José Afonso Leirião Filho

Partner

Master’s Degree in Commercial Law from PUC/SP. Professor at Insper and the Brazilian Institute of Agribusiness Law (IBDA). Specialist in business conflict resolution and credit recovery with a focus on agribusiness. Author of numerous articles on judicial restructuring and agribusiness published in books and specialized journals.

Academic Background:

– Professor in Agribusiness Law courses at Insper and the Brazilian Institute of Agribusiness Law (IBDA).
– Member of the Permanent Commission on Bankruptcy and Judicial Reorganization Law at IASP.
– Member of the Insolvency Research and Study Group (NEPI) at PUC-SP.
– Master’s Degree in Commercial Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2021–2023.
– LL.M. in Business Law from CEU Law School, 2016.
– Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, 2012.

Languages:

– Spanish
– English
– Portuguese

Publications:

– 2024: Agribusiness Receivables Certificate – A Bridge Between the Field and Investors. Chapter in VERÇOSA, Haroldo Malheiros Duclerc. General Theory of the Capital Market – São Paulo: Dialética Publishing, 2024. (co-authored with WINTER, Marcelo F.).
– 2024: Judicial Reorganization Scenarios in the Issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates (CRA). In Banking Law and the Agribusiness Crisis, a collective work by the Banking Law Commission of OAB, 2024.
– 2023: Encumbered Rural Property – Reflections on Changes Introduced by Law No. 14,421/2022. In Banking and Capital Markets Law Review (RDB), Year 26, No. 102, Oct-Dec 2023, RT Publishing, December 20, 2023. (co-authored with SACRAMONE, Marcelo Barbosa).
– 2022: Credits Excluded from Judicial Reorganization for Rural Producers – Data, Scenarios, and Reform under Law No. 14,112/2020. In Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy – Empirical Evidence, Foco Publishing, 1st Edition, 2022 (coordinated by Marcelo Sacramone, Marcelo Guedes, and Rodrigo D’Ório).
– 2021: The New Credit Regime in Rural Activity Restructuring. In VASCONCELOS, Ronaldo et al. (Coord.), Reform of the Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law – Law 14,112/2020, São Paulo: IASP Publishing, 2021.
– 2021: Impacts of Bankruptcy Law Amendments on Rural Activities and Agribusiness Financing. In Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law – Key Points and Controversial Aspects of the Reform under Law 14,112/20, organized by OLIVEIRA FILHO, Paulo Furtado de. São Paulo: Foco Publishing, 2021.
– 2020: Law No. 13,986/2020 and Fiduciary Transfer of Rural Properties to Foreigners: A Positive Development for Agribusiness Financing. In Brazilian Journal of Agribusiness Law, Thoth Publishing, Vol. 3, 2020.
– 2019: The Essentiality of Capital Goods in Judicial Reorganization – A Critical Perspective on Brazilian Jurisprudence and Possible Paths Forward. In Brazilian Journal of Agribusiness Law, Thoth Publishing, Vol. 2, 2019.
– 2018: Agribusiness Financing and Credit Recovery Under the New Procedural Framework. In Brazilian Journal of Commercial Law, Lex Magister Publishing, 2018.
– 2017: The Extension of Bankruptcy Effects and Piercing the Corporate Veil in Brazilian Law – A Case Analysis. In Journal of Restructuring and Business Law, RT Publishing, Vol. 4, 2017.
– 2015: Challenges to Judicial Protection of Capital Market Investors and the Role of Class Actions in Brazil. In YARSHELL, Fávio Luiz (Ed.), Corporate Law Process II, São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2015.
– 2015: Current Issues in Judicial Reorganization of Business Entities. In Business Law in Practice, Almedina Publishing, 2015.