Felipe Barreto Veiga is an attorney, professor, and founder of BVA. He also serves as the firm’s Managing Partner and Senior Partner of the M&A, Venture Capital, and Private Equity practices.
With nearly two decades of experience, Felipe is recognized as one of Brazil’s leading M&A lawyers, having successfully closed more than 250 M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Debt Capital Markets transactions amounting to over 10 billion Brazilian reais. His experience includes a significant number of cross-border deals, representing Brazilian clients in international transactions and foreign clients acquiring or investing in assets in Brazil.
He is also regarded as one of Latin America’s top technology lawyers, consistently ranked among the region’s leading legal professionals by international publications such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, TTR, Leaders League, Análise, and others.
According to Legal 500, Felipe “stands out for his unique combination of deep technical knowledge, commercial acumen, and ability to deliver creative, tailored solutions to clients’ challenges, making him a standout in M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital transactions.”
This view is echoed by clients surveyed by Chambers and Partners, who describe him as “an outstanding professional with strong business insight and deep technical expertise,” as well as “an excellent lawyer, highly focused on problem-solving and risk management.”
In 2025, Felipe was recognized as an Up and Coming Partner in the Chambers Brazil rankings—leading the firm he founded 10 years earlier out of a small coworking space. This entrepreneurial spirit continues to be admired by his clients, including entrepreneurs, board members, and investors.
Felipe’s client portfolio includes major corporations, business groups from around the world, banks, asset managers, startups, and middle-market companies. Known for his pro-business approach, he has become a trusted personal advisor to some of Brazil’s most prominent entrepreneurs. His work as a lawyer has been featured in best-selling books written by leading Brazilian entrepreneurs, including “Nada Easy” by Tallis Gomes, and “Saída de Mestre” by João Cristofolini and Eduardo Cosomano.
Felipe has led several landmark M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital transactions in the Brazilian market in recent years, representing companies such as Porto Seguro, Santander, SoftBank, VTEX, Locaweb, Natura, Galápagos Capital, MRV Engenharia, Nuvini, Domo Invest, Itaú BBA, BTG Pactual, BNDES, Kovi, Apex Partners, OLX, Grupo Zap, Artplan, Ambev, Wine.com.br, Blowtex, Helisul Aviação, Pátria Investimentos, Banco Modal, Alper Seguros, Intellipost, Boticário, Semantix, Grupo Cataratas, Cidade Matarazzo, Gafisa Properties, Random Ventures, Suno, Singu, V4 Company, among many others.
Under his leadership, BVA’s M&A, Corporate, Venture Capital, and Debt Capital Markets teams have been consistently recognized by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Leaders League, and other rankings as one of Brazil’s leading law firms. The firm was also ranked for four consecutive years by TTR – Transactional Track Record as one of Brazil’s top firms for M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital transactions.
Felipe is also a professor of Law and M&A, teaching at institutions such as G4 Educação (where he lectures alongside former Minister of the Economy Paulo Guedes) and Societário Academy. He is the author of numerous articles and books in multiple languages, including “Marco Legal das Startups” and “Direito no Metaverso”, both published by Thomson Reuters/Revista dos Tribunais.
He is frequently consulted by the media and has been featured in outlets such as Bloomberg, Valor Econômico, O Globo, Veja, Exame, Capital Aberto, Forbes, Mergermarket, Latin Lawyer, Yahoo Finance, ConJur, Estadão, Correio Braziliense, DCI, StartSe (Brazil), and many others.
Felipe is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Bar Association (ABA), the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), the International Trademark Association (INTA), and the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).
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Technology |
Startups & Innovation |
Venture Capital |