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Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

Corporate/M&A

Global Guide 2026 : Brazil

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Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

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We are recognized for our leading M&A practice in Brazil. We advise clients in the most complex and challenging transactions, including private and public mergers & acquisitions, hostile and friendly takeovers, tender offers, joint ventures, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, privatizations, private equity, and other strategic deals. Over the past seven years, we advised our clients in M&A transactions exceeding USD180 billion.

Our clients include the world’s largest corporations, private equity and financial institutions, sovereign funds, startups, tech companies, and entrepreneurs. Our M&A lawyers are regularly retained to advise boards of directors, independent committees, and financial advisors on dealrelated governance matters such as tender offers, fairness opinions, valuation reports, and securities regulation. Our corporate regulatory team advises publicly-traded companies on the most complex matters supervised by the securities regulators administrative proceedings.

Clients (16)

  • Ambev
  • Appian Capital Advisory LLP
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - CPPIB
  • ICL Group
  • Inspired Education
  • Valmet Corporation
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Camil Alimentos S.A.
  • EDP - Energias do Brasil S.A
  • Enel Brasil
  • Gafisa S.A.
  • Grupo Edenred
  • JBS
  • Smartfit
  • Suzano S.A.
  • UOL

Industries (17)

  • Agribusiness
  • Car Rental
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Food and Beverages
  • Industrial
  • Leisure
  • Life Sciences
  • Media
  • Oil and Gas
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Sports
  • Technology

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Corporate/M&A - Brazil

What the Team is Known For

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has a respected corporate department that demonstrates exceptional capabilities providing counsel to domestic and multinational companies from a myriad of industries, as well as private equity groups. It is particularly active in handling major transactions in the pharmaceutical, energy and healthcare sectors. It boasts an outstanding track record in M&A, with experience advising on hostile takeovers and strategic carve-outs. It is also well versed in domestic and cross-border deals involving publicly listed companies. It routinely assists with joint venture agreements and the formation of SPVs.

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Work Highlights

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  • Cescon advised Sabesp on its privatisation through the sale of part of the shares held by the government of the State of São Paulo via a secondary public offering.

Strengths

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  • Cescon is able to provide outstanding client service, being insightful, thinking ahead of any problems and at the same time, being flexible to accommodate the commercial needs of the client.

    Corporate/M&A respondentGlobal

  • Cescon is a law firm with excellent technical expertise and experience in handling complex matters. It has a very helpful team that always responds to our calls and gives feedback quickly.

    Corporate/M&A respondentGlobal

  • Cescon works with efficient integration between the internal departments, ensuring that the advice includes analysis from various legal perspectives when necessary. It delivers strategic intelligence.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Maria Cristina Cescon
    Maria Cristina Cescon

    Maria Cristina Cescon

    Maria Cristina Cescon draws from her long-standing experience in the field to skilfully handle sophisticated M&A transactions. She receives high praise from market commentators and clients for her outstanding track record in significant deals involving both private and publicly held companies.

    • Maria Cristina Cescon is excellent and is one of the best M&A lawyers in the country.

      Corporate/M&A respondentGlobal

    • Maria Cristina Cescon is an excellent professional. She is a hard worker and has very good capabilities.

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  • Marcos Rafael Flesch
    Marcos Rafael Flesch

    Marcos Rafael Flesch

    Marcos Rafael Flesch is well regarded in the market and demonstrates a well-established practice in the field advising high-level companies and shareholders on complex and cross-border deals.

    • Marcos Rafael Flesch is an outstanding and experienced lawyer.

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  • Lior Pinsky
    Lior Pinsky

    Lior Pinsky

    Dynamic partner Lior Pinsky is well regarded in the market for handling sophisticated transactions and corporate matters for important clients, including international corporate groups and publicly held companies.

    • Lior Pinsky is our go-to lawyer in any matter involving Brazilian public company transactions. We feel very confident about getting the best advice every time we approach him.

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  • Ana Carolina Botto Audi
    Ana Carolina Botto Audi

    Ana Carolina Botto Audi

    Partner Ana Carolina Botto Audi is equipped to advise clients on cross-border transactions such as M&A and the purchase of assets. She is also knowledgeable about capital markets.

    • Ana Audi has the skills to come up with original solutions in a clever way. She is creative and she represents the firm quite well.

      Corporate/M&A respondentGlobal

    • Ana Carolina Botto Audi has always impressed us with the precision of her analyses, and her ability to anticipate risks and structure solid, flexible solutions.

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  • Darkson Delmondes Galvão
    Darkson Delmondes Galvão

    Darkson Delmondes Galvão

    Darkson Delmondes Galvão is recognised within the market for advising clients on large M&A transactions involving complex corporate structures.
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  • Ronald Herscovici
    Ronald Herscovici

    Ronald Herscovici

    Ronald Herscovici has the necessary M&A skills to assist clients from various industries with due diligence, negotiations and drafting of agreements, as well as governance mandates.

    • Ronald Herscovici's deep expertise as well as negotiation skills are a key factor for us in hiring Cescon. He is a very solid partner who can help us negotiate the best deal possible

      Corporate/M&A respondentGlobal

    • Ronald Herscovici is a great lawyer, who is very skilled in handling both the legal and commercial concerns of the client.

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