OUR PROFESSIONALS

EDUARDO MENDES GENTIL

Founding partner of Trust Gestão Patrimonial, Mr. Gentil has graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) and has a masters degree in management from Faculdade Trevisan. Mr. Gentil has attended different classes and lectures related to succession and inheritance planning and management of family-owned businesses. Besides his studies, Mr. Gentil has worked for 14 years as a lawyer and a partner of the law firm Caleiro, Palma, Garbelini, Gentil and Alonso Advogados (currently merged with Urbano e Vitalino Sociedade de Advogados), where he has worked in almost every single area of law, with emphasis on real estate, corporate and inheritance law. For two years he was the director of a company that provided services related to real estate tied to a foreign group. This experience, together with his studies, inspired him to develop a profile of asset management that is attuned to the Brazilian market and that focuses on longevity, safety and profitability. Mr. Gentil is a TEP member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners – STEP© , and also a board member of a number of non-profit organizations.

DANIEL M. BOTREL

One of Trust’s partners since 2007, Mr. Botrel graduated with a law degree from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), and with a master’s degree in civil law from the same institution. He has attended many seminars related to real estate law, inheritance law, inheritance and asset planning.

Mr. Botrel started his career at the law firm Leonardo Frankenthal Advogados. After that, he worked at his own law firm, offering services to real estate agencies and developers, which increased his knowledge in real estate. He also worked in the legal department of Gedas, a company of information technology that used to be part of Volkswagen. There he acquired significant experience in contract negotiation.

He is an effective member of the Comissão Especial de Direito Imobiliário from OAB/SP (a commission on real estate law from Brazilian Bar Association), as well as of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (IBDFAM), an institute of family and heritance law.

JOÃO FRANCISCO JUNQUEIRA FRANCO

Mr. Franco graduated from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Paulista (UNIP), where he also attended seminars in corporate and real estate law. He worked at the 10º Cartório de Títulos e Documentos de São Paulo (a Property Registry Office in Sao Paulo) as a clerk responsible for the department of registry for legal entities. In addition, Mr. Franco had his own law firm where he specialized in the regularization of nonprofit organizations.

Later he worked for the law firm Mesquita Pereira Marcelino Almeida e Esteves Advogados Associados, where he gained experience in civil litigation. Mr. Franco has also worked for Plena Análise e Documentação Ltda., where he was an analyst of real estate documentation and regularization, real estate asset management and an advisor in corporate law.

PAULA BOMFIM

Graduated in 2008 from Cândido Mendes University in Rio de Janeiro, and masters degree in Commercial Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

She began her career in Leoni Siqueira Advogados, where she worked in the corporate area and tax area. Then she worked as a lawyer in Gustavo Padilha Advogados, and later in Simões, Pellegrino, Coelho e Castro Advogados, focused on providing services to construction companies, where she acquired extensive experience in legal advice for corporate law.

She olso worked as responsible lawyer for corporate law area in Craveiro Advogados.

In 2021, Mrs. Bomfim became a partner at Trust.

LUIZA DE OLIVEIRA MAGALHÃES SANCHES

Graduated in law at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 2021, technician in Bussiness Administration at Etec Getúlio Vargas in 2014 and post-graduate student in Corporate Law at Escola Brasileira de Direito (EBRADI).

She started her career at Suchodolski Advogados as an intern in the areas of Civil Litigation and Corporate Law, where she acquired experience in drafting petitions, corporate acts and contracts registers in Boards of Trade. Later, she worked in the Court of Justice of São Paulo State, at the 1st Chamber of Private Law in the areas of Family and Civil Liability.

During graduation, she did a scientific initiation in Family Law and attended several lectures and courses focused on family law, succession and contracts. She joined Trust as an intern and is now part of the lawyers' team.

ASSOCIATES

At Trust we manage assets with the help of our experienced partners who are long established in the market and who work in different law areas that are essential to complement good asset management. Such partnerships allow us to perform faster while charging our clients less.

Brig. Faria Lima Ave., 2391 – 9th floor - Zip Code 01452-905 – Sao Paulo – SP – Brazil

Phone: +55 11 2131.7070 - E-mail: trustgp@trustgp.com.br