Contact
Contact
Liliam Fernanda Yoshikawa
Liliam Fernanda Yoshikawa
Partner
+55 11 3150-7000
Practice area
Infrastructure and energy / M&A and private equity / Contracts and complex negotiations / Mining / Corporate / Public and regulatory law / Agribusiness / Construction / Energy / Retail and consumer / Chemicals and petrochemicals / ESG and impact businesses / Japan Desk / China Desk / Latin America & Iberia Desk
Liliam specializes in finance, tax and foreign trade law. Her work involves advising on the structuring of integrated projects and M&As in regulated sectors. She has experience in negotiating complex contracts, infrastructure and financing. She advises Brazilian and foreign clients from a wide range of sectors, such as mining, energy, transportation and logistics, agribusiness, food and beverages, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, automotive, among others.
Recent acknowledgments
- Chambers Brazil: Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (2024)
- Chambers Global: Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (2013-2020) and Projects (Foreign Experts) (2013-2024)
- The Legal 500: Energy and natural resources > Mining (2021-2023)
- Leaders League: Mining Law (2020-2023)
- Latin Lawyer 250: Mining & Metals (2021-2023)
- Análise Advocacia Mulher: Financial Operations, Corporate, Automotive and Auto Parts and in São Paulo (2023)
Education
- FGV‐ Escola de Direito de São Paulo of Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil (Advanced program in InCompany Corporate Law by GV Law, 2007)
- ILF – Institute for Law and Finance of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (Master Legum ‐ LL.M. Finance, 2005)
- Law School of Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo, SP, Brazil (Postgraduate in Tax Law, 2003) Aduaneiras, SP, Brazil (Specialization course in Foreign Trade, 2002)
- FMU – Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, SP, Brazil (Bachelor of Laws, 2000)
Other qualifications
- Co-author of the book Gesellschaftsrecht des Auslands, published in Germany in August 2013
Relevant experience
- Morgan Lewis LLP, Germany (2008)
- Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Germany (2005/06)
- Allen & Overy LLP, Germany (2005)
Entities
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB)
- Portuguese Bar Association (inactive membership)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Brazilian Institute for Energy Law Studies (IBDE) - Coordinator of the Mining Group, 2012-2020
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) - Alumini
- Deutschen Auslandshandelskammern - AHK Sociedade de Estudos Jurídicos Brasil-Alemanha - SEJUBRA (vice-president, 2015)
