lcantidiano@mfra.com.br

Areas of Expertise
    • Arbitration
    • Capital Markets
    • Contracts
    • Corporate Law
    • Finance, Structured Financial Transactions and Investment Funds
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Private Equity

Education
    • Bachelor of Laws, Universidade do Estado da Guanabara (nowadays, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) (1972)

Languages
Portuguese, English and French

Professional Experience
    • Commissioner, Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission - CVM (1990-1991)
    • Chairman, Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission - CVM (2002-2004)

Additional Information
    • Chairman, Listing Committee, BMF&BOVESPA Stock Exchange
    • Member, Executive Council, Brazilian Association of Listed Companies - ABRASCA
    • Member, Consulting Board, Brazilian Association of Private Equity and Venture Capital – ABVCAP
    • Member, Ethics Committee and Technical Committee, Brazilian Institute of Investors’ Relations – IBRI
    • Member, Body of Arbitrators, New Market Arbitration Chamber
    • He was the best placed candidate in the first public contest to lawyers in the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission - CVM, but did not assume the post, choosing, instead, to work in the private initiative (1978)
    • Member, Board of Directors, Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange (1984-1987)
    • Member, Appeals Council, Brazilian Financial System (1991-1993)
    • Member, Board of Directors, BNDESPAR – BNDES Participações S.A. (1996-1998)
    • Advisor to the São Paulo Stock Exchange during the implantation process of the New Market (2000-2001)