity - Implementation of diversity programs focused on increasing the number of Afro-descendant lawyers in top-tier firms. Mentorship to young Afro-descendant law students.
Pro Bono advisory to Instituto Glória – “Power4girls Program” carried out in partnership with the US Embassy (2022) - Lectures to female high school students about the types of investments for startups and how to raise seed capital in Brazil.
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