Mr de Souza is a partner in the firm's São Paulo office and member of the banking and finance and M&A practice group. Mr de Souza's practice is focused principally on corporate finance, project finance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Mr de Souza received his BA degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1996), attended a post-graduate specialization course in commercial law at the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil (1998), and received his LLM degree in German corporate law from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (1999). Mr de Souza is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association at Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
January 24 2002