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Alex Hatanaka

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With extensive experience in commercial and civil litigation, Alex specializes in disputes related to financial and capital markets. He represents financial institutions, funds and multinationals, particularly in cross-border and complex commercial litigation, insolvency-related litigation, restructurings and class actions. Alex also assists with administrative proceedings before the Brazilian Securities Commission and the Central Bank of Brazil. Prior to joining Mattos Filho, Alex served for nearly a decade in senior positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, where he worked with judicial and regulatory disputes and made decisions regarding transactions. He has previously worked at Sidley Austin’s New York office and at Peters and Peters in London.
Alex is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and the INSOL International and Banking Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo Section.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Bachelor of Business Administration – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Master of Commercial Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Master of Laws (LL.M.) – London School of Economics and Political Science
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil (formerly Chambers Latin America) – Bankruptcy & Restructuring (2021-2022)
Análise Advocacia 500 – Specialized services (2018)
Best Lawyers – Brazil: Arbitration and Mediation (2020-2021), Global Business: Arbitration and Mediation (2020, 2021-2022)
GRR – Names to Know in Brazil (2020)
Benchmark Litigation (2018-2021)
The Legal 500 – Banking and Finance (2018-2019) and Bankruptcy & Restructuring (2018)
Leaders League – Bankruptcy, Banking, Financial Law: Regulatory and Legal Opinions (2022)
Brazilian President signs Bankruptcy Law
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The reform of the judicial reorganization and bankruptcy law is approved by the senate and now waits for presidential signature
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Reform of the Brazilian Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law is approved
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Aviation perspectives in Brazil
Avianca Brazil case and the Cape Town Convention
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Brazil makes covid-19 amendments to bankruptcy law
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Litigation and arbitration in Brazil at a glance
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O escritório Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados anuncia o ingresso de Alex Hatanaka como novo sócio na prática de Contencioso e Arbitragem, no escritório de SP. Hatanaka tem experiência em escritórios de advocacia nacional e internacionais e em posições executivas de bancos de investimento. (Clique aqui)
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