Luísa Machado Leite Soares

Luísa Soares has general experience in law firms (Veirano Advogados and Albino Advogados) and as well as in-house counsel. Currently Associate Director of Business & Legal Affairs at Fox Latin American Channels do Brasil Ltda. acting in corporate law, contracts, regulatory matters (National Cinema Agency ? ANCINE) and providing support to compliance, competition law, litigation and intellectual property. Before that, she was a Legal Manager of Business & Legal Affairs at Fox Brazil. At Fox, she was the only one lawyer for at least six (6) months and subsequently she was transferred to Rio de Janeiro. She was in charge of implementing the Legal department there. Luisa provided support to World Cup and Olympic Games in Brazil. She has a large experience in finance operations (debt issuance), merger and acquisitions (M&A), public-private partnerships, infrastructure, administrative law, tax advisory (operations of tax planning and inheritance) and secondment at Fox Channels, Volvo Cars and Mundipharma. Luisa is known as business partner and for providing leadership, organization, management of external counsels and lawsuits and ensuring efficient management of staff and economic resources in Legal department. In addition, she is focused on identifying and mitigating risks, putting internal controls in place, providing internal trainings and enforcing internal policies, regulations and compliance laws. She has graduation in Philosophy at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and in Law (L.L.B.) at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), post-graduation (L.L.M.) in Tax Law at Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER) and Master's degree in Philosophy (philosophy of science applicable to law) at Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCH-USP).

Informações coletadas do Lattes em 17/11/2025

Acadêmico

Formação acadêmica

Mestrado em Filosofia

2013 - 2017

Universidade de São Paulo
Título: Analysis of the Application of the Balancing Proposed by Robert Alexy by the Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal),Ano de Obtenção: 2017
José Raymundo Novaes Chiappin.Coorientador: N/A. Grande área: Ciências HumanasGrande Área: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas / Área: Direito / Subárea: Teoria do Direito / Especialidade: Filosofia do Direito.

Especialização em L.L.M.

2010 - 2012

Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa
Título: N/A
Orientador: N/A

Graduação em Direito

2003 - 2008

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Título: Conceito de Residência para Dupla Tributação
Orientador: Julcira Maria de Mello Viana

Graduação em Filosofia

2003 - 2007

Universidade de São Paulo

Formação complementar

2007 - 2007

Accounting Course for Attorneys at Business School São Paulo. (Carga horária: 20h). , Business School São Paulo Ltda, BSP, Brasil.

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Português

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Produções bibliográficas

SOARES, L. M. L. . Analysis of the Application of the Balancing Proposed by Robert Alexy by the Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal). São Paulo: N/A, 2017 (Mestrado).
SOARES, L. M. L. . Corporate Income Tax and Social Contribution on Net Profits ? Tax Losses and Negative Calculation Basis ? the Fair Taxation of Income and Profit? (?IRPJ e CSLL ? Prejuízos Fiscais e Base de Cálculo Negativa ? A Justa Tributação da Renda e do Lucro?). São Paulo: Souza, Schneider, Pugliese e Sztokfisz Advogados and MP Editora, 2011 (Livro).

Histórico profissional

Experiência profissional

2016 - Atual

FOX LATIN AMERICAN CHANNELS

Vínculo: Associate Director, Enquadramento Funcional: N/A, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Practice Area: Corporate, Contracts, Regulatory, Compliance, Litigation and Intellectual Property. ? Reporting to a Vice President and being part of a 7 people team in Brazil. ? Interaction with the company's international compliance department in order to provide advice and support for investigations. ? Responsible for corporate routines, such as preparing minutes of quota holders meetings, amendments to articles of association and powers of attorney. ? Day-to-day and strategic agreements, such as licensing of software, licensing of Fox's channels to operators, services agreements of miscellaneous types and complexities, including technical support, partnerships and production of audiovisual content. ? Implementation of internal controls, staff management, external law firms and budget control. ? Management of law suits with external law firms. ? Provided support for Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2 during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. ? Conducted internal training about the National Cinema Agency (Agência Nacional de Cinema) ? ANCINE on regulation, compliance and agreements.

2014 - 2015

FOX LATIN AMERICAN CHANNELS

Vínculo: Legal Manager, Enquadramento Funcional: N/A, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Practice Area: Corporate, Agreements, Regulatory, Compliance, Litigation and Intellectual Property. ? Responsible for the management of legal aspects of the remodeling of the studios for Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2 in Rio de Janeiro. ? Transferred to Rio de Janeiro for nine (9) months for setting up Fox's legal department in Rio de Janeiro. ? Provided support for Fox Sports e Fox Sports 2 channels during the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. ? Acted as head and only lawyer of Fox Group in Brazil for around six (6) months, covering all of the company's demands. ? Interacted with the National Cinema Agency (Agência Nacional de Cinema) ? ANCINE and acted in administrative procedures instituted by the agency.

2011 - 2014

Veirano Advogados

Vínculo: Attorney, Enquadramento Funcional: N/A, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Practice Area: Corporate Law ? Support to private equity funds. ? Incorporation of companies in Brazil. ? Merger & acquisition operations, including quotas/shares purchase agreements and quota/shareholders agreements. ? Due diligences on behalf of the seller or the buyer. ? Issuance of debentures. ? Composition of minutes of quota/shareholders meetings, articles of association or by-laws and its amendments, such as powers of attorney. ? Elaboration of miscellaneous and different complexities agreements, including, but not limited to banking, infrastructure agreements and joint ventures. ? Secondment at Fox Channels, Volvo Cars and Mundipharma.

2010 - 2011

Souza, Schneider, Pugliese e Sztokfisz Advogados

Vínculo: Attorney, Enquadramento Funcional: N/A, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Practice Area: Tax and Corporate Law ? Acting in administrative procedures and lawsuits. ? Providing legal opinions. ? Corporate restructuring. ? Operations of tax planning and inheritance.

2008 - 2010

ALBINO ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS

Vínculo: Attorney, Enquadramento Funcional: N/A, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Practice Area: Tax, Corporate, Public-Private Partnership, Infraestructure, Administrative Law. ? Monitoring of tax administrative procedures and lawsuits. ? Responsible for corporate routines, minutes of quota/shareholders meetings, articles of association or by-laws and its amendments, such as powers of attorney. ? Drafting of different sorts of agreements. ? Legal support for the management of administrative agreements, including onsite training for engineers from Galvão Engenharia. ? Responsible for administrative agreements and bid invitation. ? Consultant in several areas such as environmental, consumer, civil, tax, administrative and antitrust law. ? Hired in July 2008 as attorney in Mr. Fernando Albino's team.