Luciana Goulart Penteado

luciana@gpenteado.com.br

+55 11 5197-0044

Luciana Goulart Penteado

luciana@gpenteado.com.br

+55 11 5197-0044

Professional Summary

Luciana Goulart Penteado, founding partner of Goulart Penteado Advogados, has built her career over more than two decades dedicated to Civil Litigation, with a specialization in Consumer Law. Prior to founding the law firm, she was a partner at one of São Paulo’s leading law firms, where she consolidated her practice in complex and strategic disputes.

Throughout her career, she has advised and represented domestic and international companies across a wide range of sectors, including aviation, automotive, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, technology, banking, retail, and healthcare, always with a technical, strategic, and business-oriented approach. She currently leads a team of approximately 100 professionals and is widely recognized for her ability to align legal certainty, practical insight, and risk prevention.

Practice Areas

Civil Litigation
Consumer Law
Strategic and Administrative Litigation

Languages

Portuguese
English
Spanish

Academic Background

Postgraduate Degree in Civil Procedure Law, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU) Law School, São Paulo, Brazil.
LL.M. Preparatory Course, Cumberland School of Law (Samford University), Alabama, United States.
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), São Paulo, Brazil.
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication, with a specialization in Public Relations, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil.

Publications

ESG in Consumer Relations, organized by IBRAC.
Regulation: Evolution and Perspectives in Consumer Relations, organized by IBRAC.
Artificial Intelligence in Consumer Relations, organized by IBRAC.
Featured in an article published in the 36th edition of Latin Lawyer magazine, in a chapter emphasizing gender diversity.

Recognitions and Highlights

She has been recognized annually since 2012 by the international legal guide Chambers and Partners as a leading reference in Consumer Law in Latin America. Her availability and expertise are consistently highlighted by the market and by clients: “She combines deep knowledge of clients’ businesses with a strategic and preventive approach.”

She is also among the five professionals recommended in Brazil in the Consumer (Product Liability) category in the Life Sciences sector by Who’s Who Legal. In addition, she is ranked by Latin Lawyer in the Aviation and Litigation areas, where she is cited as “one of the highlights of the litigation team in the field.”

Her international recognition is further reinforced by her inclusion as a Litigation Star in Brazil and among the Top 25 Latin American Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation, as well as her ranking by Leaders League as a leading lawyer in Consumer Law and Life Sciences. She is also listed by Legal 500 as a reference in dispute resolution in the Transport and Shipping – Aviation segment in Brazil and is consistently ranked by Análise Advocacia as one of the most admired lawyers in Consumer Law.

Additionally, she is recognized by Análise Advocacia Mulher as a specialist and admired professional in the Pharmaceutical and Commerce economic sectors, and is listed by the international guide Best Lawyers as a leading professional in Consumer Law in Brazil.