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Founded in 1981, Campos Mello is a full-service law firm recognized for its work in business and financial law. The firm is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and has offices in Sao Paolo and Brasilia. The firm is active in banking, capital markets, M&A, private equity, project finance and project development.
Highlights
In M&A, the firm's buyer side work included advising clients like Statkraft on significant cross-border acquisitions in the renewable energy sector. These acquisitions were subject to antitrust, CADE and other regulatory approval.
The firm’s M&A practice also worked alongside the capital markets team to advise the public company Maha Energy AB in its business combination with DBO 2.0. This was a complex transaction in the highly regulated oil and gas sector and required an “Extraordinary General Meeting” for Maha to resolve necessary matters related to the merger.
Key clients
Statkraft, Eneva, GE Healthcare, Localiza, Globant, Barzan Holdings and the B3 are among the firm’s key clients.
Testimonials
“The firm has extensive knowledge and responds quickly.” (Financial services regulatory client)
Coimbra & Chaves Sociedade de Advogados was established in 2011. The firm focuses on corporate clients. The firm has three offices in Brazil located in Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo and Brasilia. The firm is a founding member of the ALAE alliance of law firms.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A team at the firm advises on a wide variety of matters and services including acquisitions, sales, joint-ventures, strategic partnerships and debt equity transactions.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include Zelo Group, Super Nosso Group, and Engeform Engenharia.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Project Development: Mining
"They understand TAKRAF's legal practices and perform comments and recommendations to discuss with customers before signing any contract. My understanding is that they do well in the T&C verifications.”
M&A
“CCBA assisted the M&A process diligently and with high quality.”
Founded in 1994, Viseu Advogados is a full-service firm located in Sao Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A team at the firm advises Brazilian and international clients in mergers, spin-offs and acquisitions. It has strengths in sectors such as insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, defense and technology.
Key clients
Among the clients of the firm are Panasonic Brasil, Wella, Western Union, Awa Minerações and Teak Resources Company.
Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados was founded in 2005. It is a full-service firm with two offices in Brazil, in Sao Paulo and Brasilia. The firm is part of a strategic alliance with Dentons, offering the firm a global reach and access to international expertise. The banking and finance team at the firm advises local and international clients on financial transaction structuring. Services the firm provides include financial system regulatory advisory, private banking and wealth management and privatizations and infrastructure investments. The capital markets practice advises on debt issues, promissory note issues and securitizations.
Veirano Advogados was founded in 1972. The firm has a focus on business law and advises multinational companies in a variety of sectors. The firm has four offices in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre and Brasilia. The firm is a member of several international legal groups including World Services Group, Lus Laboris, IsFin and GALA. The banking and finance team advises on national and cross-border transactions. The firm has experience with secured credit facilities, mezzanine financing, structured receivables arrangements and acquisition finance.
Huck Otranto Camargo was established in 1993. The firm has two offices, with a main office in Sao Paulo and an office in Brasilia.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A group has experience in joint ventures, governance structure, private equity and more. The group is active in a broad array of sectors, including pharmaceutical, insurance, real estate and food and beverage.
Key clients
Key clients include Assupero (Grupo UNIP), Grupo Porto Seguro, Blau Farmacêutica and Brasil Norte Bebidas.
Fraga, Bekierman & Cristiano Advogados was established in 1993. The firm works with local and international clients. It has two offices, with locations in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A group has advised clients in a variety of industry, including energy, mining construction, shipping and tech. The team advises on private equity investments corporate reorganizations, due diligence and more.
Key clients
Clients for the firm include, Technogym, Beldi Group, IHI do Brasil Representações, Swire Oilfield Services and TomTom Brasil.
Founded in 1990, Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados is a firm that stands out for its business law work. It has five locations, with offices in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Curitiba and Belo Horizonte.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A group works on a wide array of aspects of corporate restructuring, and has a focus on corporate governance, M&A and planning and implementation of corporate structure.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include Odebrecht, Camargo Correa, Tecnisa, Prologis, CSHG Renda Urbana and Unimed-Rio Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico do Rio de Janeiro.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
M&A
“Experienced and available team; valuable insights when negotiating critical SPA clauses.”
Banking and finance
"The Gaia team gave us fast and applicable answers. They work with an easy way of communication that makes their answers understandable to the public."
Silveiro Advogados was founded in 1956. The firm has two locations, with offices in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo. The firm is well recognized for its history in Rio Grande do Sul.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A group at the firm is well known for its work on cross-border M&A and private equity transactions. The department consists of a strong group of partners, with broad experience in commercial, corporate and financial law.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include Zion Capital, KWITKO, Recrusul and IESDE Brasil.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
M&A
"Excellent tax, real estate and company law teams."
