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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
Chambers Brazil – Media & Entertainment (2024);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Data, Technology and Privacy Law (2020, 2022 – 2025); Telecoms & Media (2025);
The Legal 500 – TMT: Media: Next Generation Partner (2022 – 2025);
Análise Advocacia- Tax (2023 – 2024) and Electronics (2023 – 2024);
Análise Advocacia Mulher – Tax (2024), Intelectual Property (2023), Communication and Entertainment (2024), Electronics (2024) and São Paulo (2024);
Lexology Index – Corporate Tax (2024).
Brazilian Central Bank opens public consultations on regulation of virtual assets market
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Brazil’s Ministry of Sports publishes ordinance to regulate integrity of sports betting
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Brazil’s Ministry of Finance regulates ‘bet.br’ domain registration for fixed-odds betting operators
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Brazil’s Ministry of Finance publishes ordinance with compliance deadlines for sports betting operators as anticipation of market regulation
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Brazilian Ministry of Finance issues new ordinances on fixed-odds betting
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Legaltech: who should be training the trainees?
The future of legal practice depends on a dynamic partnership between firms and academic institutions, said partners from major Brazilian firms at a recent Latin Lawyer roundtable that explored how to best bridge the gap between theoretical education and practical law training.
Click here and read the article on Latin Lawyer.
Watch: Diversity Initiative of the Year Award winner Mattos Filho
Mattos Filho was the recipient of Latin Lawyer’s Diversity Initiative of the Year Award for its support of Jewish and Muslim staff in light of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Speaking at the awards ceremony in May, partner Lisa Worcman explains the importance of supporting staff through crises and the difficulties that the firm faced implementing this project.
Worcman accepted the award on behalf of Mattos Filho and its religious affinity network LiRe in São Paulo on 9 May. Latin Lawyer announced the firm as this year’s recipient in January.
Click here and read the article on Latin Lawyer.
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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