Rodney Almeida Alves

Rodney Almeida Alves specializes in Business and Corporate laws, contracts, mergers & acquisitions, foreign investments, international transactions, antitrust, corporate finance and entertainment in Brazil and abroad. Rodney has an extensive experience in legal due diligence, corporate transactions, joint venture negotiations and formation, business structuring, strategic partnerships, assets acquisitions, investments, venture capital, corporate formation and restructuring. For over 16 years, Rodney has assisted international transactions and clients, including multinationals reorganizations and acquisitions in Brazil and abroad. He has been a legal counsel for Money Service Businesses and has participated in other IMTC Conferences as a Speaker. He has written several articles and papers on mergers & acquisitions as well as doing business in Brazil.
Rodney is a Bachelor in Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo. Post-graduation course in Antitrust Law from ENAP, Brasília, DF. Master of Law (LL.M) from the School of Law at UCLA – University of California, Los Angeles. He speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of French and Italian.
He is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, State of São Paulo, and California Bar Association, EUA. Member of ABA – American Bar Association; Member of AIJA – Association Internationale de Jeunes Avocats; Member of IBRADEMP – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresarial (Brazilian Institute of Business Law); Member of BCCC – Brazil California Chamber of Commerce (Los Angeles, CA); Member of BayBrazil (San Francisco, CA).