"responsive, professional, loyal"
Founded in 2011, De Luca, Derenusson, Schuttoff e Azevedo Advogado is a firm providing a wide variety of services, based in Sao Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A group at the firm is experienced in both buyer side and seller side transactions. It assists both foreign and local clients. Areas of work include joint ventures, private equity and share acquisitions.
KLA Advogados was founded in 2002 and is a full-service law firm. It has two offices in Brazil, one in Sao Paulo and the other in Brasilia.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A team is experienced in assisting the incorporation of companies, negotiating and structuring joint ventures and acquisitions, as well as full due diligence for clients before their acquisition or sale.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include, General Mills, Mars, Dentsu Aegis Network, Banco Brasil Plural, Royal Bank of Canada, QMC Telecom and Habitaec Securitizadora.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
M&A
"Unmatched responsiveness and market insight."
"Very competent, professional and precise"
Founded in 2013, Eduardo Menna Barreto Socidedade de Advogados is a Brazilian firm based in São Paulo. It serves national and international clients including construction companies, developers, investors, investment funds, startups and family-owned businesses. The firm focuses on strategic transactions in the M&A practice area. It also advises clients in the project development space on infrastructure transactions.
Highlights
The firm’s M&A practice advised clients on confidential matters.
Key clients
The firm’s key clients include Tempest Serviços de Informática, Extreme Digital Consultoria e Representações, Natural One, Ionic Health Tecnologies and Lanca Urbanismo.
Marcos Martins Advogados was founded in 1983, and has since developed into a full-service firm with multidisciplinary services including Corporate and M&A. The firm has two offices located in São Paulo and Marília. The firm’s tax and labor services complement its corporate finance practices, allowing it to work on complex transactions for domestic and international clients. It is also proudly committed to ethical, social and organizational values.
Highlights
The firm’s M&A practice advised clients on confidential matters.
Key clients
Bloxs, Bonfiglioli, Caruso, DOMO.VC and FOOD2C
Mello Torres Advogados was founded in 2018. The firm is well known for its transactional work. The firm has two offices, with locations in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is a member of a world-wide alliance with Allen & Overy and HSF. The capital markets team assists clients in private placements, tender offers, and securitization transactions. In addition, it assists clients in debt and equity instruments, advising on financing of local and international markets. The firm handles investment fund work as well, assisting clients in the structuring and offering of securities. It is most active in real estate receivables.
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's São Paulo office excels in guiding clients through Brazil's complex legal landscape. Their team provides comprehensive legal solutions with a global perspective, specializing in corporate and transactional areas like M&A and Capital Markets. Our Brazil capital markets practice, led by Isabel and Jonathan, is dynamic and client-focused. The team often showcases their expertise by advising on various equity and debt transactions. The global team of over 200 lawyers advises on sophisticated capital markets transactions, shaping market trends. The firm often regular outside counsel to over 110 US and foreign companies
Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados was founded in 1954 and has offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasília. The firm’s banking practice has been at the forefront of technology and electronic payments for over 14 years, navigating the market's evolution from regulatory, legislative, and technological perspectives. Led by Giancarlllo Melito, who has been at the firm for over 20 years, they offer comprehensive client support, from operational modeling to regulatory compliance, and obtaining necessary authorizations. The firm’s expertise spans various payment systems, advising clients on digital wallets, credit cards, and international payment facilitation. The team is committed to guiding clients through the complexities of the payment industry, ensuring seamless and compliant operations.
Brazilian firm Villemor Amaral Advogados founded in 1909 stands out for their work in the Projects, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors. With a solid track record of well over 20 years, the firm takes a practical and comprehensive approach providing legal representation in projects related to the generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electric power. The team serves a variety of clients such as operators, equipment suppliers, service companies, and distributors facilitating the use of the extensive knowledge of the legal aspects of these sectors to better serve their clients. The firm’s lawyers specialize in structuring and developing renewable and conventional energy projects.
Koga Advogados is a Brazilian firm founded in 2015. The firm excels in Capital Markets and Corporate law, with a strong focus on Contract Design services. They assist coordinators, issuers, investors, managers, and securitization companies with documentation for public offerings and private placements. Koga Advogados ensures strict adherence to regulations set by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and the Brazilian Association of Financial and Capital Markets Entities (ANBIMA), facilitating smooth transactions and guaranteeing compliance.
