Walfrido is one of Warde Advogados’ founding partners and has extensive experience in corporate and capital markets’ disputes.

He holds an LLB from the University of São Paulo - USP Faculty of Law, a degree in Philosophy from the USP Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences Faculty, and received his LLM from the New York University School of Law. Walfrido is also a Doctor of Commercial Law from the USP Faculty of Law and was a Research scholar at the Max-Planck Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatsrecht (Hamburg) in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

•President of the Institute for Reform of State and Company Relations - IREE.

•Member of the Institute of Applied Corporate Law - IDSA.

•Member of the Brazilian Jurimetrics Association - ABJ.

•Member of the CIESP-FIESP body of arbitrators.

•Member of the Brazilian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s Regulatory Committee (ABVCAP).

•Joint sponsor of Bill No. 4,303/12 (Special Regime for Simplified Joint Stock Corporations).

•Co-author of the Action Plan to Save the National Infrastructure Project.

•Author of more than a dozen technical books, including “Applied Corporate Law” (Direito Societário Aplicado) and the best-seller “The Spectacle of Corruption” (O Espetáculo da Corrupção).

Rudi is one of Warde Advogados’ founding partners and specializes in civil, environmental and real estate litigation.

He has an LLB from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University and specialized in Civil Procedure and Labor Law at PUC-SP.

Rudi is a member of the São Paulo Attorneys Institute, IASP.

Arnaldo is a consulting partner in the Criminal Law and Civil and Commercial Litigation areas at Warde Advogados.

He worked at the São Paulo State Prosecutor's Office for 35 years until he retired in March 2022. He was promoted to Deputy District Attorney in 2009 and held the post of Deputy District Attorney-General for two mandates (2012/2015 and 2019/2022).

He also served two terms on the National Justice Council (2015/2019) in the seat reserved for the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service. Arnaldo was an Advisory Supervisor at the Judiciary's Health Forum (2016/2019) and is still a member. There, he implemented the e-NatJus system, which offers scientific support to judges nationwide when ruling on health- related issues.

During his prosecutorial career, he focused on criminal law and was a Deputy District Attorney at the Office of the District Attorney for Habeas Corpus and Writs of Mandamus in criminal matters. He was also Assistant Secretary of State for Public Security in the State of São Paulo (2011/2012).

Arnaldo holds an LLB from the University of São Paulo Faculty of Law (1983), where he also took a specialist course (1989). He holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC (2004).

• He was appointed CEO of the Faculty of Medicine Foundation at the University of São Paulo in March 2022.
• He was a member of the PUC-SP University Council for 2021/2023.
• He is also a member of the Health and Biotech Production Chain Committee at the São Paulo State Federation of Industry - FIESP.
• Member of the Prevent Senior Strategy and Innovation Advisory Board

Consulting Partner

Fernando is a consulting partner at Warde Advogados and a specialist in corporate law.

He was a career magistrate at the TJSP from January 1981 until his retirement in September 2019. During his tenure he was President of the Private Law Section in 2010/2011 and a member of the Superior Council of Magistrates, when he proposed creation of the Reserved Chamber of Business Law (Res. 538/2011). He was also a member of the 1st Chamber of Business Law from 2012 to 2016 and the 4th Chamber of Private Law from 2005 to 2019.

Fernando also spent several years at the São Paulo Electoral Courts. He was a Judge for the 5th Zone of the Capital, Electoral Propaganda Enforcement Judge when Law 9504/98 was passed and sat on the TRE Bench from 2002 to 2004. In the academic arena, Fernando was Director of the São Paulo Magistrates School from 2014 to 2016, elected by the TJSP Bench and a member of the Superior Board at ENFAM - the National School for Magistrate Training and Improvement, a position to which he was also elected by the STJ Bench. He was also Coordinator and Assistant Professor on five Post-Graduate Business Law courses at the EPM (5th to 9th), from 2012 to 2019, and Coordinator and Assistant Professor on the Post-Graduate course in Contemporary Private Law at the Sorocaba Faculty of Law. He has written a number of articles and coordinated the book “CCP, A Magistrate’s Perspective” (CPC, Perspectivas da Magistratura), a collection of essays by multiple authors. Fernando holds a Master’s degree in Commercial Law from PUC-SP.

