Flávia Coelho Warde

Flavia-C-Warde
fcw@gaudencioadvogados.com
São Paulo / New York

Flávia has more than 20 years of professional experience and has earned the trust of her Brazilian and foreign clients for corporate legal advisory, and broader legal and business multinational strategic advisory.  

With solid, wide and internationally recognized experience in her practice areas, she has being responsible for assisting her clients – multinational and national business groups, entrepreneurs, families and family business groups, private equity and venture capital funds – in important Brazilian and cross-border M&As and investments, including capital markets and debt transactions, and additionally, she has been advising her domestic and foreign clients with their wealth and tax planning (private clients) and with their corporate and family governance projects. Flávia also has important practices in corporate litigation, arbitration and mediation.  

Flávia has significant experience in large Brazilian and North American law firms (Chicago, IL-USA), and also worked as General Counsel and Legal Executive Counsellor of large multinational business groups in areas such as asset management, private equity/venture capital, media, education, TV, e-commerce, logistics, architecture, construction and infra-structure (including publicly held companies). 

Languages

Portuguese; English; Spanish; Italian.

Academic background

Bachelor of Laws by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at the University of Chicago, IL, US; Post-graduation degree in Finance by Saint Paul Escola de Negócios, in São Paulo; 

Post-graduation in Corporate and Family Governance at IBGC (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa) and Boardroom Programme at the same institution; Former Professor of Corporate Law and M&A for the Corporate Governance MBA at BSP (Business School São Paulo) and CEDES/USP; Extension Course in Wealth Planning at Fundação Arcadas (University of São Paulo – USP); 

Activities: Co-founder and Council Member of the international leading non-profit organization WILL (Women in Leadership in Latin America). Member of the Alumni Club of the University of Chicago and Board Member of Astera, a social impact organization (ESG). 

Member of Mayer Brown’s Alumni Network.

Member of the Corporate and Capital Markets Law Committee and Corporate Disputes of IBRADEMP – Brazilian Corporate Law Institute.

Hobbies

Tennis; Yoga; Art.
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