NFA Advogados was formed in 2011 and has offices in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The firm specializes in real estate, corporate and capital market transactions focusing on private and public offerings of investment funds and debt securities related to the real estate market. The firm sets itself apart by being readily available to clients 24/7 and uniquely servicing their clients by ensuring that their head partners and senior associates personally conduct the whole process of each public offering. This establishes trust between themselves and their clients and helps to maintain long -term relationships.
Souta Correa, a Brazilian firm founded in 2013, is headquartered in Porto Alegre, with additional offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasília. The firm specializes in structuring national and cross-border project finance transactions across various industries. Their expertise includes direct and indirect financing through multilateral organizations, export development agencies, development banks, financial institutions, and capital markets. They provide comprehensive advice at all stages of project finance, from modeling and structuring to implementation, due diligence, risk assessment, document drafting, negotiation, and tax and regulatory analysis. Their team excels in assisting financiers and companies in infrastructure sectors like energy, transportation, sanitation, oil and gas, telecommunications, and mining, ensuring successful and compliant project finance transactions.
FAS Advogados is a contemporary Brazilian law firm founded in 2014 and known for its dynamic service structure and global outlook. Offering comprehensive legal solutions across various industries, the firm is driven by a diverse team passionate about making a positive impact. The capital markets team at the firm is renowned for their technical expertise, tailored services and innovative approach. The team also excels in investment fund structuring, public and private securities offers, and regulatory compliance. Their recent collaboration with CMS, a global law firm, enhances our international presence and underscores our commitment to excellence and innovation in legal services.
Themudo Lessa Advogados, founded in 2013 and located in São Paulo, is renowned for its expertise in corporate law, capital markets, M&A transactions, venture capital and private equity. The firm has adopted a boutique model focusing on its core areas, this specialization ensures excellence and facilitates personalized client service. The firm is able to collaborate with a network of renowned consultants and boutique law firms in order to offer clients additional expertise beyond the firm’s practice areas. This approach maximizes quality and cost efficiency, enabling Themudo Lessa Advogados to provide comprehensive legal support and creative, risk-managed solutions in critical moments.
Guimarães & Vieira de Mello Advogados, GVM, was founded in 2004. It has three offices in Brazil, located in Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte and Uberlândia. It is a member of the DRT international law firm alliance.
Focusses / specialisms
The M&A team advises international and Brazilian clients on transactions. It advises both buyers and sellers in cross-border transactions.
The investment fund practice is active in the structuring, sale and acquisition of investment funds.
Key clients
Key clients include ASM Participações Societárias, Brinks, Codemge and Holt Accelerator Brazil Intralot Group.
Formed in 2017, Duarte Garcia, Serra Neto e Terra Advogados is a relatively new firm, but has worked on an impressive number of deals. The M&A group at the firm provides full M&A service, with expertise in corporate tax, assistance with foreign investments and cross border deals. Most of their deals are focused on the real estate and pharmaceutical industries. The project development team at the firm specializes in public law, providing consultancy and litigation for clients participating in public bids, negotiations for public contracts, PPPs and more. Much of the work is centered on highways, subways, sanitation, energy and more.
Founded in 2018 in São Paulo, Donelli, Nicolai e Zenid Advogados is a relatively new Brazilian boutique.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is active in M&A transactions on both the buyer and the seller side. Their industry experience is diverse but is especially notable in the real estate and power industries.
Research period review: 31st edition (2020/2021)
The M&A team at the firm advised on sell side transactions over the research period. Health care stood out as an active sector.
During the research period the firm welcomed partner Suzana Camarão Cencin Castelnau from Machado Associados in November 2020.
Partner Vitor Martins left the firm in April 2020.
Client feedback: 31st edition (2020/2021)
Asset finance
"Even if they were not specialised in investments funds and other related areas, they had a good network of people with an immense sense of organisation and knowledge that fostered the comprehension and resolution of complex points. Additionally, the accuracy of information provided has contributed to our decision-making process in the way all guidelines have been outlined in a clear and outstanding manner."
M&A
"Impartiality. Clarity. Quickness in the process."
Project development
"Very responsive and detailed-oriented."
Restructuring
"Creative solutions for unique situations and challenges. Out of the box approach while maintaining highest level of professionalism and integrity. Prompt and diligent."
"Knowledge, professionalism, teamwork."
Restructuring : Corporate
"The personalised service of the team was essential. The partners really get involved in the day-by-day work, bringing a lot of security to the client."
"Very responsive, accurate legal information, flexible on fees, negotiation."
