Mattos Filho annouces two new partners
Mattos Filho Advogados annouced Tomás Neiva and Gustavo Swenson have joined Corporate/M&A and Life Sciences & Healthcare practice areas
Mattos Filho has announced that Tomás Neiva (Corporate/M&A) and Gustavo Swenson (Life Sciences and Healthcare) have been admitted as the firm’s newest partners. With both based at the São Paulo office, Tomás and Gustavo’s arrival underlines Mattos Filho’s commitment to continued, sustainable growth. The total number of partners at the firm now reaches 119.
The new partners will add to the excellent work their practice areas carry out together with the other areas of the firm, extending Mattos Filho’s hallmark full-service capability.
Working with transactional, regulatory and intellectual property issues related to the Life Sciences, Health, Food, Technology and Biotechnology industries, Gustavo Swenson joins the office at a time when the sector has undergone significant growth driven by technological advancements and regulatory changes stemming from the pandemic.
Swenson will further strengthen the Life Sciences and Healthcare practice area in strategic areas involving pharmaceutical companies, medical devices, laboratories, healthcare operators and health techs.
The new Life Sciences and Healthcare partner holds a Master’s degree from George Washington University and a postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Swenson also has specialist qualifications in Public Procurements and Administrative Contracts from Fundação Getulio Vargas and a degree in Law from São Paulo’s Pontifical Catholic University.
With extensive experience in cross-border transactions, Tomás Neiva will contribute to the firm with his knowledge in advising companies from a range of sectors in their investment projects, especially foreign ones involving M&A, venture capital, and structured finance transactions.
Holding a Master’s in Business Law from São Paulo’s Fundação Getulio Vargas and a Master in Corporate Law from the Universidad de Alcalá in Spain, Neiva graduated in Law from Rio de Janeiro’s Pontifical Catholic University. He also teaches corporate law within Insper’s Startup Law course, XPEED’s MBA in Exponential Management, as well as BITS Academy’s Corporate Practice course.
