Lawyers

Email: luiz.franca@fcdg.com.br

Partner specialized in judicial and arbitration disputes, with emphasis on the areas of contracts, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, banking, bankruptcy and judicial recovery.

Academic Background

• PhD student in Business Law at the State University of Rio de Janeiro
• Master in Business Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro.
• Graduated in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Awards and Recognitions

• Nominated by Análise Advocacia 500 magazine as one of the most admired lawyers in Arbitration, in 2023.
• Nominated by Análise Advocacia 500 magazine as one of the most admired lawyers in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in 2020.
• Nominated by Análise Advocacia 500 magazine as one of the most admired lawyers in the Electric Energy Sector in 2020.
• Nominated by Análise Advocacia 500 magazine as one of the most admired lawyers in the Financial Sector in 2020.
• Nominated by Best Lawyers in the Insolvency and Reorganization Law area in 2024.
• Nominated by Best Lawyers in the Litigation area since 2019.

Professional Associations

• Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr).
• Prosecutor of the Court of Sports Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro, between 2013 and 2015.

Publications

• Abuse of control power as a cause of insolvency and basis for the duty to repair. São Paulo: Latin Quarter, 2023.
• Consent in light of the LGPD: an obstacle, only apparent, to corporate investigations – Semi-annual magazine of business law, Rio de Janeiro, n. 28, p. 227-250, Jan/Jun. 2021.
• Brief notes on secondary meaning and degeneration of brands – Semi-annual magazine of business law, Rio de Janeiro, n. 24, p. 135-168, Jan/Jun. 2019.
• Mandatory conversion of debentures: limits to the power of the majority – Semi-annual magazine of business law, Rio de Janeiro, n. 22, p. 111-131. Jan/Jun. 2018.

Languages

Portuguese | English