Prior to joining the firm, Carolina worked in the litigation practice of leading law firms in Colombia and the United States. Carolina has served as Deputy Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Assistant at the Attorney General`s Office and Legal Clerk at the Council of State. All the challenges we faced seemed to lead to innovative technologies that help all areas, including the legal world. This has inevitably helped to erase the negative associations of technology with the law. Initially, I wasn`t in favor of using legal technology, but after helping to develop the tool and train users, I admit that it has been extremely helpful in managing the remote workload and situation of our employees. It was helpful to remember that even if a product or service is automated, it`s still due to a human idea. Patience is necessary because as lawyers we can speak in our own way, which is not easy to understand for people outside the legal profession. There will be many opportunities to explain several times until there is an understanding of everything. Over the past two years, it has been difficult for our legal department to manage the pandemic from a legal perspective. We reviewed and worked on issues such as planning work stoppages from a legal perspective, reopening our plant, and lobbying until we were considered an essential industry. We have managed to work on this without ignoring legal reforms such as labour and tax reform and a possible energy project. What technological advances do you think will have the greatest impact on the role of in-house legal teams in the future? In your opinion, what are the qualities necessary for the success of an in-house lawyer? Carolina joined Baker McKenzie in 2022 as a Senior Partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Carolina graduated from the Universidad de los Andes and obtained a postgraduate degree in public management and administrative institutions from the same university.
She also holds an LL.M in International Law Studies from New York University School of Law. Partner. Ana Carolina is one of the leading legal specialists in investment funds and asset management in Brazil. She advises asset managers, general partners, sponsors, financial institutions and investors on domestic and cross-border transactions with a wide range of investment funds and has extensive experience in private equity, debt and non-performing assets (securitisation), ETFs, real estate and hedge funds. She worked as an foreign partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the investment funds practice, a Band 1 law firm in chambers` global ranking for private equity fund creation. Their recognitions include; IFLR 1000 as a notable practitioner in investment funds, Who`s Who Legal as a global leader in the Private Funds category and Chambers Latin America in the Investment Funds category. The technology for designing, filing and collecting documents has evolved, affecting the way an in-house lawyer works. Technology will continue to influence us as it develops and improves the realms and the traditional way of doing things. In my experience, the qualities that any in-house lawyer needs to succeed are creativity, flexibility and patience. Flexibility is important because in-house counsel works as part of a global company that already has policies and processes in place.
There will be possibilities for quick analysis of what you can apply, tropicalize or even change these processes. Ana Carolina Fernandes is active in the field of tax law with a particular focus on tax restructuring for individuals and companies, corporate restructuring and corporate restructuring, as well as tax litigation. Asset management and investment funds, private equity, securitization Creativity is necessary, because each sector of activity of a company has unique needs and different methods are necessary to identify them. The perfect example this year was the labour reform, which affected all sectors of activity. This involved suppliers, there was also a need for new agreements, new tax training, among others. The role of the in-house lawyer is to explain to each sector how they will be affected and to propose solutions. Partner Ana Carolina Lima Nomura has a strong track record in a variety of mutual fund mandates. She has experience in fund structuring, fundraising, credit law and private equity funds.
Nomura is also sought after by investors and sponsors to manage exchange-traded funds and the issuance of allowances. One interviewee reports that “their services are excellent and agile” and further appreciates that “Ana Carolina is very knowledgeable about social and diversity issues”. Can you please give us an idea of the work your team has done recently?.