Mattos Engelberg Advogados is pleased to introduce to its clients and friends the new partner Eduardo Lacerda Fernandes.
Eduardo Lacerda has a professional career in the legal and corporate affairs area with more than 30 years of experience working in multinational companies of the consumer goods sector as Legal and Corporate Affairs Director at Kaiser Breweries and Coca Cola Femsa, continuing with international experience in Mexico in the area of Government Relations.
In Brazil, Mr. Lacerda was responsible for the legal and corporate affairs areas with expertise on matters of labor, contractual, tax, corporate, environmental, consumer and criminal law, participating in due diligence processes in mergers and acquisitions of large businesses, management experience legal department, compliance policies, ethics committee and strong preventive legal work. In Mexico, as Director of Corporate Affairs, he improved his experience in the area of external communication, sustainability and government relations, in particular in the relationship with public entities, chambers, unions, legislative and executive authorities, social medias, risk management and leadership of crises committees.
He has a postgraduate degree in Contractual, Corporate and Environmental and Real Estate Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and Faculdades Unidas Metropolitanas, respectively, and holds an AMP – Advanced Management Program from the IESE Business School of Barcelona.
The new partner will be responsible for the areas of Compliance, Government Relations and the Mexican Desk of the firm.