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Lisa Worcman
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Lisa is a tax lawyer who focuses on consulting for companies in the technology and entertainment industries. Using her expertise in digital law, Lisa provides a multidisciplinary approach to assisting clients in these markets.
Lisa also heads attix, an innovation initiative that Mattos Filho launched in October 2022.
Her tax practice specializes in consultation, transfer pricing, the applicability of international treaties, local and cross-border transactions, and structuring foreign companies’ business in Brazil.
In the field of technology, Lisa applies her broad knowledge of intellectual property, copyrights (including software), the rules of the Brazilian Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and the Brazilian Agency of National Cinema (Ancine), as well as regulatory aspects of video-on-demand (VOD), streaming, music, advertising, sports, and sports betting.
Education
MBA in Economic and Financial Administration – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP);
Specialization in Tax – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP);
Extension Course in Entertainment Law – New York University (NYU);
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.
Recognitions
Latin Lawyer 250 (2020, 2022, 2024);
Análise Advocacia Mulher (2023);
The Legal 500 – Next Generation Partners (2022).
Brazil enacts law regulating sports betting and online games
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Brazilian Senate approves fixed-odds sports betting bill
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Brazil’s Ministry of Finance publishes ordinance regulating sports betting
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Brazil: innovations in private social investment
Brazil changes intellectual property regulation applicable to technology agreements
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Opening of Brazil’s Gambling Market Brings Lawyers Tons of Work
Brazil is betting big on gambling after nearly a century of restrictions, upping the ante for law firms to guide players in the sector on how to do business in one of the world’s largest and most complex economies.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a law in December that regulates fixed-odds betting in Brazil, where online wagers have flourished in a gray area since sports bets were legalized in 2018—undoing a prohibition in place since the 1940s.
Click here and read the article on Law.com.
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Mattos Filho launches innovation program focused on startups
Mattos Filho launched innovation program attix. The new brand will connect Brazilian and international startups with companies from a variety of industries. attix provides Mattos Filho’s clients with access to the most innovative tools in the market to meet the most diverse business challenges.
Click here and access the article on The Latin American Lawyer.
Goal For Brazilian Soccer Clubs: Attract Highest Bidder
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