Restructuring and insolvency
"Pragmatic/commercial approach - clear explanations to clients of a complicated area of law. Efficient and timely."
Established in 2004, Baptista Luz Advogados is a growing law firm with a focus in corporate law. The firm has five offices, with locations in Sao Paulo, Florianopolis, Londrina, Porto Alegre, and Miami, Florida. The firm is known for their work with venture capital and M&A. The team advises on corporate structuring, joint-ventures and operational agreements. The M&A team advises both buyers and sellers in transactions.
Lobo De Rizzo is a full-service law firm that was founded in 2007. The banking team works with local and foreign companies, financial institutions, investment funds and development agencies. The group works on structures transactions, international securities and helps clients guarantee instruments and prepare agreements. The projects team advises on a wide variety of sectors including infrastructure, energy and oil and gas. The firm has a public law practice that has worked on modelling of infrastructure projects and looking at regulatory issues in regulated sectors.
Machado Associados was established in 1990 and specializes in corporate law services for local and international clients. In 2019, the firm merged with CHBS – Cipullo, Harada, Bezerra e Santos. The firm is also part of two international networks, LATAXNET and WTS Global. The M&A group is segmented into four unique teams: a corporate structuring and restructuring team, non-transactional corporate advice, M&A and contracts. The projects group acts as a strategic consultant for clients, implementing and managing projects, operations and enterprises. The team advises local and international companies, where they assist in public bidding, public private partnerships, authorizations and more. The firm is strong in infrastructure and energy sectors, as well as oil and gas, logistics and technology.
Highlights
The firm’s M&A and Projects practices advised numerous clients on confidential matters.
Key Clients
Bolognesi Energia, Capital Realty, Grupo ETT, Motiva and Serveng
Testimonials
“The firm demonstrated great attention to details, support and availability” (M&A client)
Moura Tavares, Figueiredo, Moreira e Campos Advogados was founded in 1986. The firm has four locations, with offices in Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. The firm advises clients in sectors like automotive, construction, healthcare, insurance, and pharmaceuticals.
Focusses / specialisms
The banking and finance practice has a strong borrower client base, but also works with lenders. The team advises on consultation, managing liabilities and planning.
The dedicated corporate and M&A practice for the firm is in Sao Paulo. The team advises on transactions and provides advice on a wide range of matters.
Key clients
Clients for the firm include, Paranasa Engenharia e Comercio, Grupo Brasa and Novus Engenharia.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Financial services regulatory
"The law firm Moura Tavares, Figueiredo, Moreira e Campos Advogados stands out for the personalized service of its clients, which is why REFRAMAX ENGENHARIA LTDA. has been a customer for so many years (09 years)
Thus, the law firm is able to see and understand the company as a whole and present the most appropriate solutions.
The company is served both by the partners of the areas and by the team of lawyers, which shows attention and care to the problems presented, bringing comfort and security to the company.
These qualities distinguish society from others in the legal market."
Sion Advogados is an innovative and versatile firm with offices in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro. The firm has accomplished project development and M&A practices, leveraging those collaborative efforts of those departments to provide exceptional service on land acquisitions specifically. The firm also specializes in concession agreements, exploration contracts and project negotiations. Energy, oil and gas, mining, transportation, construction and steel are some of the industries the firm has a well-built presence in.
SiqueiraCastro was established in 1948 as a business law firm. The firm now has 65 partners in 18 offices spread over Brazil, with offices in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and more. The firm is a member of ADVOC, a global network of independent law firms. The banking and finance group is recognized in the market for its work on complex projects that they solve with innovative solutions. The M&A team at the firm is known for supporting clients in buy side and sale side transactions. The group also assists clients on corporate restructurings. The team has experience developing special purpose vehicles and spin offs and handling complex transactions.
Trench Rossi Watanabe was established in 1959. The firm has offices in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Porto Alegre. The firm is also a strategic cooperative partner with Baker McKenzie, allowing it to have a global network. Banking and finance work for the firm includes acting for both lenders and borrowers in banking regulatory work. The team works with local and international clients on banking transactions, derivatives work and credit facilities. The debt capital markets team for the firm advises clients in setting up structured investment funds, as well as real estate funds and private equity funds. The team also supports clients in structuring and implementing securities issuances
VBSO was founded in 2009. The firm specializes in banking and capital markets, corporate and agribusiness law. The firm has an office in Sao Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
The banking team is experienced in advising clients on regulatory matters, debt restructuring and loans.
The capital markets team has solid experience in debt transactions and instruments. The team is known for its work for clients in the agribusiness sector. Services include public and private issuances of promissory notes, debentures, securitization operations and agricultural business receivable certificates.
