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Luiz Antônio Campos Mello moderates panel on business opportunities in Brazil
20 October 2011
Luiz Antônio Campos Mello, partner in the firm’s Real Estate practice, will be among the many renowned panellists present at the 2011 ULI Fall Meeting, taking place in Los Angeles between October 25-28, 2011.
On October 28, Luiz Antônio will moderate the panel "Business Opportunities in Brazil", which will explore how best practices from the U.S. are being leveraged with public infrastructure investment in anticipation of the World Cup (2014) and Olympic Games (2016) to create private investment opportunities in Brazil. The panel, composed of representatives of Jones Lang LaSalle, Odebrecht, Hyatt and AEG, will discuss the evolving paradigm for sustainable mixed-use development opportunities in one of the world’s most vibrant economies.
The event is promoted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a multidisciplinary real estate forum aimed at facilitating an open exchange of ideas, information, and experience among local, national, and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better places.
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