Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown

Firm Overview:

Tauil & Chequer Advogados, in association with the global law firm Mayer Brown, is a leading full-service Brazilian law firm recognized for its legal excellence and strategic insight in navigating complex legal matters. With deep roots in the Brazilian legal landscape and seamless integration with international capabilities, the firm is uniquely positioned to advise major corporations, investment funds, and financial institutions of all sizes, both locally and globally.

Headquartered in Brazil, Tauil & Chequer has offices in key economic hubs, including Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Vitória. This widespread presence ensures the firm can deliver exceptional accessibility and responsiveness to clients nationwide. The firm’s team, comprising experienced partners and associates, is widely recognized for its industry knowledge, technical expertise, and innovative approach to problem-solving.

Tauil & Chequer Advogados offers a comprehensive range of legal services, advising clients in both routine matters and high-stakes, cross-border transactions. Its ability to deliver tailored legal solutions with agility and precision has positioned the firm as a trusted advisor to Brazilian and international clients alike.

The longstanding collaboration with Mayer Brown enhances the firm’s ability to provide integrated, world-class legal counsel across jurisdictions. Whether advising on regulatory compliance, corporate governance or large-scale infrastructure and energy projects, the firm brings a practical and solutions-driven approach to every engagement.

As a key player in the Brazilian legal market, Tauil & Chequer Advogados, in association with Mayer Brown, delivers exceptional legal service with a global perspective, building strategic, long-term relationships grounded in trust, integrity and results.

CLIENT SERVICE PRINCIPLES

• Delivering the best legal advice and service

• Leveraging our deep commercial instincts to serve as our clients’ strategic partners and trusted advisors

• Building diverse teams of lawyers from our market-leading practices to help achieve our clients’ goals

• Solving our clients’ most complex problems with creative and innovative ideas

• Collaborating across offices to deliver the best of our knowledge wherever in the world it’s needed

• Using technology to develop new ways to deliver timely and efficient client service

Main Practice Areas and Industries:

Anti-corruption & Compliance:

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown provides comprehensive global anti-corruption compliance and investigation services, addressing the complexities of the Brazilian Clean Companies Act, the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act, and other international regulations. The firm specializes in developing corporate compliance programs, conducting due diligence for transactions, managing internal investigations, and representing clients in enforcement proceedings. With a deep understanding of local and international anti-corruption frameworks, the firm ensures thorough risk mitigation and robust legal defense in an increasingly regulated global environment.

Key contacts: Luís Inácio Adams, and Michel Sancovski.

Antitrust and Competition:

The Antitrust and Competition team at Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown provides comprehensive legal counsel on Brazilian competition law, handling complex merger control filings with CADE, defending against anticompetitive practices, and conducting internal compliance investigations. The firm represents clients in cartel cases, negotiates settlements with regulatory authorities, and offers strategic advice on abusive practices and day-to-day business operations, including distribution policies and contract negotiations. With a strong track record and strategic offices in Brasília and São Paulo, the team ensures efficient interaction with competition authorities and delivers high-quality, agile service to both national and multinational clients across various industries. The firm is also recognized for its expertise in compliance matters and in managing competition-related investigations.

Key contacts: Christian Roschmann, and Victor Galante.

Bankruptcy & Insolvency:

The firm provides global legal support to financial institutions, investors, and companies in litigation strategy and transactional solutions for bankruptcy, debt restructuring, and credit recovery. They represent corporate debtors, creditors, bondholders, liquidators, trustees, loan providers, and other stakeholders with proactive and creative solutions based on a multidisciplinary approach that mitigates risks and enhances value for all parties involved, focusing on distressed asset investments and trustee representation.

Key contacts: Liv Machado.

Employment & Benefits:

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown addresses complex employment issues, including employee benefits, executive compensation, ERISA litigation, and pensions, using its in-depth knowledge of global employment law. The firm assists companies with all aspects of labor relations, from hiring to dismissal, with a focus on minimizing liabilities. Their expertise extends to structuring benefits and executive compensation plans, navigating tax and social security implications, and handling cross-border employment and immigration matters, including visa acquisition and expatriation. Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown ensures compliance with both local and international regulations, providing comprehensive legal solutions to clients.

