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Martens & Dornaus Advogados

Brazil Guide 2023

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Martens & Dornaus Advogados

Martens & Dornaus Advogados

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+55 11 2348-1515

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Provided by Martens & Dornaus Advogados
Brazil: Transactional
Firm Details

Martens & Dornaus Advogados

Managing Partners

Georges Louis Martens Filho and Victor Pellegrino da Silva Dornaus

Number of partners: 2
Number of associates: 6
Office:

Alameda Lorena, 427 – 8º andar

Jardim Paulista – São Paulo – SP

CEP: 01424-003

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Telephone: +55 11 2348-1515

Site: www.mdadvs.com.br

Firm Overview

Martens & Dornaus Advogados is a boutique law firm that provides customized legal advice in the main areas of Business Law, with a special focus on Real Estate Law, Corporate and M&A, Commercial Contracts, Capital Markets, Private Client and Succession Planning.


Martens & Dornaus Advogados assists companies and individuals across several business sectors and industries, such as banking and finance, private equity, real estate, construction and civil engineering, agribusiness, retail, food and beverages, hospitality, etc. always focusing on the client’s particular objectives and needs.


Martens & Dornaus Advogados has an experienced and qualified team of professionals with a solid academic background and previous experience in renowned law firms.


Main Areas of Practice
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Corporate Law
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Financial and Capital Markets
  • Private Client and Succession Planning


Industries
  • Real Estate
  • Banking & Finance
  • Construction & Civil Engineering
  • Agribusiness
  • Private Equity


Real Estate


Martens & Dornaus Advogados assists clients in several types of real estate transactions, including purchase and sale of urban and rural properties, purchase of shares/quotas issued by specific purpose companies (SPE) and other real estate assets, drafting, negotiation and follow-up of lease agreements (including built-to-suit contracts and sale-leaseback transactions), real estate collateral and legal due diligences related to any real estate transactions, as well as alternative investment structures such as Unincorporated Joint Venture Agreements.


Martens & Dornaus Advogados has great industry expertise with real estate transactions regarding clients that act in the financial sector. Our firm assists key players in the Brazilian financial and real estate market, notably banking and financial institutions that manage listed Real Estate Investment Funds (FII) with several thousand quotaholders, providing continuous legal assistance both in its day-to-day demands as well as in several real estate deals. Such deals may involve the lease and/or purchase and sale of stakes in shopping malls, corporate buildings, logistics sheds and logistics condominiums, bank branches, supermarkets, restaurants, hospitals, retail stores and others.


Martens & Dornaus Advogados also advises companies and individuals on the purchase and sale of rural properties in different states in Brazil, as well as relevant agribusiness related agreements such as rural lease, sharecropping, purchase and sale of eucalyptus forests, timber deeds, and others.


Other areas within our Real Estate practice also include Real Estate Finance and Investment, Real Estate Development, and Real Estate Litigation.


Corporate and M&A


Our Corporate and M&A team advises its clients on acquisitions and sales of shares and assets, legal due diligences, organization and routine of the legal corporate documents of Brazilian companies, general meetings of shareholders, corporate governance and shareholders agreements and other contracts. In addition, the firm assists its clients in mergers and acquisitions deals.


Financial and Capital Markets


In Financial and Capital Markets, Martens & Dornaus Advogados team of professionals has a wide experience in incorporation of investment funds and in structuring of the public offerings of its shares, including Real Estate Investment Funds (FII) and Private Equity Investment Funds (FIP).


Commercial Contracts


Martens & Dornaus Advogados assists its clients on all aspects of commercial contracts and agreements related to several businesses and industry sectors, including drafting and reviewing preliminary agreements (term sheets, memorandum of understanding, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements, etc.) and final agreements, notably purchase and sale of assets, merchandise and other goods, donation of real estate properties and other assets, lease agreements (including built-to-suit and sale-leaseback transactions), fiduciary alienation and statutory liens as collateral for the purchase of real estate properties and other assets, commercial leasing, real estate brokerage, construction and fixed-price turn-key contracts, loans, free lease of assets, rendering of services agreements, among others.


Private Client and Succession Planning


Our Private Client practice assists individuals and families on the organization and structuring of estate and succession planning, providing customized legal advice in accordance with each client’s particular needs and characteristics.


We provide legal assistance on all matters related thereto, including but not limited to, transfer and/or donation of assets and business control, implement best corporate governance best practices, shareholders' agreements and restructuring of family businesses, drafting prenuptial agreements, deeds of stable union, preparing and advising on the execution of wills and inheritance matters, and advising on transfer and inheritance taxes.

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Provided by Martens & Dornaus Advogados

Brazil - Head office

Martens & Dornaus Advogados rankings

Brazil Guide 2023
Brazil
Real Estate
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Georges Martens
5
Georges Martens
5
Band 5