Lucas Dourado is Associate Partner at Troesser & Co., based in São Paulo, where he has advised companies in transformation, restructuring and M&A since February 2025. He brings more than a decade of experience in corporate finance and restructuring to the firm. His career has been shaped by a clear conviction: some of the most valuable work in business happens in complex, transformational moments.

An economist by training, Lucas graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and later completed a finance program at COPPEAD UFRJ. He started out in capital markets and investor relations, first at CR2 and then at Grupo Globo. At Globo he epresented the company before investors, analysts and rating agencies, including on international roadshows and participated in the company’s debt reprofiling and international bond issuance processes.. In 2016 he moved into restructuring at Alvarez & Marsal, where he rose from Analyst to Associate. He later worked at Hike Advisory before joining PwC Brasil in São Paulo. During nearly six years in PwC’s Corporate Finance and Restructuring practice, he advanced from Manager to Senior Manager and led complex corporate finance and restructuring projects.  

His experience spans company-wide restructuring, turnarounds and strategic transactions, helping businesses and their stakeholders address financial and operational challenges and build a path forward.

Lucas combines financial precision with an investor’s eye and a strong sense of execution, which lets him turn difficult situations into well-structured outcomes built on trust between the parties. He is one of the leaders behind Troesser & Co.’s positioning as a trusted partner to companies that face pivotal moments and are determined to come out of them stronger.