Leandro Escobar is a highly experienced lawyer with over 20 years in multiple industries, including Oil & Gas, Financial and Capital Markets, and Mining. He has a strong background in strategic legal advisory and is recognized for his proven expertise in the Oil & Gas sector and financial and capital markets. Leandro is a business-oriented lawyer skilled in negotiating international and domestic contracts, and joint ventures, managing international arbitration and litigation, M&A, financing, and debt restructuring.
EDUCATION
- Brazilian Institute of Business Law – IBDE (RJ)
Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy. Final Paper: The Process of Verification, Challenge, and Qualification of Credits in Judicial Reorganization. - Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation – RMMLF (Houston, TX)
International Oil & Gas Law, Contracts, and Negotiation: From Discovery to Decommissioning. - Insper – SP
LLM in Financial and Capital Markets Law. Final Paper: Issuance of Financial Securities for Public Distribution with Restricted Efforts. - ANDIMA (RJ)
Capital Markets and Stock Exchange; Financial Market Products; Fixed Income Market: Private Securities. - CEPED – UERJ
Civil Procedural Law. - Getúlio Vargas Foundation (RJ)
MBA in Business Law. - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ
Bachelor of Laws.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Leandro’s expertise and contributions have been recognized by his ranking among the most influential and innovative corporate lawyers in the GC Power list (www.legal500.com/assets/pages/cc100/2018/brazil-18.html).
languages
- Portuguese, English and Spanish.