Chambers Review
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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - Brazil
What the Team is Known For
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados is a well-reputed firm with a robust corporate practice. Its talented team is capable of handling high-end and mid-market transactions, with an outstanding track record handling acquisitions in the education sector. It is also extremely well versed acting on deals involving private equity and portfolio companies. The firm is adept at handling corporate reorganisations and carve-outs of publicly listed companies.
Strengths
The firm is very specialized and can provide comprehensive legal advice on different areas. It has very good commercial awareness, which makes it very pragmatic.
They showed business knowledge, proactivity and a high-standard performance, as well as availability and negotiation skills.
Work Highlights
Lobo de Rizzo assisted Nestlé Brasil with the acquisition of the totality of the shares held by FIP Dutch in Nibs Participações and, indirectly, in its subsidiary CRM Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos.
Notable practitioners
José Orlando Lobo, one of the firm's founding partners, is a renowned practitioner in the market with decades of experience and a solid track record handling sophisticated corporate mandates, such as complex M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate disputes.
Rodrigo Millar de Castro Guerra is known for representing important clients from the education, technology and healthcare sectors, among others, in strategic joint ventures, private equity deals and complex acquisitions.
Rodrigo Guerra is an excellent lawyer.
Valdo Cestari de Rizzo boasts a solid track record sponsoring sophisticated mandates for important clients from various sectors. He draws from his long-standing experience to handle high-end M&A, joint ventures and corporate disputes.
Valdo’s extensive industry knowledge and deep understanding of Brazilian laws make his counsel invaluable.
Valdo has deep technical knowledge and is very skilled at complex business environments. Also, he is very supportive and available whenever we need his assistance.
Partner Otavio Valerio joins the ranking this year after receiving praise from market sources for his involvement in M&A operations. He is often seen representing clients from the tech industry.
He is a very good lawyer. He stands out for his strong communication skills.
Otavio is very transparent, experienced and focused on delivering the transaction.