Maria Vaz Ferreira

Maria Vaz Ferreira

Financial Regulation Associate, New York

"My practice involves advising clients such as financial institutions, private funds, asset managers and futures commission merchants on questions of interpretation and compliance with U.S. financial regulations. I speak Spanish and Portuguese, and have experience in cross-border capital markets transactions."

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

Maria is a Financial Regulation Associate in Linklaters’ New York office. Maria advises on matters involving U.S. securities laws and regulations. She regularly advises global financial institutions, broker-dealers, private funds and asset managers on matters involving registration/exemption issues under U.S. securities laws, regulatory filings, ESG matters, advertising and marketing in the U.S., and developing compliance policies and procedures, among others. 

Before joining the Financial Regulation Group, Maria participated in cross-border capital markets transactions involving clients from Latin America.

Pro bono representation in immigration cases: counseling children immigrants and victims of human trafficking seeking to secure legal immigration status in the U.S.

Professional experience

Certified Public Translator in the Republic of Uruguay. Certified Court Interpreter in New York State.

Education and qualifications

Maria holds a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law. Maria obtained a B.A. in Literature, Foreign Language and Legal Translation from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay.

She is qualified to practice in New York.