The unlikely beginning
In 2018, I was an M&A lawyer at Pinheiro Neto, one of Brazil's largest law firms. Few would imagine that years later I would be operating validators and analyzing tokenomics.
What law taught me
Obsessive due diligence
Lawyers are trained to find problems. This translates perfectly to protocol and smart contract analysis.
Deal structuring
Understanding how to structure complex transactions helps a lot in tokenomics and incentive analysis.
Regulation as advantage
While many run from regulatory discussions, I can navigate and even anticipate moves.
The transition
It wasn't linear. I went through: