Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 3
About
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
Drawing upon experience in a wide range of sectors, industries and business segments, the corporate area of Pinheiro Guimarães stands out for its active engagement in sophisticated transactions involving companies of different sizes. Pinheiro Guimarães is recognized as a leader in the market in innovative and highly complex transactions and recommended in this regard by numerous specialized publications.
Pinheiro Guimarães counsels its clients on domestic transactions with international components, in sales, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations, and in public offerings, joint ventures, spin-offs and mergers, involving companies ranging from the largest publicly traded companies with shares listed in Brazil and abroad to closely held companies and start-ups. With extensive experience as advisor to sellers, purchasers, management and target companies, Pinheiro Guimarães offers full support in mergers and acquisitions, including all phases from due diligence to post-closing measures.
Lawyers of the firm handling mergers and acquisitions work jointly with specialists in the areas of tax law, labor law, regulatory matters, real estate, environmental law, capital markets, antitrust law, intellectual property, litigation and finance. This enables Pinheiro Guimarães to offer services that meets the highest standards of quality and takes on a multidisciplinary character. This marks the firm's practice and is recognized as a decisive differential.
Chambers Review
Pinheiro Guimarães is a seasoned practice with a solid track record of acting for asset management firms, investment funds and major multinational banking groups on high-end and mid-market M&A and corporate finance deals. It also represents Brazilian and international companies, notably in the energy sector. Its lawyers are particularly adept at drafting stock purchase, joint venture and shareholder agreements. It has complementary strength in capital markets.
Work Highlights
- Pinheiro Guimarães advised ACSP, a shareholder of Boa Vista Serviços, on M&A and contractual mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I very much recommend Pinheiro Guimarães due to their attention to detail. They understand the business of the client."
"Pinheiro Guimarães stand out for the quality of their work."
"I very much recommend Pinheiro Guimarães due to their attention to detail. They understand the business of the client."
"Pinheiro Guimarães stand out for the quality of their work."
Notable Practitioners
Marcelo Lamy Rego represents clients from various sectors, including energy and fintech, handling sophisticated corporate transactions, being particularly active on deals in the energy sector.
"He is a point of reference in M&A matters."
"I have a really positive opinion about him. He is excellent, has a lot of experience in M&A and is very skilled in leading complex transactions, with good negotiation skills."
Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães is frequently called upon by clients from sectors such as banking and capital markets to handle complex M&A mandates.
Well-regarded practitioner Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães draws from long-standing experience in the field to represent significant clients from the real estate, healthcare and telecommunications sectors in complex corporate transactions.
Ranked Lawyers at
Pinheiro Guimarães
Brazil
Members
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
Bernardo Bulhões
Bruno Lardosa
Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães
Head of Department
Head of Department
Maria Amélia Lisbão Senra
Mariana Jost
Head of Department
René Mostardeiro Brunet
Rodrigo Marcílio
Sérgio Ramos Yoshino
Clients
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
BTG Pactual
Brookfield
Citigroup
GP Investments
Gávea Investimentos
HSBC Bank Brasil
HSBC Latin America Holdings Limited
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Itaú Unibanco
Organizações Globo
Victoria Capital
Industries
Provided by Pinheiro Guimarães
Capital Markets
Financial Sector
Global investments
Media
Multilateral organization
Private equity