Who is Samantha Longo? Meet Vasco SAF's administrator | OneFootball

Judge Caroline Rossy Brandão Fonseca, of the 4th Business Court, appointed renowned lawyer Samantha Mendes Longo as judicial manager and court-appointed administrator of Vasco SAF. The decision came as part of the injunction filed by 777 Carioca LLC against the members’ club and the Football Corporation.

The professional takes on a central role of extreme strategic importance at one of the most delicate corporate moments in recent football history. The choice has drawn attention in the sports market because of her well-established résumé in highly complex business cases, directly involving financial restructuring, crisis management, and governance.

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Who is Samantha Longo?

With more than two decades of uninterrupted legal practice, the specialist is considered one of the most respected names in Brazil in the areas of insolvency, mediation, and corporate crisis management. The new temporary administrator of Vasco's SAF has extensive experience in resolving complex corporate disputes and has taken part in some of the country’s most significant recovery proceedings.

Among her main credentials in the national market, her role as former legal director of the CBF stands out. She also served as a former advisor to the OAB-RJ and works actively as a professor, speaker, and author of several legal works focused on judicial reorganization and the restructuring of large companies.

Samantha Longo was legal director of the CBF – Photo: Lucas Figueiredo/CBF

Career and legal credentials

Her institutional roles in the country also include the position of member of the National Forum on Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy (FONAREF), a body directly linked to the CNJ. Vasco’s court-appointed administrator is also an active member of the Conciliation Management Committee of the national council itself.

The lawyer will lead the daily governance and internal audit processes at the administrative headquarters over the coming months. The corporate market is eagerly awaiting the first practical measures taken by the specialist to restore regularity, transparency, and the flow of financial information among the company’s corporate bodies.

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