Brazil Guide 2026 : Brazil
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Mattos Filho
Mattos Filho is at the forefront of legal strategy in Brazil’s booming gambling and betting market, offering strategic and multidisciplinary advice to both local and international clients navigating a newly regulated and highly dynamic market. As pioneers in this fast-moving sector, we are trusted by the world’s most prominent operators, platforms, content providers and investors to lead complex regulatory, transactional, and strategic matters in an industry undergoing historic transformation. Mattos Filho stands as the go-to firm for unlocking market opportunities while navigating legal uncertainty with precision and foresight. Leveraging our full-service structure, we draw on deep expertise across entertainment law, tax, finance, intellectual property, technology, data protection, advertising, and litigation to deliver holistic and business-driven legal solutions. We support clients across the entire value chain, from operators and gaming providers to digital media platforms, payment providers, sports streaming services, and marketing partners, offering guidance on licensing, contractual structuring, regulatory engagement, and strategic positioning. Whether advising on complex transactions, addressing compliance challenges, or structuring innovative partnerships, Mattos Filho provides forward-thinking legal strategies that empower our clients to lead in Brazil’s evolving gambling and betting landscape.
Provided by Chambers
Mattos Filho is a Brazilian legal powerhouse whose multidisciplinary team has amassed a solid activity in the gambling and betting sector. Besides licensing procedures, the firm is particularly strong in consultancy work that analyses this field's intersection with other activities, such as advertising-related risk assessments and M&A-oriented compliance reviews.
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Mattos Filho advised Versus Brasil incorporated by the Orenes Group on tailored tax matters for its fixed-odds betting operations, mapping Brazil’s tax framework and applying sector-specific rules, including evolving tax treatment for betting activities nationwide.
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Mattos Filho combines full‑service capabilities with deep expertise in the gaming and betting sector, a niche yet increasingly important area where this level of domain knowledge is rare.
The law firm demonstrates a strong capacity to understand complex demands, adding value in sophisticated and multidisciplinary discussions such as banking and gambling regulation. Mattos Filho provides the input executives need for informed decision‑making.
Mattos Filho is known for its professionalism and depth of knowledge, delivering fast responses while maintaining a high standard of service.
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Fabio Kujawski is a well-regarded practitioner who applies his wide knowledge of technology and telecommunications law to his work in the gambling and betting sector. He regularly provides legal analysis of this field to companies from the digital economy, such as online advertisers and social media platforms.
Fabio Kujawski combines a strong legal background with a very good understanding of the business.
Fabio Kujawski is a well-established gambling and betting lawyer in Brazil, with solid knowledge of how regulation has developed over time and the ability to provide practical guidance on its likely direction.
Fabio is a very collaborative partner, bringing prudence and strategic vision to his advice.
Lisa Worcman is a tax lawyer deeply experienced in advising clients in the gambling and betting sector on regulatory matters. Her storied activity in technology and entertainment law makes her a go-to adviser for international companies in these fields looking to understand and enter the Brazilian market.
Lisa Worcman is an exceptional lawyer, with a rare ability to understand operational challenges and offer innovative solutions to complex issues.
Lisa Worcman is very fast and proactive, and has a strong understanding of the industry.
Lisa has extensive knowledge of the sector, allowing her to understand complex matters and address them efficiently.
Gambling and Betting
Gambling and Betting
Provided by Mattos Filho
Fabio Kujawski
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