Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais

What the team is known for

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados is a much-admired firm with a Belo Horizonte team noted for its strength assisting recognised players in the banking, mining and telecommunications sectors with M&A and corporate restructuring matters. The team has additional capabilities advising both issuers and underwriters on capital markets mandates such as IPOs. Meliuz and Premium Saúde are new client wins.

Strengths

An interviewee says: "It is an excellent firm that provides top-notch services independently of the urgency."

Work highlights

Cescon Barrieu advised Méliuz and certain selling shareholders on its IPO and its corporate restructuring.

Notable practitioners

A client says up-and-coming partner Alice Fulgencio Brandão has "a lot of experience and knows how to handle capital markets projects in a simple way." She is skilled advising on M&A and corporate restructuring mandates, with another interviewee applauding her "hands-on approach and vast amount of technical knowledge."

Frederico Viana Rodrigues is described by a source as "an excellent practitioner with the ability to listen to the specific demands of the client and guide strategic discussions in an objective manner in order to find solutions." He boasts a solid track record advising on M&A and corporate restructuring, with another interviewee stating: "He is very skilled, leading capital markets projects very efficiently."