Fernando Mendes is a consulting partner at Warde Advogados, specialist in public law and also a business administrator.

He has been a Federal Judge (2002-2021) and State Prosecutor in São Paulo (1998-2002).

He received his Master’s degree in Administrative Law from PUC/SP.

Fernando is the former President of AJUFE - the Association of Brazilian Federal Judges (2018-2020) and AJUFESP - Association of Federal Judges from São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul (2015-2017).

Consulting Partner

Marco is a consulting partner at Warde Advogados and a specialist in corporate criminal law.

He was a career magistrate at the São Paulo State Court of Appeals from 1983 to 2019 and sat as an Appellate Judge for the 6th Criminal Chamber. He also sat as substitute Magistrate on the Superior Electoral Court and the São Paulo Criminal Court of Appeals (TACRIM-SP). He was Judge for the 3rd Criminal Court in the District of São Paulo.

In the academic arena, Marco is a Full Professor (Master, Doctor and Associate Professor) in Criminal Procedural Law at the PUC-SP Faculty of Law, Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law and Full Professor at the European University (Lisbon/Portugal). He has a post-doctoral degree in Financial Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra (Portugal).

Fernando is also a Member of the National Education Board - Superior Chamber of Education; a Member of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo, President of the Brazilian Academy of Criminal Law, Cultural Director at the Portugal House in São Paulo, Coordinator of the Criminal Procedural Law Research Center (Master’s and Doctoral) at PUC-SP, Director and Collaborating Partner at the São Paulo Attorneys’ Institute (IASP) and a Member of the Cyberspace Legal Investigation Center at the Lisbon University Faculty of Law.

Alexandre is a partner at Warde Advogados. He specializes in corporate and civil litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings.

He holds an LLB from the Faculty of Law at the Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ, where he spent an academic semester studying at the University of Florence Faculty of Law in Italy.

He also completed an extension course on Public Bids and Administrative Contracts at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation - FGV Law RIO.

Alexandre has a postgraduate degree in Commercial Arbitration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio.

Carlos is currently President of the recently-created Brazilian Football Ethics Commission, an independent and autonomous body operating outside the CBF’s control.

He was previously an appellate judge prior to retiring from the São Paulo State Court of Appeals and Founder and First President of the São Paulo Magistrates’ Academy and Director of the TJSP São Paulo Magistrates’ School.

Carlos was also the Creator, Coordinator and President of the First World Congress of Magistrates’ Schools, which was held in São Paulo.

He is also an Advising Magistrate at CEPES - the Research and Study Center at the First Civil Appeals Court in the State of São Paulo.

Felipe is a Warde Advogados partner who specializes in judicial litigation and arbitration.

He graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo in 2015.

He holds a post-graduate degree in Business Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation’s São Paulo School of Law.

Felipe is also a member of INOVARB - the New Arbitration Specialists’ Initiative, a group linked with AMCHAM - the US Chamber of Commerce - that studies and debates arbitration.

Guilherme is a Warde Advogados partner specializing in corporate and commercial matters, particularly corporate (M&A), capital markets and commercial contract transactions.

He has an LLB from the FMU University, an LLM in corporate law from INSPER and a specialization in corporate law, capital markets, corporate agreements and business practices from the National Institute of Social Sciences.

He is also a member of the Legal Affairs Committee at the São Paulo State Federation of Industry - FIESP.

Gustavo is a partner at Warde Advogados with expertise in Public Law.

He holds an LLB from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo PUC-SP, from where he also received his Master’s degree and Specialist certification in Administrative Law.

Gustavo is also a Specialist in Administrative and Financial Law certified by the Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Administrative Law from PUC-SP.

• Member of the Foro Iberoamericano de Derecho Admnistrativo - FIDA.
• Member of the Brazilian Institute of Legal Studies on Infrastructure - IBEJI.
• Member of the Red Iberoamericana de Contratación Pública.
• Guest Professor at the University of La Sabana (Colombia).
• Editor of Contracorrente Publishing.
• Author of books and articles published in Brazil and other countries.

