16 Jul 2026
KLA appoints Mauricio Veiga as partner to strengthen Corporate, M&A and Infrastructure practices
"KLA has appointed Mauricio Veiga as partner to reinforce its Corporate, M&A and Infrastructure practices; he will work on M&A, private equity and infrastructure matters, with a focus on energy projects."
Veiga arrives with nearly 12 years of experience advising Brazilian and foreign clients on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, representing investment funds, multinational companies and financial institutions. He also works on infrastructure projects in Brazil across structuring, implementation and operational phases, with a particular focus on the energy sector, including distributed generation and self-production of energy projects.
Before joining KLA, Veiga worked at other firms in the Brazilian legal market, where he gained experience in large-scale, complex transactions. He holds a law degree from Fundação Getulio Vargas and a Master of Science in Decision Making and Applied Analytics from Minerva University in San Francisco, where his thesis focused on the valuation of artificial intelligence companies by venture capital funds. He also completed an exchange program in International Business Law at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.