Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Maurizio Levi-Minzi co-organized the book Fusões e Aquisições: Pareceres (Mergers and Acquisitions: Legal Opinions) alongside legal scholars Carlos Portugal Gouvêa and Mariana Pargendler, published by Editora Almedina, and co-authored its preface with M&A associate Sergio Torres.

The book is a collection of legal opinions rendered by renowned jurists in the context of M&A disputes in Brazil. It sheds light on corporate disputes in Brazil that are usually confined to confidential proceedings. The publication is a result of the first M&A Conference of the Americas (MACA) co-founded by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, PG Law, Mattos Filho, and BTG Pactual and organized by New York University (NYU), FGV Direito SP, and the University of São Paulo (USP) in March 2020. The second edition of the conference is expected to be held on August 8, 2022 at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Maurizio Levi-Minzi is an M&A lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience advising clients in complex joint ventures and cross-border acquisitions of a wide variety of assets in sectors such as energy, asset management and consumer goods. Mr. Levi-Minzi has led transactions in Latin America, the United States, Europe and Asia for private equity sponsors and strategic investors, including Ambev, Barrick, Brookfield, BTG Pactual, Carlyle Group, Clessidra, CPPIB, CSN, GP Investments, H.I.G. Capital and Mitsui. He is ranked as a leading lawyer for mergers and acquisitions in Latin America by Chambers Latin America (2022), Chambers Global (2022), Latin Lawyer 250 (2021) and The Legal 500 Latin America (2022) and teaches cross-border M&A at the New York University (NYU).

Sergio Torres is a corporate associate and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Latin America Groups. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, venture capital and private equity investments and corporate governance matters for private equity sponsors, financial institutions and other corporate clients. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Legal English Institute of Fordham Law School.