Sales Brazil

MURIEL WAKSMAN

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Chicago, IL 60615 ac836q@r.postjobfree.com or ac836q@r.postjobfree.com Education

The University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL

LL.M. Candidate, June 2019

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Master of Laws, June 2017

• Dissertation: The Limits to the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission’s Intervention Power (Os Limites ao Poder Intervencionista da Comissão de Valores Mobiliários) Escola de Direito de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

LL.B., Bachelor of Laws, December 2011

Bar and Memberships

• Planning to sit for the New York Bar Exam, July 2019;

• Member, Brazilian Bar Association, Section of the State of São Paulo, January 2013; and

• Member, Portuguese Chamber in Brazil and Italian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, June 2017. Professional Experience

Tognetti Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil

Partner, Corporate, M&A and Contracts Department, July 2016 – Present

• Advises corporate clients on local and international tax planning, import/export, amnesty and asset planning;

• Leads M&A projects, as well as drafts the relevant documents and agreements (i.e., share purchase and sale agreement, investment agreement, escrow agreement, among others), prepares due diligence reports and structures the corporate documents, involving important off-shore entities, such as the Portuguese Bank GNB – Grupo Novo Banco, Express Engineering Oil and Gas and Adeste Group;

• Researches and drafts agreements between the Brazilian Public Entities and CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society; and

• Participates in the planning and drafting of corporate restructurings and tax assessment of international groups with presence in Brazil, such as Fagron Group and Tubex Group. Veirano Advogados (formerly Xavier, Bragança Advogados), São Paulo, Brazil Associate, Corporate and M&A Department, May 2013 – June 2016

• Represented private acquirers and target companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions including shares sales and purchases, asset sales and purchases and strategic mergers including the acquisition of Peixe Urbano by the Chinese Baidu;

• Coordinated due diligence procedures, draft of due diligence reports and transaction documents; and

• Drafted documents for corporate restructurings, including Sage Group in Brazil and Auto Sueco Group. Bocater, Camargo, Costa e Silva Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil Associate, Capital Markets Department, January 2013 – April 2013

• Drafted relevant documents and participated in opening in the Brazilian Stock Exchange in IPO of Banco do Brasil S.A., one of the biggest IPOs in Brazil.

Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados ( Brazilian Cooperative of Baker McKenzie), São Paulo, Brazil Intern, Corporate and M&A Department, January 2010 – April 2012

• Participated in the incorporation of Brazilian entities of several North-American companies;

• Assisted in preparation of data room for legal due diligence of oil and gas merger, involving Petrobras S.A.; and

• Drafted documents for corporate restructurings in Brazil which reflected operations held abroad. Languages

Portuguese (native); English (fluent); French (fluent).

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