Brazil Guide 2026 : Brazil
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Provided by Mattos Filho
Mattos Filho is a leading firm in advise clients on complex and high-impact matters. We combine deep regulatory expertise with strong transactional and litigation capabilities to deliver strategic, business-oriented solutions.
We are recognized for structuring and restructuring closed-end private pension funds and benefit plans, as well as supporting sponsors in designing efficient and compliant pension arrangements and in complex litigation, including leading cases against PREVIC. Our experience includes innovative projects such as the migration of closed-end plans to open-end structures, always aligned with clients’ financial and HR strategies.
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Fully integrated with our Corporate, Tax and Labor teams, we offer a multidisciplinary approach that allows us to anticipate risks and deliver tailored, commercially driven solutions. Our team is consistently involved in some of the most significant matters in the Brazilian private pensions market.
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Mattos Filho's private pensions department regularly assists pension funds, plan sponsors, insurance companies and corporate investors with regulatory, restructuring and contentious pension‑related issues. It is praised by market commentators for its combination of technical expertise and multidisciplinary approach.
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Mattos Filho advised Itautec on the withdrawal of sponsorship from the PAI‑CD pension plan, handling both judicial and administrative aspects of the matter.
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With strong technical expertise in the private pensions sector, Mattos Filho offers specialised regulatory interpretation that adds clarity and confidence to complex matters.
Communication with Mattos Filho's private pensions department was consistently positive, smooth and prompt. Its well‑rounded team ensured an easy and effective interaction throughout.
Mattos Filho has the ability to deliver advice with the highest level of legal certainty, clearly guiding clients on how best to proceed in each situation.
Mattos Filho's private pensions team supporting us is bold and innovative, delivering legal solutions and strategies that are closely aligned with the company’s objectives.
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Marcelo Mansur is a practitioner whose private pensions practice is well regarded in the market, often seen advising sponsors and closed pension entities on regulatory and corporate matters. His work includes pension plan structuring, governance and strategic transactions involving pension liabilities.
We worked with Marcelo Mansur on a private pensions matter and he handled the issue effectively.
Thais Arza Monteiro often represents plan sponsors and closed pension entities before regulatory authorities and judicial courts. Her private pensions work includes legal opinions, submissions to Previc, litigation involving actuarial surpluses and matters related to plan migrations and sponsorship withdrawals.
Private Pensions
Private Pensions
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Thais Arza Monteiro
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