About

Provided by Azevedo Sette Advogados

Our Corporate, Capital Markets, Banking and HNW practices are recognized by some of the leading domestic and foreign business groups and banks with operations in Brazil. Our firm offer our clients a differentiated asset reorganization plan, with multidisciplinary involvement of such equally relevant areas as tax, litigation, real estate, contracts practices.


Our team has extensive experience in handling sensitive matters that require of the lawyer personal assiduity and a human approach that go beyond legal knowledge. Azevedo Sette counsel families and their individual members, family offices, private clients of financial institutions, and people changing residence from one country to another. Throughout the process, we try to contribute to the stability and well-being of the family, and to avoid crises of continuity in management.


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. According to a study, ‘Who Represents Latin America's Biggest Companies’, edition 2022, published by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA), which is affiliated to Latin Lawyer, Azevedo Sette represents 40 of 100 of the biggest companies in the region, being among the top fourth Brazilian firms in the ranking. Besides, our Private Wealth Law practice is recognized as reference in Brazil by Chambers HNW (2016, 2017, 2021, and 2022 editions).

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded - Brazil

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Azevedo Sette is well equipped to assist clients with a plethora of corporate mandates ranging from complex transactions to day-to-day mandates. The firm is experienced in representing private and publicly owned companies from the banking, retail, technology and food sectors. It offers solid capabilities acting on foreign investments, acquisition and disposal of minority stakes, reorganisation proceedings and contractual matters.

Work Highlights

  • Azevedo Sette advised Atrevia Corporación on the acquisition of equity interest in XCOM Comunicação e Marketing, a Brazilian marketing and communications agency.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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André de Godoy Fernandes
6
Band 6

Partner André de Godoy Fernandes is a practitioner endowed with the required skills to advice clients on M&A. He also demonstrates a strong track-record on joint venture mandates.

André Fernandes is extremely capable, honest and knowledgeable. His work was impressive.

André Fernandes has shown extensive and extensive technical and practical knowledge, providing adequate responses to the needs of the client.

Ranked Lawyers at
Azevedo Sette Advogados

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Corporate/M&A

6
André de Godoy Fernandes
6
Band 6

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