Hogan Lovells welcomes returning Brazilian partner to the firm

Hogan Lovells announced that Rafael Ribeiro (pictured) has returned to the firm’s Miami office as a partner following an in-house position as Assistant General Counsel with the Global Ethics and Compliance Management team at The Walt Disney Company.

Ribeiro will rejoin Hogan Lovells’ Disputes practice group in the firm’s Investigation, White Collar, and Fraud practice area. He also joins our Sports, Media, and Entertainment industry sector. As a U.S-qualified native Portuguese speaker, he is a great resource for clients that do business in Brazil.

While at Disney, Ribeiro was responsible for overseeing the company’s compliance program for the Americas and its Corporate departments, including compliance with anti-corruption laws and trade regulations. He provided counsel to many of Disney’s globally-recognized affiliated companies, including ABC News, ESPN, National Geographic, Marvel Studios, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, the various Disney theme parks and resorts in four different countries, numerous product lines, and Disney Cruise Lines.

In his prior tenure at the firm from 2016-2021, much of Ribeiro’s Miami and São Paulo-based practice focused on clients in the Life Sciences and Energy sectors. Among the matters he worked on were two of Latin America’s most high profile, publicly disclosed FCPA investigations arising out of Brazil’s Operation Car Wash (Operação Lava Jato). In addition to Portuguese and English, he is proficient Spanish and French.

Ribeiro is a 2001 graduate of New College of Florida, and a 2004 graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law.