Leonardo Pinheiro Lima is a Senior Associate at Campos Mello Advogados, based in Rio de Janeiro. His practice focuses on Litigation, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, and Restructuring and Insolvency, with an emphasis on civil and consumer disputes.

He has over ten years of experience advising clients in the consumer goods, food and beverage, financial services, healthcare, and real estate sectors, including companies such as PepsiCo, Unilever, Combe, BTG Pactual, Bradesco, Banco Sistema, Enforce, and Ilha Pura. Leonardo handles complex and strategic litigation, including judicial reorganizations, bankruptcies, extrajudicial liquidations, and possessory disputes, and advises payment institutions such as Stone on strategic and contentious matters.

Before joining Campos Mello Advogados, he worked at leading law firms, and also practiced independently, advising geology and engineering companies on public procurement and Petrobras-related contracts.

Education 

• Postgraduate Degree in Civil Procedural Law, Universidade Cândido Mendes (UCAM), 2018;
• Course on Public Procurement and Administrative Appeals focused on applicable legislation and public contracting practices;
• Bachelor of Laws, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 2013

Recognitions

• Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro

Languages 

• Portuguese
• English