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Vicente Piccoli Medeiros Braga

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  • Portuguese
  • English
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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 the Brazilian Bar Association (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
    Banking & Finance: Regulatory - 2023, 2024, 2025
    FinTech Legal: 2023, 2024, 2025
     
  • Legal 500
    Banking and Finance - 2023, 2024
     
  • Thomson Reuters
    Stand-out Lawyer - 2022, 2023, 2024
     
  • Análise Advocacia
    Recognized as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
     
  • Leaders League
    Startups & Innovation - 2024
    Banking and Finance: Regulatory and Opinions - 2025
     
  • LACCA Approved
    Banking & Finance - 2025, 2026
     
  • Business Today
    Top 10 Influential Brazilian Banking & Finance Regulatory Lawyers - 2023
     
  • Who´s Who Legal (Lexology)
    Fintech & Blockchain – Fintech -  2026

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)

 

Insights by Vicente

Legal Outlook 2026 - Brazil: strategic trends across key practice areas

02 Feb 2026 2 min read

What will change in the financial sector in 2026: ten regulatory and technological trends.

30 Jan 2026 1 min read

How generative AI is changing investment recommendations

21 Oct 2025 7 min read

Legal Dilemmas of AI

26 Sep 2025 4 min read
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