Henrique is a partner at Warde Advogados, specialized in capital markets judicial and administrative litigation.

Outstanding performance in the most relevant administrative trials of the Brazilian capital markets recent history, involving corporate disputes, market illicit behavior, insider trading, price manipulation, directors’ fiduciary duties and fraudulent operations, as well as in the administrative regulation of subjects such as money laundering, administrative disciplinary proceedings, independent auditing, public offerings, securitization, and investment funds.

He was an attorney of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) for over 15 years and Director of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM). He has also been Deputy Executive Secretary of the BCB, Secretary of the National Monetary Council, Executive Secretary of the Financial, Capital, Insurance and Pension Markets Regulation and Inspection Committee (Coremec).

He holds a post-graduate degree in Public Law from the Brasilia University Center (UniCEUB) and in Financial Regulation Law from the University of Brasilia (UnB).

José is a partner who represents clients in corporate disputes and credit recovery matters.

He has an LLB and Master's degree in Civil Law from the USP Faculty of Law

Leandro was Director General of Brazil’s Federal Police from 2011 to 2017, when Brazil’s biggest ever anticorruption investigations, including Operation Carwash, took place. He has a very detailed understanding of internal investigations.

Leandro was a Federal Police chief for over 22 years and has experience policing against drugs, smuggling, money-laundering and organized crime. He has also served as Federal Police Superintendent in São Paulo.

He holds a degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Río Grande do Sul and an MBA in Public Safety Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.

Marcelo is a partner at Warde Advogados specializing in civil litigation and arbitration proceedings.

He received his Master’s degree in Civil Law from the Faculty of Law at the Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ and holds an LLB from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio.

Marcelo is an auditor of the Second Disciplinary Commission of the Superior Court of Sports Justice for Football for the 2020/2024 Quadrennium.

He is also a member of the Legal Affairs Council - CONJUR/FIESP and of the Legal Council of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro

Pedro, a Warde Advogados senior associate, focuses on compliance, anticorruption and commercial and corporate counseling (particularly corporate transactions/M&A, capital markets and commercial contracts).

He has an LLB from the Mackenzie University and received his LLM in Corporate Law from INSPER.

Professor Peter Christian Sester is a dual qualified lawyer in Brazil and Germany. He has practiced commercial law for 14 years at the Frankfurt office (finance practice group) of a leading international law firm.

In the last 15 years Peter has mainly acted as arbitrator, mediator, and expert (business law, valuations, and damages) in commercial disputes. He focuses on complex contracts (e.g., construction and energy supply contracts), corporate and capital markets law, asset and project finance, and M&A.

Peter holds two PhDs, one in Commercial Law, the other in Economics. Furthermore, he holds a German Habilitation in international business law. Peter has served as a tenured Professor of Law & Economics, and Commercial Law at several German and Swiss universities.

He was the director of the Institute of Law and Finance at Goethe-University Frankfurt a.M. and later of the Institute for Finance Law and Law & Economics at the University St. Gallen (Switzerland). Peter has been teaching Business Law and Law & Economics for over 20 years at various law and business schools on various levels: graduation, master and PhD programs, and professional education (MBA and LLM programs). In 2023, the UC Berkeley School of Law appointed him as Visiting Professor.

Peter has authored eight books, edited another six books, and published over 100 articles in law journals and edited books. Notably, he is the sole author of Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration (Wolters Kluwer 2023) and of Business and Investment in Brazil: Law and Practice (Oxford University Press 2022). He is the sole editor and main author of International Arbitration: Law and Practice in Brazil (Oxford University Press 2020).

In 2002, Peter received his first appointment as Full Professor of Commercial Law in Germany. Further appointments in Switzerland and Germany soon following, including Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main where he also served as Director of the Institute for Law and Finance. Since 2006, he has been lecturing on a regular basis at top Brazilian public (e.g., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - URFJ) and private universities (Getúlio Vargas Foundation - FGV Law RIO, Getúlio Vargas Foundation’s São Paulo School of Law - FGV/Law, and Insper).

Since 2019, he has been serving as Professor of International Arbitration at FGV Law RIO and as a member of its Centre for Commercial and Arbitration Law.

