Felsberg adds partner to its Banking and Capital Markets teams

Felsberg Advogados adds partner Ricardo Higashitani who will add to the teams his experience in financial operations for companies, creditors, funds, investors, and companies in distressed situations

Felsberg Advogados has a new partner: Ricardo Higashitani (pictured), a specialist in Financial Law, he will join the Banking and Capital Markets teams, two areas that stand out for their complexity and sophistication. The teams are led by founding partner Graça Pedretti.

With an LL.B. from the University of São Paulo, a postgraduate degree in Financial and Capital Markets Law from Ibmec and an LL.M. from King’s College London, Higashitani has worked at leading law firms both in Brazil and abroad, including Linklaters LLP in London and New York. Over the past ten years, he has been involved in cases of credit operations, issuances of securities, structuring of investment funds and banking regulation.