Key contacts: Aline Fidelis.

Intellectual Property and Data Protection:

The firm offers an integrated, global Intellectual Property (IP) and Data Protection practice, providing comprehensive advice to multinational corporations, midsize businesses, and emerging growth companies. The firm specializes in assessing IP portfolios, conducting due diligence, securing patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or copyrights, and handling complex litigation to resolve disputes over infringement or misappropriation. Their services cover technology transfers, licensing, strategic IP asset management, and anti-counterfeiting programs. In addition, they provide antitrust guidance on IP transactions and have significant experience in international patent enforcement and policy.

Key contacts: Eduardo Telles, and Ivan Tauil.

Litigation & Arbitration:

The firm provides comprehensive litigation and arbitration services, handling complex multi-jurisdictional disputes across various areas. These include antitrust, commercial litigation, cybersecurity, employment law, environmental issues, and international arbitration. The firm’s lawyers are experienced in both traditional court litigation and arbitration under major associations such as ICC, LCIA, and ICDR/AAA, as well as domestic institutions. Their approach is business-focused, aiming to resolve disputes early and preserve client relationships. The firm excels in highly sensitive cases, including product liability, securities enforcement, and white-collar defense, ensuring that clients achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively.

Key contacts: Augusto Aras, Eduardo Telles, Fábio Peixinho, Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade, Gustavo Scheffer da Silveira, Henrique Rocha, João Luiz Cople, Luís Inácio Adams, and Mauro Pedroso Gonçalves.

Tax (Tax Controversy, Tax Transactions & Consulting):

The firm offers comprehensive tax services, covering all aspects of corporate, partnership, and individual taxation, including cross-border transactions, litigation, and state and local issues, with specialized sub-practices in transactions, planning, audits, appeals, and transfer pricing. Its expertise extends to international tax planning, capital transactions, and expatriate matters, ensuring compliance with complex obligations like FIN 48 and FAS 5. They excel in negotiations with tax authorities for incentives and rulings, optimize tax efficiency in corporate restructurings, and represent clients in administrative and judicial proceedings, including before the Supreme Courts, providing creative solutions and quickly addressing questionable tax interpretations.

Key contacts: Ana Luiza Martins, Carolina Bottino, Diego Miguita, Eduardo Telles, Flávia Cavalcanti, Giampaolo Marzulli, Guido Vinci, Ivan Tauil, and Luís Inácio Adams.

Main Practice Areas and Industries:

Banking & Finance:

The firm represents some of the largest companies in the banking and finance sectors on all aspects of banking activities and capital markets. Specializing in structuring and closing complex deals – such as syndicated and structured loans, securitizations, and project financings – Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown represents both lenders and creditors. They offer comprehensive advice from identifying the optimal structure, focusing on corporate, tax, and financial aspects, to negotiating and drafting related documents, including guarantees. The firm also provides guidance on public offerings of securities, regulatory matters, and international investments.

Key contacts: Eduardo Lima, Luis Montes, and Priscilla Santos.

Capital Markets & Securitization:

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown represents both issuers and underwriters in a broad spectrum of debt and equity offerings and has an experienced structured finance practice that leads the market in securitized products. The firm’s team provides tailored assistance to companies and shareholders in accessing capital markets, actively participating in structuring, strategy development, legal due diligence, and negotiations with key market players. Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown offers unparalleled cross-border transaction expertise, what enables the firm to advise on transactions in both Brazil and the US, ensuring seamless global solutions. Their multidisciplinary approach, combining expertise in capital markets, corporate governance, banking, infrastructure, energy, real estate, and agribusiness, allows them to deliver innovative solutions in equity, debt, and securitization transactions.

Key contacts: Bruno Cerqueira, Carlos Motta, Guilherme Tranquillini, and Rodolfo Constantino Tella.

Corporate and M&A:

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown provides comprehensive corporate legal services to global companies and financial institutions, handling a wide range of transactions, from routine filings to complex cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. The firm’s key experience spans capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and technology transactions. They offer tailored, partner-led services, assisting clients through all phases of transactions. The firm integrates expertise from antitrust, environmental, finance, labor, regulatory, and tax practices to ensure sophisticated and innovative solutions. With a focus on diverse sectors such as infrastructure, mining, and finance, Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown navigates complex legal and regulatory landscapes, delivering meticulous client attention and successful outcomes for both Brazilian and international clients.

