Leo Neves

Leo Neves has over 20 years of experience having developed his legal career at law firms Pinheiro Neto Advogados (Brazil), McMillan LLP (Canada) and Fasken Martineau LLP (UK). He has also acted inhouse for various mining companies, including Ferrous Resources where he spent 9 years as Head of Legal and Company Secretary until its acquisition by Vale S.A. in 2019. Prior to joining Horizonte, Mr. Neves acted as a senior legal consultant for global law firm Linklaters LLP (Re:link, London). Mr Neves holds an LL.B. degree from University of Brasília (UnB) and an LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales, as well as in Brazil and Portugal (advogado).