Lefosse Advogados adds new partner to M&A practice
Brazil’s Lefosse Advogados has strengthened its M&A practice with the addition of a new partner, Gonçalo Capela Godinho.
Gonçalo (pictured) has 20 years’ experience participating in high-end M&A and private equity deals and expands the firm’s M&A practice of 13 partners.
He brings international experience, habing worked at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett (London and New York) and at Holland & Knight (Miami and New York). He is a former Demarest Advogados partner and has also worked at Cardigos & Associados and Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira in Lisbon.
This is the firm’s 6th lateral hire of 2019, increasing the number of partners to 36.
“We are focused on our strategy to offer to our clients the best partners and Gonçalo is a perfect match to our firm profile” Carlos Mello, managing partner, said.
