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Maneira Advogados

Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais

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Maneira Advogados

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Maneira Advogados offers comprehensive, partner-led advisory services in corporate and commercial law, with a strong emphasis on strategic planning and preventive risk management. Our expertise spans:

 

* M&A and corporate reorganizations: Advising on mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, divestitures, and strategic alliances across regulated and unregulated sectors. 

 

* Business structuring & governance: From setting up legal entities and reorganizations (mergers, spin-offs, capital increases) to designing governance frameworks, shareholder agreements, and minority protection mechanisms. 

 

* Contracts & commercial transactions: Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing investment agreements, joint ventures, M&A transactions, asset transfers, and complex commercial contracts—supporting both domestic and cross-border deals.

 

* International experience: Supporting national and international clients—ranging from investment funds to energy, mining, agribusiness, telecoms and more—with seamless global coordination and tailored legal certainty. 

 

Our approach is marked by proactive strategy, diligence and responsiveness: we engage deeply in business context, anticipate legal challenges, and deliver clear, commercially viable solutions. Backed by multi-jurisdictional support and fluency in English, German and Spanish, we ensure that our clients benefit from robust legal grounding tailored to their growth ambitions.

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Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais - Brazil

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Maneira Advogados is a well-established law firm with a strong footprint in the corporate law arena in Minas Gerais. It is frequently retained by domestic and multinational clients from various areas, including investment funds, energy and agribusiness industries. The firm is lauded for its extensive experience in assisting clients with complex M&A transactions, corporate structuring and reorganisation. Clients also benefit from the firm's solid expertise in tax, dispute resolution and capital markets.

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Work Highlights

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  • Maneira Advogados advised Agropeva Agropecuária Varzelândia on the sale of its equity interests, valued at approximately USD15.98 million.

Strengths

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  • Maneira holds lawyers with market knowledge, extensive experience and in-depth expertise. The team is excellent.

    Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

  • What truly distinguishes Maneira's corporate/M&A department from other players in the industry is their high seniority and deep sector knowledge. They understand the regulatory nuances, the expectations of regulators, and the typical commercial dynamics of these transactions, which accelerates discussions and reduces unnecessary risks. The team also has a proven track record in relevant deals and works with total transparency in discussions.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Pedro Schmidt de Brito
    Pedro Schmidt de Brito

    Pedro Schmidt de Brito

    Pedro Schmidt de Brito is an active partner in Minas Gerais, widely recognised for his abilities handling corporate matters such as M&A, restructurings and joint ventures.

    • Pedro Schmidt de Brito stands out not only for his technical knowledge but also for his strong negotiation and conflict mediation skills.

      Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

    • Pedro has many years of experience in corporate law, with a strong focus on M&A. He combines technical depth with an extremely practical and commercial approach. He is excellent at negotiating SPA clauses (indemnities, MAC, earn-outs) with agility and without excessive rigidity, which accelerates deals.

      Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil
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  • Jose Elias Padua
    Jose Elias Padua

    Jose Elias Padua

    Partner José Elias de Pádua is recognised for his solid activity on corporate restructuring and drafting of investment agreements.

    • José Elias de Pádua is an excellent professional who is very committed to the client.

      Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

    • José Elias de Pádua demonstrates a very high level of theoretical and practical knowledge and conveys this very well to his team.

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  • Eduardo Augusto Caixeta Menezes
    Eduardo Augusto Caixeta Menezes

    Eduardo Augusto Caixeta Menezes

    Eduardo Caixeta Menezes advises clients on corporate transactions including reorganisations, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestments, with experience spanning regulated sectors and financial institutions.

    • Eduardo is excellent in corporate governance and corporate finance. He creatively solves complex pre-deal structuring issues in a way that aligns with the client's business.

      Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

    • Eduardo stands out for his combination of objectivity and practicality, supported by solid technical knowledge. His approach provides reassurance and comfort throughout the process, clearly setting him apart from professionals at other firms.

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Ranked Individuals at Maneira Advogados (3)

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    Pedro Schmidt de Brito

    Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais

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    Eduardo Augusto Caixeta Menezes

    Corporate/Commercial: Minas Gerais

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