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Provided by Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados
Brazil: Contentious

Managing Partners: Rodrigo Vella, Antonio Celso Pugliese

Number of partners: 23

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French. 

Firm Overview: 

Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados is the most global and innovative law firm in Brazil, with the strategic alliance with Dentons, the world’s largest law firm. It is a full-service law firm with an agile and collaborative approach that delivers the results its clients seek. Headquartered in São Paulo and with offices in Brasília and Ribeirão Preto, Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados has more than 160 professionals — including more than 120 lawyers, counsel, paralegals and trainees — ready to serve clients in any area of law. The success of the firm is based on its deep and longlasting relationships with clients and its ability to develop, communicate and implement efficient legal solutions.

Clients: The firm provides legal services to a number of industries and business segments, for both domestic and international companies, such as the telecommunication, investment funds, agribusiness, energy, banking and technology.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Banking & Finance: 

Direct loans and financings, crossborder financings, syndicated loans, project finance, development banks’ and multilateral agencies’ financing.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br

Capital Markets: 

Public or private offerings of stocks, depositary receipts, commercial paper, debentures, bonds and other securities; structuring of investment funds; issuance of debentures and commercial papers and advisory on debt renegotiation.

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br

Competition/Antitrust:  

Antitrust advice, submission and opposition of concentration acts, antitrust administrative and judicial proceeding (e.g. cartels, distribution, relationships, abuse of dominant position) and investigations of commercial defence (e.g. dumping).

Compliance:  

The Compliance team is proficient and experienced in preventive measures, administrative procedures and leniency agreements related to all types of compliance, such as anti-corruption, antitrust, money laundering, fraud and labour.

Contact: Denise Leão Chachamovitz de Salles

Email: denise.salles@vpbg.com.br

Corporate/M&A:  

Mergers and acquisition transactions, investments and divestitures, restructurings and corporate reorganisations, partnerships and joint-ventures, legal due diligences.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Frederico Buosi

Email: frederico.buosi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Denise Leão Chachamovitz de Salles

Email: denise.salles@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Bruna Gobbi

Email: bruna.gobbi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernanda Le Tassinari

Email: fernanda.tassinari@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernando Henrique Lopes

Email: fernando.lopes@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anne Chang

Email: anne.chang@vpbg.com.br

Employment & Labour:  

Labour litigation, labour advice, union negotiation, compensation and benefits’ planning.

Contact: Marcos Renato Gelsi dos Santos

Email: marcos.santos@vpbg.com.br

Environmental: 

Structuring and implementation of projects with environmental impacts, assessment of environmental compliance, administrative and judicial defence in proceeding and law suits involving environmental matters.

Contact: Antonio Celso Pugliese

Email: pugliese@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anderson Moura

Email: anderson.moura@vpbg.com.br

General Corporate Practice:  

Incorporation, maintenance and liquidation of Brazilian companies, foreign investments, foreign exchange control and currency remittances.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Frederico Buosi

Email: frederico.buosi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Denise Leão Chachamovitz de Salles

Email: denise.salles@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Bruna Gobbi

Email: bruna.gobbi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernanda Le Tassinari

Email: fernanda.tassinari@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernando Henrique Lopes

Email: fernando.lopes@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anne Chang

Email: anne.chang@vpbg.com.br

Intellectual Property:  

IP contracts, licensing and technology transfer, trademarks and patents, copyrights, software protection.

Contact: Frederico Buosi

Email: frederico.buosi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Patricia Barbosa

Email: patricia.barbosa@vpbg.com.br

Internet & Media:  

Privacy data protection, cybersecurity, Internet and e-commerce contracts and regulations, directed marketing and social media, gaming, IP disputes in cyberspace, domain name disputes and media contracts and regulation.

Contact: Frederico Buosi

Email: frederico.buosi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Patricia Barbosa

Email: patricia.barbosa@vpbg.com.br

Litigation & Arbitration: 

Civil, commercial, corporate and capital markets litigation, bankruptcies and reorganisations, arbitration and alternative mechanisms for dispute resolutions.

