Partner in Demarest’s Real Estate practice area, Marc Stalder holds a master’s degree in Real Estate Law from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) John Marshall Law School, a specialization degree in Real Estate Registration Law from PUC-MG, a specialization degree in Business Law from FMU, and a bachelor’s degree in Law from FMU. Marc has more than 20 years of experience structuring a wide range of real estate developments and investments. He is experienced in drafting and revising documents and conducting negotiations. Marc has worked on the negotiation and development – including post-delivery legal assistance – of more than 120 real estate ventures. He is also experienced in regularizing rural and urban real estate, foreign investments, joint operations, infrastructure projects, legal structuring of transactions involving digital real estate assets, tokenization, and the distribution of various asset types. Marc is a professor of postgraduate courses in real estate contracts, real estate litigation, and Notarial and Registry Law.
- Advised a Japanese automotive company on the establishment of its new manufacturing plants and distribution centers in the North and Southeast regions of Brazil, handling real estate acquisitions, regularizations, licensing, as well as preventive and defensive litigation activities involving third parties. Amount involved: approximately USD 450 million.
- Advised an investor on the acquisition of investment vehicles in land for agricultural production in the Midwest region of Brazil, resulting in the acquisition of more than 10,000 hectares. Amount involved: approximately BRL 520 million.
- Served as a consultant in legislative proceedings representing trade associations in matters related to the Legal Framework for Collateral (Law No. 14,711/2023), the Electronic System for Public Registries Law (Law No. 14,382/2022), and the Urban Land Regularization Law (Law No. 13,465/2017).
- Advised a North American company on the expansion and installation of two new industrial units in the Northeast and Southeast of Brazil, handling real estate acquisitions, regularizations, licensing, and preventive and repressive measures related to litigations involving third parties. Amount involved: approximately USD 500 million.
- Advised Brazilian and foreign companies on the regularization of rural real estate, involving more than 1,2 million hectares, as well as on the regularization of industrial units across different states in Brazil.
- Master’s degree (LL.M.) in Real Estate Law from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) John Marshall Law School, Chicago, USA (2022).
- Postgraduate degree in Real Estate Registration Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), Minas Gerais, Brazil (2008).
- Postgraduate degree in Business Law from Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), São Paulo, Brazil (2006).
- Bachelor’s degree in Law from Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), São Paulo, Brazil (2004).
- Technical and Content Officer of Academia Nacional de Direito Notarial e Registral
- Member of the Real Estate Business Commission of IBRADIM (Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Imobiliário)
- Member of MDDI – Mesa de Debates de Direito Imobiliário
- Coordinator Contributing reviewer of the 17th Edition of the book “Annotated Brazilian Tenancy Law” [“Lei do Inquilinato Comentada”] by Silvio de Salvo Venosa, Atlas, 2026.
- Co-author of the book “Contemporary Topics in Banking Law” [“Temas Contemporâneos de Direito Bancário”], with the article “Nullities and Other Legal Effects of the Requirement for a Public Deed in Fiduciary Transfers of Collateral” [“Nulidades e outros desdobramentos da norma que impõe a forma pública para alienação fiduciária em garantia”], Tirant Lo Blanch, 2024.
- Co-author of the book “Coronavirus: Impacts on Real Estate Law, Urban Planning, and the Architecture of Urban Space “ [“Coronavírus: impactos no Direito Imobiliário, Urbanístico e na arquitetura do espaço urbano”], Foco, 2021.
- Coordinator and co-author of the book “Direito Notarial e Registros Públicos: O futuro da advocacia, atualizações e inovações”, Ed. Lepanto, 2019.
- Co-author of the book “Direito Imobiliário e Urbanístico, Temas Atuais”, Ed. Foco, 2019.
- Co-author of the book “Estatuto Fundiário Brasileiro: Comments to Law 13.465/17”, Ed. Iasp, 2018.
- Coautor do livro “Alienação Fiduciária de Bem Imóvel: 20 anos da Lei nº 9.514/97”, Ed. Lepanto, 2018.
- Author of the article “A escritura de constituição do direito real de laje, a venda do imóvel alienado em garantia”, Colégio Notarial, 2018.
- Author of the article “How Big a Threat Does Foreign Farmland Ownership Pose to Brazil?”, Inter-American Dialogue’s.
- Co-author of the book “Coronavírus: impactos no Direito Imobiliário, Urbanístico e na arquitetura do espaço urbano”, Ed. Foco, 2021.
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