International & Cross-Border Capabilities
Global Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 1
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+55 11 3147 7600About
Provided by Mattos Filho
Mattos Filho employs its experience in international markets and extensive international network to gain an ever-deeper understanding of our clients' business that considers the nuances and local characteristics of different cultures around the world.
This approach forms an integral part of our firm commitment to creating comprehensive legal solutions with a clear sense of where each client's strategic business needs and priorities lie.
New York office
For over a decade, our office has been working to connect our clients in the US with their interests in Brazilian markets. The office allows us to expand our knowledge and forge links at both local and international levels while also providing opportunities to collaborate with other companies, investors, and partners looking to expand their business activities on Brazilian soil. Our engagement with legal and business organizations in the US helps to accelerate innovation and change within the Brazilian legal landscape and fosters closer ties between the two countries.
London office
Since 2016, our has led the way in assisting European clients with their Brazilian business interests. Our presence in the British capital provides the firm with a unique perspective of the European market and ensures we can offer our European clients the innovative solutions we are known for. It has also facilitated our work to expand international investment and business between Brazil and Europe, in partnership with the region's premier law firms.
Chambers Review
Mattos Filho is a leading Brazilian law firm with significant experience advising on local law aspects of the largest and most complex international projects in the market. Typically seen in a Brazilian counsel role, and often called upon by a host of the world's largest multinational companies to advise on business in Brazil, the firm also frequently partners with leading firms in other major economies to provide complementary local and international expertise. The law firm's international focus is represented in its global footprint, with offices in London and New York and a reputation for cross-border issues involving Japan.
Multi-jurisdictional transactions are a major component of the law firm's international activity, with deals that see the team advising Brazilian companies on how to globalise via dual or multi-track listings, typically working with US and international firms to float companies in São Paulo and New York. The law firm's full-service platform also includes notable international capacity across financing, M&A, disputes and energy, with the firm playing an important role for several international parties involved in the Petrobras divestment programme. Other important areas of expertise such as corporate investigations, tax, investment funds and competition law attract global corporations across industry sectors, with the firm representing some major players in the financial, automotive, energy and logistics sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mattos Filho handle all potential requirements from foreign jurisdictions extremely well."
"Mattos Filho is second to none in terms of handling complex and sophisticated matters."
"Mattos Filho is a very well-equipped firm with excellent professionals. It is undoubtedly a top-tier firm in Brazil and very professional."
"Mattos Filho handle all potential requirements from foreign jurisdictions extremely well."
"Mattos Filho is second to none in terms of handling complex and sophisticated matters."
"Mattos Filho is a very well-equipped firm with excellent professionals. It is undoubtedly a top-tier firm in Brazil and very professional."