Gabriel Siqueira Eliazar de Carvalho

Gabriel Siqueira Eliazar de Carvalho is a partner with capital at Carvalho & Furtado Advogados Associados, a prominent full‑service Brazilian law firm based in Belo Horizonte. He joined the firm initially as an intern in 2011, advanced to associate in 2012, and was elevated to partner in March 2017, reflecting his sustained commitment and performance in the firm’s strategic practice areas over more than a decade.

Educated in Minas Gerais, Gabriel distinguished himself early on—placing third in the PUC Minas Law School entrance exams and later excelling academically at PUC Minas, where he took part in the V Ciclo de Pesquisas of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Constituição e Processo in 2011. He has also earned top marks in proficiency exams such as the TJMG evaluation and the IELTS English proficiency test, demonstrating both legal aptitude and strong international communication capacity.

Within Carvalho & Furtado, Gabriel serves as a senior member of the legal team, working on municipal, national, and cross‑border mandates. The firm delivers both contentious and advisory services, including arbitration, across key industry sectors—such as infrastructure, real estate, energy, technology, mining, heavy construction, logistics, mobility, financial services, and BPO—sectors that benefit from his deep litigation and regulatory experience .

As partner, his responsibilities include managing complex disputes, overseeing multi‑jurisdictional legal strategies, drafting and negotiating contract governance, and ensuring compliance in pioneering fields like electromobility, digital law, energy transition, regulatory and environmental law, intellectual property, and data protection (LGPD).

Gabriel is active in continuing legal education—recently co‑leading a course on Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) tailored to the construction industry alongside partner Mariana Krollmann Fogli, demonstrating his specialization in privacy law as applied to industrial sectors. He also contributed to a firm anniversary publication in early 2024 titled Novas Fronteiras Jurídicas, a compendium of essays from firm professionals and guest authors exploring cutting‑edge legal frontiers—underscoring his engagement in thought leadership and innovation.

Colleagues describe Gabriel as leveraging both analytical rigor and creative problem solving. He blends a client‑focused, personalized approach with strategic insight drawn from Carvalho & Furtado’s ethos of delivering innovative, technically sound legal solutions. The firm’s corporate ethos of “the prevention, management and negotiation of conflict” aligns closely with Gabriel’s practice of finding pragmatic resolutions to complex challenges, whether through litigation or alternative dispute mechanisms such as arbitration, conciliation, or dispute boards.

Outside of casework, Gabriel contributes to Carnegie ESG efforts—the firm structures its operation around Environmental, Social and Governance best practices. This includes digital-first document management, advocating reduced paper, water, and energy usage, and encouraging pro bono legal support to social initiatives in communities without access to paid counsel.

Located at Rua Antônio de Albuquerque, 271, 5º andar in Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Gabriel works alongside founding and managing partners such as Sérgio Adolfo Eliazar de Carvalho and Marco Túlio Fonseca Furtado in a firm well‑recognized for its excellence and awards in the full‑service category, including accolades in 2025 from Análise Advocacia as one of Brazil’s most admired law firms.

In summary, Gabriel Siqueira Eliazar de Carvalho is a forward‑thinking, dual‑trained lawyer grounded in Brazilian judicial culture and shaped by international legal standards. As partner at Carvalho & Furtado Advogados, he blends litigation strength with sectoral insight in areas that define Brazil’s contemporary legal economy—providing clients with robust legal counsel rooted in innovation, expertise, and personal service.