Speaker details

When litigation meets crime

28 Jan - 30 Jan 2026

Fairmont Copacabana Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Speaker information

Guilherme Fontes Bechara

Biography

Partner of Demarest’s Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Litigation and Alternative Investments areas, Guilherme Fontes Bechara has a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Corporate Governance and Practice by Stanford Law School, Stanford University (USA) and Civil Law by Pontifical Catholic University – PUC-SP. He is specialized in Civil Litigation and Restructuring and Bankruptcy, acting more specifically in judicial reorganization and bankruptcy proceedings. Among his main clients are investment funds, financial institutions companies from various sectors and national and international financial institutions, focusing on the recovery of credits, judicially or extrajudicially, investments in credits or investment in companies in crisis.

Session

Insolvency and crime: the liability of board members

Thursday 29 January (1345 - 1500)

Session Co-Chair