M&A work at the firm is focused on M&A, joint ventures and corporate transactions. The team advises on project organization and contract drafting. The team advises on sale side and buy side transactions.
The project finance team advises on debt restructuring and debt issues for infrastructure, energy and public transit projects.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include Banco Itaú, Bank of America Merril Lynch Rabbot Serviços de Tecnologia, Itaú Unibanco and Riopar Participações.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Capital markets: Debt
"Creative structuring process, highly participative and contributive team."
Capital markets : Equity
"Qualidade, agilidade, conhecimento e custo "
Founded in 2018, Bastos Bari Vilela Zugman Advogados is young and highly regarded Brazilian firm based in Såo Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm has a reputable M&A team that specializes in the energy sector as well as in private equity.
Key clients
Some of the firm’s key clients include Modularis, Starpay, Swipe, FRAM Capital, Vila Energia, Classy Brands, Ujay Capital and Coupa Software.
Established in 2020, Benetti & Giammarino Advogados is an upcoming firm led by talented partners with decades of experience between them. The firm’s founding partner is Eduardo Benetti.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is particularly experienced in advising on corporate matters and M&A transactions. It is also adept in banking and finance as well as private equity work. Diverse industries such as automotive, consumer goods, media, technology and telecommunications all fall under the firm’s catalogue of specialties.
Key clients
Some of the firm’s key clients include Almaviva Group, Frango Gonzalez Group, Habitat Capital Partners, Navve Brand Publishers, Oazi Sports, Pieracciani Group and Red Ventures.
Established in 1999, Bocater Camargo Costa & Silva Rodrigues Advogados is a Brazilian firm that frequently engages in domestic and international transactions. The firm specializes in corporate and M&A practice, advising clients in different sectors such as financial services, energy, oil and gas, mining and technology. It is especially capable in matters that require the authorization of Brazilian public authorities and agencies.
Founded in 2021, Bronstein Zilberberg Chueiri & Potenza, a premier and versatile Brazilian firm located in Såo Paulo, is quickly rising through the ranks and establishing itself as a powerful force in the Brazilian market. The firm helps companies to navigate the complex legal matters that affect them throughout the many stages of their development. Drawing on their top tier level of expertise, the firm consistently advises on the most complex transactions in M&A, private equity and investment funds. This success has earned them a reputation for representing investors and sellers in landmark Brazilian transactions.
Founded in 1953, Castro Barros Sobral Gomes is a full-service firm with branches located in Brasília, São Paulo, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm frequently has its hands in complex M&A transactions as well as corporate reorganizations in various sectors such as healthcare, insurance, retail, transportation, agribusiness, fintech and financial services. It specializes in advising domestic and international clients on the buyer side.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
M&A
“Technical knowledge.”
Financial restructuring
“They are reliable lawyers, that work as a team with the client, with strong background in M&A and finance restructuring.”
Founded in 2007, Coelho & Dalle is a well-developed firm with great domestic and abroad experience. The firm has offices in São Paulo, Recife and Fortaleza.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is skilled in corporate reorganizations as well as M&A transactions on the buyer and seller side. It has done excellent work in the healthcare, insurance, transportation, construction, chemical and energy industries.
Key Clients
Some of the firm’s key clients include Vinci Partners, Ambipar Group, ProInfusion, Pixxel, Hapvida, Drogafonte, Drumattos, Valutia Capital, Rio Ave Group, LOS Group, Koblitz Energia, Colorado Group and SimCo.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
M&A
“I believe that the knowledge of our market associated with the great expertise in contracts and negotiation has been important in helping us to conduct our business”
Founded in 2010, CSMV Advogados is a renowned and experienced firm located in São Paulo.The firm specializes in M&A work, advising buyers and sellers as well as investors and investees. The firm has diversified expertise when it comes to transaction industries. It has worked in the automotive industry, food and beverage, fintech, mining, cryptocurrency, retail and sports, particularly the football industry.
Founded in 2017, Bissolatti Advogados is a contemporary Brazilian firm based in Såo Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
Bissolatti Advogados is unique due to its specialization in restructuring and insolvency, advising clients on all sides of the practice area including creditors, debtors, investors and insolvency parties.
Key clients
A few of the firm’s notable clients include Copel Rede Conforto, Menegotti Máquinas, Menegotti Indústria and Vibrasil Artefatos.
Founded in 2000, Chalfin Goldberg Vainboim Advogados is a standout firmwith branches in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Vitória and Curitiba.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm delivers top quality services to clients regarding corporate law matters and M&A transactions. The firm is also skilled in matters concerning reorganization and bankruptcy.
