About
Provided by Azevedo Sette Advogados
Founded in 1967 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais by our founding partner Ordélio Azevedo Sette (82 years old) as a mining focused office in the city, it was used this approach to expand far beyond its Minas Gerais base to become as one of the most widely recognised and qualified full service law firms in Brazil.
In Minas Gerais state is reference to market, others law firms and companies. Azevedo Sette has participated in several projects and transactions related to this sector in the past 55 years. The firm is well known by its ability to successfully analyse the legal aspects of potential and current Mergers and Acquisitions projects and operations developed in Brazil, in order to assess legal obligations, negotiation, elaboration and execution of contracts for large companies in Brazil.
Azevedo Sette’s long client list includes blue chip clients for the banking, agribusiness, retail, mining, energy, telecoms, automobile and tech sectors, among many others. Vale, Gerdau, Votorantim, Mapfre, Samarco, Microsoft, Andrade Gutierrez, Mercedes Benz are some examples. According the studies ‘Who Represents Latin America's Biggest Companies’ and 'Who Represents Latin America's Biggest Banks’, published by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association, which is affiliated to Latin Lawyer, Azevedo Sette is the fourth law firm most cited by general counsels of the region.
