About

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.

Chambers Review

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Gambling and Betting - Brazil

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

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.

Work Highlights

  • Mattos Filho provided Legend with legal advice on the advertising practices in the gambling and betting sector.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Fabio Ferreira Kujawski
3
Fabio Ferreira Kujawski
3
Band 3

Fabio Ferreira 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.

We would highly recommend Fabio's services and look forward to working with him again. His professionalism, responsiveness and commercial understanding of the sector stand out.

Fabio is a lawyer who managed to get an incredible grasp of this market really quickly. He's very communicative as well, able to give sound advice in good English.

Besides being hands-on, Fabio provided us with high availability and legal knowledge.

Fabio is a very responsive and down-to-earth lawyer who's deeply in touch with the ground he covers.

Lisa Worcman
3
Lisa Worcman
3
Band 3

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.

Her technical excellence and strong institutional relationships make Lisa an absolutely differentiated professional.

Lisa has an excellent vision and understanding of the corporate environment, always answering our queries clearly and concisely.

Lisa is my go-to person in this field. She's a fantastic lawyer. I can't rave enough about her.

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Mattos Filho

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Gambling and Betting

Fabio Kujawski
3
Fabio Kujawski
3
Band 3
Lisa Worcman
3
Lisa Worcman
3
Band 3

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