Key Clients
The firm’s key clients include Nestlé Group, Prudential Group, Onivino Comércio de Vinhos, Mamma Jamma Restaurantes and Porto Seguro Investimentos.
Founded in 1992, CMARTINS Advogados is a mature firm with a wide range of impact. It has offices located in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Bahia.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is an innovator in the banking sector, and it has specialized teams for various practice areas to ensure quality work.
Key Clients
The firm’s key clients include Itaú Unibanco, Banco Itaú Consignado, Banco Carrefour, Federal Savings Bank, Cetelem Bank, Sky Brazil Services, Invepar Group, Speech Windsor Domes and Telefónica Brazil.
Coelho Advogados is a well-known boutique law firm created in 1995. The firm has offices located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other cities throughout Brazil. Focused on excellence, the firm is committed to providing quality service to their clients and leverages their vast experience, solving intricate matters using the most innovative methods. Capital markets is the firm’s strong suit and it has special expertise on the debt side. The capital markets team also handles complex securitizations, investment funds and financial structures in the real estate and agribusiness sectors.
CQSFV is a prominent firm with its Brazilian offices located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and BrasÍlia. It also maintains international offices in Lisbon, Bogotá, , Madrid, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Santiago and Mexico City.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm has a unique specialty for transactions in the entertainment industry.
Key Clients
Many of the firm’s key clients are media companies such as Viacom Network Brazil, The Walt Disney Company, Globosat Channels, Globo TV, HBO Latin America, Warner Channel, MGM Distribution, CNN Brasil and Discovery Networks Brazil, Warner Music, Opus Entertainment and the Brazilian Music Collecting Society.
Da Fonte Advogados established its first office in Recife in the year 2000. The full-service firm now has additional offices in Brasília and São Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
Da Fonte Advogados focuses on complex M&A transactions, representing investors in the infrastructure, energy and healthcare sectors. The firm also has exceptional skills in corporate restructuring matters.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
M&A
“They have a deep knowledge in M&A and all the aspects involved in an operation like that”
“Legal certainty, agility, practicality"
With offices in Brasília and São Paulo, Dal Pozzo Advogados has served as a noteworthy legal firm for the last two decades.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm specializes in public law, specifically infrastructure law, stewarding a strong project development practice. Within infrastructure law, the firm has a diversified reserve of expertise in sectors such as education, healthcare, airports, railways, roads and highways, telecommunications, sanitation, waste management and energy.
Some of the firm’s key clients include Viarondon Concessionário de Rodovia, Concessionária Auto Raposo Tavares, Concessionária Rota das Bandeiras, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Facebook Serviços Online do Brasil, Rumo Malha Norte, Hydrosystem, Grupo Comport and Trail Infraestrutura.
Located in São Paulo, Daló e Tognotti Advogados is a well-recognized Brazilian law firm that was founded in 2019. The firm has seen significant growth since its inception. The capital markets and real estate finance practices are the pride of the firm. It specializes in structuring publicly offered securities as well as setting up investment funds in various sectors, but especially in the real estate industry.
Established in the 1960s, Davis Polk & Wardwell is a world class firm with a global network. In Brazil, the firm has one office in São Paulo.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm has a strong M&A team that advises clients domestically and internationally.
Key Clients
The firm has many key clients such as Banco Santander Brasil, Bavaria, Companhia Siderurgica Nacional, Cosan, Fibria Celulose, Gafisa, Odebrecht, Petrobras, Via Varejo and Vivo Participacões.
Dcom Advogados is a new Brazilain law firm based in Belo Horizonte.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm’s M&A team is distinguished due to its skill in the technology sector.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Investment funds: Retail funds
“Highly available, capability of being in our shoes for taking decisions and legal expertise”
M&A
“Technical capacity, negotiation skills, end-to-end support”
Over our 27 years in the legal market, BMA Advogados has taken part in the most significant and complex transactions in Brazil’s recent history. We act for businesses of all types in Brazil and other countries, and our focus is always on finding the most effective solutions for our clients’ issues, even when we have to break new legal ground to do it.