Key contacts: Alexandre Chequer, Bruno Salzano, Bruno Belchior, Bruno Werneck, Carlos Motta, Christian Roschmann, Daniel Gunzburger, Débora Yanasse, Gonçalo Falcão, Guilherme Tranquillini, Juliana Deguirmendjian, Lilian Toscani, Luciana Sodré, Rodolfo Constantino Tella, Tiago do Monte Macedo, and Victor Galante.

Funds:

The firm’s global Fund Formation practice provides comprehensive legal solutions to its clients by leveraging expertise in Fund Finance, Private Equity, Tax, Investment Management & Enforcement, Institutional Investors, ERISA, and Pension Investments. The firm delivers comprehensive legal solutions to act on behalf of its clients at the center of the global fund formation markets. They assist in negotiation, formation, and registration, representing both investors and fund managers, offering multidisciplinary support, including due diligence, securitization, and public offering assistance, and excel in cross-border transactions.

Key contacts: Bruno Cerqueira, Carlos Motta, Luis Montes, and Priscilla Santos.

Private Equity & Venture Capital:

The firm provides a full-service offering to clients, spanning the entire lifecycle of a fund, its sponsor/manager, and its underlying investments. Their market-leading practice covers fund formation, regulatory compliance, acquisitions, buyouts, and exit strategies. They offer comprehensive legal advice on contract negotiation, due diligence, corporate restructuring, and more, delivering sophisticated solutions to meet clients’ evolving business and investment goals.

Key contacts: Alexandre Chequer, Carlos Motta, Christian Roschmann, Guilherme Tranquillini, Lilian Toscani, and Priscilla Santos.

Projects & Infrastructure:

With decades of combined experience across asset classes and transaction structures, the firm is a go-to advisor for infrastructure investment transactions as well as restructurings and disputes. They represent infrastructure funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and direct investors. The firm’s lawyers are highly skilled in navigating complex infrastructure deals, ensuring clients maximize returns while managing risks effectively.

Key contacts: Alexandre Arlota, Alexandre Chequer, Bruno Salzano, Bruno Werneck, Daniel Gunzburger, Débora Yanasse, Eduardo Lima, Fábio Peixinho, Gustavo Fernandes de Andrade, Henrique Rocha, Juliana Deguirmendjian, and Victor Galante.

Real Estate:

The firm provides consultancy services across all stages of the real estate cycle, including acquisition, disposition, construction, leasing, financing, zoning, and environmental matters. Its expertise extends to drafting and negotiating complex contracts, structuring real estate developments, and advising on financial instruments such as debentures and CRIs. They also assist REITs and private equity funds in entering Brazil, optimizing tax structures, and navigating international treaties, as well as in the formation and operation of Real Estate Investment Funds (FIIs), Private Equity Investment Funds (FIPs), and Credit Rights Investment Funds (FIDCs).

Key contacts: José Paulo Marzagão, and Ludmila Arruda Braga.

Tax (Tax Controversy, Tax Transactions & Consulting):

The firm offers comprehensive tax services, covering all aspects of corporate, partnership, and individual taxation, including cross-border transactions, litigation, and state and local issues, with specialized sub-practices in transactions, planning, audits, appeals, and transfer pricing. Its expertise extends to international tax planning, capital transactions, and expatriate matters, ensuring compliance with complex obligations like FIN 48 and FAS 5. They excel in negotiations with tax authorities for incentives and rulings, optimize tax efficiency in corporate restructurings, and represent clients in administrative and judicial proceedings, including before the Supreme Courts, providing creative solutions and quickly addressing questionable tax interpretations.

Key contacts: Ana Luiza Martins, Carolina Bottino, Diego Miguita, Eduardo Telles, Flávia Cavalcanti, Giampaolo Marzulli, Guido Vinci, Ivan Tauil, and Luís Inácio Adams.

Main Practice Areas and Industries:

Government:

With offices strategically located in key business centers around the world, the firm provides clients with strategic advice on global public policy agendas. Our Government Contracts team advises clients across a wide range of industries, guiding them through all stages of the procurement process at the federal, state, and local levels. We help clients navigate regulatory frameworks, mitigate risk, and secure opportunities in complex and highly regulated environments.

