Marisa Baraldi Macedo is an Attorney in the Consulting and Contracts Practice at Gusmão & Labrunie, with more than 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property. She began her career at the firm as an intern and has become one of the team’s leading professionals in contracts, innovation, and the strategic management of intangible assets.

Her practice focuses on advising Brazilian and international clients on the structuring, drafting, review, and negotiation of agreements involving Intellectual Property, technology, and innovation. She has extensive experience with trademark, patent, software, and know-how licensing and assignment agreements, technology transfer, franchising, research and development, copyright, and strategic partnerships involving companies, universities, research institutions, and other participants in the innovation ecosystem.

With a business-oriented and preventive approach, Marisa assists clients in protecting, commercializing, and maximizing the value of Intellectual Property assets through tailored contractual strategies, legal risk mitigation, and the implementation of complex transactions. She also has significant experience advising clients in the pharmaceutical, technology, and mining industries, as well as preparing legal opinions and strategic advisory memoranda.