Our analytical, questioning approach has allowed us to create customized, innovative and even unprecedented solutions that have shaped the way business is done in Brazil since the end of the 20th century. Some of our recent work highlights include:
- Advised Fleury S.A. in the combination of Fleury's and Instituto Hermes Pardini S.A.'s businesses and shareholders’ bases.Advised Bait Inc and its shareholders in the sale of the company to Gafisa S.A.;
- Advised Aliansce Sonae in merger with BRMalls;
- Advised Guararapes S.A. in its migration to the Novo Mercado special listing segment of B3;
- Advised in the most important operations (Botafogo, Cruzeiro and Vasco) related to SAFs, new legal framework for Brazilian football clubs;
- Advised BRF raise 5.4 billion reais in a follow-on equity offering;Advised Grupo Fleury in its first issue of sustainability-linked bonds;
- Advised Oi S.A. in its restructuring, which has been considered the largest one in Latin America;
- Advised Lux Oil & Gas International, as controlling shareholder, in the financial restructuring of Constellation;
- Advised Quinto Andar in the acquisition of Grupo Navent's real estate business in six different countries;
- Advised Sul América S.A. in the business combination transaction with Rede D'Or São Luiz S.A.;
- Advised Ultrapar in the sale of Oxiteno.
Demarest is one of the most renowned law firms in Brazil and ranks among the largest firms in Latin America. Throughout its history, providing services in the most diverse practice areas of law, Demarest has always maintained a commitment to providing legal services of the highest standards of quality and excellence.
We are a leading Brazilian law firm, with full-service coverage and active across all economic sectors. We believe in providing services at the highest standards of excellence and ethics. Other pillars of our culture are respect in all relationships, collaborative and multidisciplinary teamwork, proactivity, and a vigorous pursuit of results that effectively add value to our clients.
Our organizational structure ensures that our services are provided with intensive partner involvement. We form teams that bring together the ideal combination of individuals and expertise for each specific case.We aim to establish a long-term strategic partnership with our clients, built on trust in our efficiency, quality, and ethical delivery of services. We are proactive in identifying and understanding the issues that are relevant to our clients.
Pinheiro Guimarães is one of the leading Brazilian firms in handling debt and equity issuances, syndicated loans, trade finance, mergers, acquisitions, structured finance, project finance, private equity, securitizations, investment funds, restructurings, bankruptcy, reorganizations, litigation and tax.
Pinheiro Neto Advogados is a Brazilian, independent and full-service firm specialising in multi-disciplinary deals, and was the first Brazilian law firm to specialise in corporate clients. Over more than 80 years, the firm translates the Brazilian legal environment for the benefit of local and foreign clients.
With clients in almost 80 countries, the firm has grown organically, and developed a distinctive, tight-knit culture, with a low associate-to-partner ratio. With a focus on innovation, the firm has kept its competitive edge throughout the years, and is widely hailed as a beacon of the Brazilian legal market.
As a full-service law firm, we offer a complete range of services in all areas of law to national and international clients. The advice we provide stems from our partnership with our clients and deep knowledge of their business.
With a track record in landmark cases and a deep understanding of each client’s context, we have received over 600 national and international recognitions in the past year.
We operate in a multidisciplinary and specialized, manner across various sectors of the economy, in more than 25 areas of law.
Each of our professionals plays a fundamental role in strengthening who we are and what we value on a daily basis, and our culture is based on values and principles that guide all our decisions.
Machado Associados is a law firm with a leading international profile, as shown by many international transactions conducted since its foundation.
The M&A and Corporate services include: M&A transactions, structuring and restructuring business transactions, joint ventures, asset deals, sales of commercial establishments, and corporate reorganisations, and assistance for Brazilian companies to expand overseas by assessing the best legal structure, from a corporate, tax, labour and accounting standpoint.
TozziniFreire is a premier, full-service law firm that consistently provides legal services to domestic and international companies in a wide variety of business sectors. Along these years, we have played a major role in many of the most significant transactions in the Brazilian market, becoming one of the largest and most prestigious firms in Latin America.
We see ourselves as one cohesive entity and act accordingly. With fully-owned offices in several cities in Brazil, we are able to guarantee our clients the same outstanding services and one-firm resource throughout the country. This concept enables us to safeguard, every day, the firm’s culture, mission, and values – which are the essence of who we are and what we do.
Our expertise has been consistently recognized by international and national specialized publications. TozziniFreire and its partners are regularly recognized and recommended as leaders in their field of practice.
Founded in 2002, Dias Carneiro is a full-service law firm with international mind. Its work covers a wide range of practices in a coordinated and integrated manner that enables it to identify trends and opportunities on Brazil's fast growing market. Over the years, the firm has developed a solid track record of high-value cross-border transactions advising domestic and foreign companies across key industry sectors.
The team is well-known for its sophisticated approach and its award-winning ability to offer effective and tailor-made solutions to a broad scale of legal needs.
