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Vicente Piccoli Medeiros Braga
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Vicente Piccoli Medeiros Braga

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Vicente Piccoli Medeiros Braga leads the Banking, Payment Methods, and Fintechs practices at FAS Advogados. He has extensive experience in banking, financial, and payment regulation, playing a significant role in various regulatory operations and projects. Additionally, he has worked at ANBIMA, the Credit Guarantee Fund (Brazil's deposit insurer), B3 (the Brazilian stock exchange), and the Federal Public Ministry's Unit for Crimes against the Financial System. 

Vicente has published numerous articles and book chapters on financial regulation in both national and international journals. He is also the author responsible for the educational materials used by ANBIMA for the certification of banking professionals in the areas of financial system structure, financial regulation, and self-regulation standards. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB)
  • Member of the Advanced Studies Center of the Financial System at the Rio de Janeiro Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (NEASF – FGV)
  • Member of the Center for Banking Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (CDB – USP)
  • Member of the Study Group on Law and Financial Regulation at the Universidade de Brasília (GEFIN – UnB)
  • Author of chapters on regulation and self-regulation in the official ANBIMA study materials for the CPA-10 certification

Awards & Rankings

  • Chambers and Partners

2022 - Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Brazil Guide

2023 - Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Global; FinTech Legal – FinTech

2024 - Global Guide - Banking & Finance: Regulatory

2024 - Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Brazil Guide

2025 - FinTech Legal – FinTech
 

  • Legal 500

2023 – Banking and Finance - Next Generation Partners

2024 – Banking and Finance - Next Generation Partners

2024 - Banking and Finance - Fintech Spotlight
 

  • Thomson Reuters

Stand-out Lawyer: 2022, 2023, and 2024
 

  • Análise Advocacia

Most Admired Lawyers - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

2024/2025: Financial Operations and Regulatory - Specialty
 

  • Leaders League

Startups & Innovation; Banking and Financial: Regulatory and Legal Opinions - 2021 and 2022

Startups & Innovation; Banking and Financial: Regulatory and Legal Opinions; Venture Capital - 2023

Startups & Innovation; Banking and Financial: Regulatory and Legal Opinions - 2024
 

  • LACCA approved 2025

Banking & Finance
 

  • Lexology Index 2025

Fintech & Blockchain - Fintech - Recommended Lawyer
 

  • Business Today

2023 - Top 10 Influential Brazilian Banking & Finance Regulatory Lawyers

Education

  • 2011 – Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
  • 2014 – Master's Degree in Law and Development with a focus on Banking Regulation from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP)
  • 2016 – Certification in Fintech Innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT
  • 2019 – PhD in Law and Banking Regulation from Universidade de São Paulo (USP)