Marcello Hallake
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Marcello Hallake

Partner
hallake.marcello@dorsey.com

Overview

Marcello is a trusted advisor to multinational companies, financial institutions, and investment funds on complex cross-border transactions across Latin America and global markets.

With more than 30 years of experience, Marcello counsels clients on high-stakes strategic matters involving mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, privatizations, and project and structured financings. He is known for guiding clients through transactions in highly regulated and politically sensitive environments, with particular strength in the energy, natural resources, infrastructure, telecommunications, media, technology, and healthcare sectors. He regularly advises on sale auctions, distressed M&A, and transactions involving government counterparties, as well as related anticorruption and compliance considerations.

Clients value Marcello for his deep regional knowledge, commercial judgment, and ability to navigate complex legal, regulatory, and cultural landscapes to deliver practical, business-driven solutions.

Education & Admissions

Georgetown University Law Center (L.L.M., 1994)

Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgium (1994), cum laude

Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgium (J.D, 1993), cum laude

Université Catholique de Louvain - Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Belgium (B.A., Law, 1990), magna cum laude

Admissions

  • New York

Languages

  • French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch

News & Resources

News & Press Mentions

Corporate Partner Marcello Hallake Joins Dorsey in New York

Industries & Practices

Banking & Financial Institutions
Development & Infrastructure
Energy & Natural Resources
Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Corporate Governance & Compliance
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mergers & Acquisitions
Project Development & Finance
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Development & Infrastructure
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Europe
  • Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Israel
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining
  • Oil & Gas
  • Private Equity
  • Project Development & Finance
  • Technology

Professional & Civic

Professional Achievements

  • Director, Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce

Community Involvement

  • Co-founder and Director, Brazil Foundation
  • Director, Museum of Image and Sound of São Paulo (MIS)
  • Director, CDI International
  • Director, Comunitas
  • Director, Alfasol

Accolades

  • Legal 500 Latin America, Corporate and M&A in Latin America, International Firms, “Leading Partner” (2025)
  • Latinvex, Corporate/Latin America’s M&A Top 100 Lawyers (2025)
Marcello Hallake