Key contacts: Bruno Werneck, Henrique Rocha, and Juliana Deguirmendjian.

Main Practice Areas and Industries:

Agribusiness:

The firm’s comprehensive approach, both in Brazil and internationally, enables it to deliver exceptional legal services across all stages of the agribusiness production chain, encompassing livestock, agriculture, commodities, and related sectors. To assist clients in navigating the complexities of this industry, the multidisciplinary Agribusiness practice integrates expertise across the entire production chain and business cycle of the sector. This includes areas such as project financing, the import and export of services, inputs, and goods, grain processing, industrialization, wholesale distribution, transaction structuring, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public offerings of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates (CRAs), and support in matters related to foreign trade, compliance, environmental law, real estate, labor, litigation, and tax.

Key contacts: Bruno Cerqueira, Christian Roschmann, Lilian Toscani, and Victor Galante.

Environmental:

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown provides comprehensive services to domestic and international corporations, offering expertise in dispute resolution, compliance, permitting, and liability assessments. The firm also addresses environmental aspects of commercial transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions and asset financing. Representing a broad range of industries from oil and gas to agribusiness, Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown provides tailored solutions, with specialized knowledge in renewable energy and climate change issues. The firm’s approach ensures clients meet regulatory requirements while maintaining a sustainable business model.

Key contacts: Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, and Gedham Gomes.

Global Energy:

As a leading energy firm in Brazil, Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown has built a long-standing presence and reputation, particularly in the oil and gas sector, where it has contributed to drafting foundational petroleum legislation. The firm’s Global Energy lawyers possess decades of experience representing clients in the sector and maintain an impressive track record in working with clients on renewable energy projects, including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biofuel, and other emerging technologies. The firm’s broad industry experience enables them to support clients through the full lifecycle of energy transition projects, including hydrogen and CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) initiatives. Through its global network via Mayer Brown, the firm provides clients with a truly international perspective, advising on exploration, production, pipelines, renewables, and nuclear projects. They are highly regarded for their extensive experience in Brazil, Latin America, and Africa.

Key contacts: Alexandre Arlota, Alexandre Chequer, Bruno Belchior, Bruno Salzano, Débora Yanasse, Eduardo Lima, Eduardo Telles, Fábio Peixinho, Gonçalo Falcão, Gustavo Fernandes, Gustavo Scheffer, Ivan Tauil, Juliana Senna, Luis Montes, Tiago do Monte Macedo and Victor Galante

Mining:

The mining sector is a core business area for Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown. Decades of global industry service provide it with an in-depth understanding of the particularities of the industry and the needs of its clients. It represents national and international mining companies in Brazil and abroad on a wide range of legal matters, including their investments in Brazil, M&A, and project development, with a multidisciplinary approach to advising on matters related to the mining industry across all fronts of operation. Among other matters, it advises on mergers, joint ventures, and investments, access to international capital markets and listings on stock exchanges, project financing, preparation and negotiation of construction contracts, environmental licensing processes, negotiation, review, and preparation of leases and mining assignments, in addition to other contracts related to the sector.

Key contacts: Ludmila Arruda Braga, Tiago do Monte Macedo, and Victor Galante

Life Sciences:

The firm offers comprehensive services to clients in the global pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical device industries. They advise on a broad range of issues, including transactions, dispute resolution, IP matters, antitrust and competition, risk management, investigations and compliance, government regulations, global trade, tax and transfer pricing, and environmental concerns.

Key contacts: Henrique Rocha, Lilian Toscani, and Victor Galante

Public Companies & Corporate Governance:

The firm provides high-quality, tailored services to assist clients with all aspects of corporate governance and regulatory compliance. They help clients in decision-making, risk identification, and mitigation in transactions and projects, from day-to-day matters such as preparing minutes and attending meetings to complex issues like restructurings, executive compensation, and communication with regulatory bodies. Their expertise spans across corporate governance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, anti-corruption and compliance, arbitration, and litigation.

Key contacts: Carlos Motta and Rodolfo Constantino Tella.