Arão Kang rejoins VPBG as a new of counsel in Brazil
VPBG welcomed counsel Arão Kang (pictured) to its Corporate & M&A team. Arão obtained his law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and earned his MBA degree from Seoul National University. He also holds a post-graduate degree in Mergers and Acquisitions from Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo.
The new counsel has more than 15 years of experience in leading law firms in Brazil and abroad. He has focused his practice on M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and commercial contracts, representing domestic and foreign companies, across different industries and sectors, including agribusiness, energy, fintech and healthcare.
In the past few years, Arão has especially focused his practice on the energy sector, including regulatory and transactional matters, representing big names of the sector in relevant recent transactions.