Francisco André Alves Moura Natal, Rio Grande, Brazil About Francisco Francisco is a corporate lawyer working as an associate of a business law firm in the Northeastern part of Brazil. We negotiate, close and structure cross-border mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, international project finance and others international business that influences all the Rio Grande do Norte economic scenario, mostly through financing traditional companies such as hotels, construction enterprises and tourism industry, those that still are the engines of the state´s economy. he has published articles in national law magazines and entrepreneurs magazines such as: “Is the corporate strategy of a Startup more important than the marketing plan?”; “Startups: how to preserve confidentiality of contracts been litigated.” Francisco understands that improving the connection of Brazilian firms to the benefits of a globalized world will have enormous impacts on Brazilian development. He intends to address this issue in two fronts: promoting cross-borders commercial/financial arrangements and academically defending a fair globalization. Areas of Practice Corporate Investment Funds M&A