Peter is a native speaker of German and fluent in Portuguese, English and French. He also has a working knowledge of Spanish.

Renato is a partner representing clients in corporate disputes and compliance and anticorruption matters.

He received his Master’s degree and Doctorate in Civil Law from the USP Faculty of Law, an LLM from the University of Virginia School of Law and his LLB from the Mackenzie University.

Renato previously worked on the international arbitration and white-collar teams at King & Spalding in New York and Houston and Clifford Chance in São Paulo.

He is a member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee - CBAr

Author of the book "Responsabilidade e Corrupção"

Rodrigo is a partner at Warde Advogados. He specializes in litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on corporate, financial markets, and capital markets disputes.

He holds a Master’s degree in Commercial Law and a Bachelor's degree from the University of São Paulo (USP) Law School, as well as a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School (New York, USA).

Valdir is one of the country’s foremost experts on Brazil’s anticorruption law. He has very broad experience in compliance matters, internal investigations, administrative disciplinary proceedings, leniency agreements, corporate ethics and State-corporate relationships.

He holds a Doctorate in Law from the University of Salamanca and a Master’s Degree in Social Security System Management and Direction from the University of Alcalá. He is also a post-graduate Professor and Lecturer in Law.

Previously in his career, his other positions have included President of the INSS, Treasury Secretary, Assistant Secretary at the Federal Revenue Service and Executive Secretary of the President’s Executive Office.

Valdir spent 29 years as a tax auditor for the Federal Revenue Service.

He has also served as Minister of Planning, Budgets and Management and Head of the Federal Comptroller General, where he regulated the Anticorruption Act and instituted corporate administrative liability proceedings, compliance programs and leniency agreements.

Vinícius is a partner at Warde Advogados. He specializes in court litigation and arbitration involving corporate, contractual, and commercial issues.

He holds an LLB from the University of São Paulo (USP), with one academic year spent studying at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).

Vinícius also holds a post-graduate degree in Contract Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation’s São Paulo School of Law - FGV/Law and an LLM degree (with honors) in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration from Leiden University (The Netherlands).

Bianca is a Warde Advogados associate, focusing on Corporate Criminal Law.

She holds an LLB from the University of São Paulo - USP Faculty of Law - USP (2021) and is currently studying for her post-graduate degree in Financial Crimes Law from the Coimbra University/Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences - IBCCRIM (2023).

Lawyer at Warde Advogados, with experience in public law.

Law degree from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC/SP.

Master in Administrative Law from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC/SP.

Legal coordinator of the Institute for Reform of State-Company Relations (IREE).

Coordinator of the Observatory of the New Law on Public Bids and Contracts.

Member of the Research Group on Public Contracts at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC/SP, accredited by CNPq.

Duilio is a Warde Advogados associate focusing on litigation, arbitration, corporate law and the capital markets.

Duilio received his LLB from the Armando Alvares Penteado Faculty - FAAP.

He has a postgraduate degree in Financial Crimes Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation’s São Paulo School of Law - FGV/Law.

He is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Business Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation’s São Paulo School of Law - FGV/Law.

Jamile is Warde Advogados senior associate with experience in judicial and administrative litigation and with the Superior Courts.

She has an LLB from the Brasilia University Center - UniCEUB (2016) and a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Brasilia (2014).

She received her Master’s degree in Constitutional Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC.

Jamile is also a researcher with the “Constitutional Justice and Interpretation: STF” group at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC.

Luciano is a Warde Advogados associate specializing in corporate and commercial consultancy and litigation.

Luciano received his LLB from the USP Faculty of Law and a degree in Business Administration from EAESP - FGV.

Marco is a Warde Advogados associate focusing on litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters (financial and capital markets).

He holds an LLB from the University of São Paulo - USP Faculty of Law (2020).

Mariana is a Warde Advogados associate focusing on Corporate Criminal Law.

She is currently studying for her Doctorate in Criminal Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Law Faculty.
She holds an LLM in Criminal Procedural Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Law Faculty.
Mariana is a specialist in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law, certified by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Law Faculty.
She also has an LLB from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Law Faculty.