We are trusted partners, allies in the search for the most appropriate legal solutions to the needs of each client. We create lasting relationships, based on a culture of commitment and collaboration, development of highly competent teams, and permanent updating of our legal and business knowledge.
We want our clients to recognize us for our ability to challenge conventional thinking in search of truly innovative answers to unique problems. Our purpose is to provide legal intelligence that leverages opportunities and helps preserve and create value for your business.
We are a high-performance legal firm and a strategic partner that provides innovative solutions for complex problems.
We continue to rethink and challenge our own convictions and beliefs in order to practice law differently. We believe that innovation is vital to our ability to provide ever more assertive and effective legal solutions to Brazilian and foreign clients.
Our high-performance team combines its expertise in offering highly integrated, collaborative legal services that are renowned throughout the market. As the ideal strategic partner for anticipating trends and solving your most complex problems, our full-service model unites the best lawyers across more than 40 areas of the law.
We believe our professionals are vital to our business and that performance and well-being go hand in hand. That is why we prioritize a humanized approach to people management, caring for our people and developing their full potential.
For us, practicing law is a means, not an end. We stand for democratic access to justice, the defense of fundamental rights and have pioneered pro bono legal practice in Brazil, providing free legal services to civil society organizations with financial constraints and individuals in economically and socially vulnerable situations.
This is how we give back to society. This is how we drive transformation.
Menna.Barreto Advogados is a dynamic and modern law firm dedicated to providing services to national and international companies and investors and focused on business structuring, mergers and acquisitions.
We are highly specialized in several areas of law with advanced knowledge in complementary areas such as accounting, finance and negotiations.
Our clients are from various sectors of the market, such as investors, builders and developers, infrastructure, defence, sanitation, financial institutions and investment funds, technology companies, startups, logistics, outsourcing, factories, companies operating in the areas of food and agriculture, and the automotive industry, aviation, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, beverages, marketing and advertising, as well as third sector organisations.
Founded in 1989, Loeser e Hadad Advogados was born with a genuine vocation to the Corporate Law area, due to the solid experience of its founding partners in tax and corporate consulting.
Over the years, professional excellence, versatility and full commitment to clients became the main reasons for the firm’s growth.
Also, the corporate world’s demand for specialized legal services kept intact one of the main values that distinguishes the firm: customized services open to the characteristics and needs of each client.
Such approach, in association with the constant search for the better application of the legal knowledge to the modern corporate dynamics, becomes the basis for its creative and innovative solutions.
In addition to operating in the most important legal and business centres in Brazil, Loeser e Hadad Advogados maintain close relationships with overseas correspondents.
This professional collaboration with an international network of lawyers enables Loeser e Hadad Advogados to provide legal services that meet the complex challenges of globalisation, offering their clients comprehensive solutions for the legal structuring of businesses in the world’s main jurisdictions, whilst ensuring their total professional independence, administrative autonomy, and corporate autonomy.
DLA Piper’s office in Brazil is based in São Paulo. The office acts as a foreign legal consultancy practice working under U.S. and New York state laws to serve Brazilian and international companies with cross-border matters, providing legal counsel on a wide range of matters throughout the Americas, and the globe. DLA Piper's global network of offices provides clients with integrated legal services across borders. They focus on building long-term relationships with their clients, understanding their business goals, and providing strategic legal advice to help them succeed in a rapidly changing and competitive global marketplace.
Navigating complex international cross-border legal and business landscapes is the focus of the team, providing seamless, comprehensive international legal and business solutions. The team in Brazil is multilingual and multicultural, representing clients on local and cross-border matters, including mergers and acquisitions, banking, project financing, capital markets, financings, compliance, antitrust, disputes, and other practice areas. The attorneys bring over 30 years of experience, many natives to Brazil, with vast personal networks built over decades in business with first-hand knowledge of Brazil’s and Latin America’s legal and political intricacies. The lawyers and business teams are fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish, German and French, amongst other languages, focusing on years of service to clients with business matters and interests in Brazil, Latin America and worldwide.
The US-Brazilian team is part of the US-Latin America practice. DLA Piper in Latin America’s Team offers full-service business legal counsel to US and global companies with interests in and operations throughout the region. With over 400 lawyers practicing throughout Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico, in addition to our US-based cross-border attorneys, our team works with clients throughout every country in Latin America and help connect Latin America to the world.
The Latin America Practice is led in the US from Miami, with our US based team of multicultural and diverse cross-border practitioners regularly acting as lead counsel on a wide range of matters across sectors in the US and Latin America.