Contact: Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese

Email: pugliese@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Nahima Muller

Email: nahima.muller@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Carolina Mansur

Email: carolina.mansur@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Bruno Sanchez Belo

Email: bruno.sanchez@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Erik Martins Sernik

Email: erik.sernik@vpbg.com.br

Public Law: 

Administrative litigation in administrative courts and regulatory agencies, in government contracting, such as public bids, concessions and public-private partnerships — PPPs, and in consulting work relating to public services, such as ports, airports, highways, railways, energy, oil and gas, mining, telecom, radio and TV.

Real Estate:  

Purchase and sale transactions, title and ownership investigations, developments, O&M and lease agreements.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Daniel Lopes Coelho

Email: daniel.coelho@vpbg.com.br

Regulatory: 

Acting before governments and regulatory agencies, legal opinions and memorandum, administrative and judicial proceedings, representation in regulatory proceedings before federal and state agencies, performance in consultations and public hearings as well in highly complex regulatory demands, structuring and implementation of compliance programs related to regulatory matters.

Contact: Talitha Chaves

Email: talitha.chaves@vpbg.com.br

Tax:  

Tax planning, tax benefits programs and administrative and judicial litigation assistance.

Contact: Antonio Carlos Guidoni Filho

Email: antonio.guidoni@vpbg.com.br

Contact: André Ricardo Lemes

Email: andre.lemes@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Helena Vicentini de Assis

Email: helena.vicentini@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Juliana Martins Skolimovski Gaia da Silveira

Email: juliana.silveira@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Ricardo Braghini

Email: ricardo.braghini@vpbg.com.br

Telecommunications & Technology:  

Both regulatory and transactional work in the technology and telecom industries with a excellent track record in ITO and BPO industries, acting for both customers and vendors.

Contact: Frederico Buosi

Email: frederico.buosi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Patricia Barbosa

Email: patricia.barbosa@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anne Chang

Email: anne.chang@vpbg.com.br

Brazil: Transactional

Managing Partners: Rodrigo Vella, Antonio Celso Pugliese

Number of partners: 21

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.

Firm Overview:

Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados is the most global and innovative law firm in Brazil, with the strategic alliance with Dentons, the world’s largest law firm. It is a full-service law firm with an agile and collaborative approach that delivers the results its clients seek. Headquartered in São Paulo and with offices in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Ribeirão Preto and Rio de Janeiro, Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados has more than 160 professionals — including more than 120 lawyers, counsel, paralegals and trainees — ready to serve clients in any area of law. The success of the firm is based on its deep and longlasting relationships with clients and its ability to develop, communicate and implement efficient legal solutions.

Clients: The firm provides legal services to a number of industries and business segments, for both domestic and international companies, such as the telecommunication, investment funds, agribusiness, energy, banking and technology.

Main Areas of Practice:

Banking & Finance:

Direct loans and financings, crossborder financings, syndicated loans, project finance, development banks’ and multilateral agencies’ financing.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br


Capital Markets:

Public or private offerings of stocks, depositary receipts, commercial paper, debentures, bonds and other securities; structuring of investment funds; issuance of debentures and commercial papers and advisory on debt renegotiation.

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br


Competition/Antitrust:

Antitrust advice, submission and opposition of concentration acts, antitrust administrative and judicial proceeding (e.g. cartels, distribution, relationships, abuse of dominant position) and investigations of commercial defence (e.g. dumping).


Compliance:

The Compliance team is proficient and experienced in preventive measures, administrative procedures and leniency agreements related to all types of compliance, such as anti-corruption, antitrust, money laundering, fraud and labour.

Contact: Denise Leão Chachamovitz de Salles

Email: denise.salles@vpbg.com.br


Corporate/M&A:

Mergers and acquisition transactions, investments and divestitures, restructurings and corporate reorganisations, partnerships and joint-ventures, legal due diligences.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Denise Leão Chachamovitz de Salles

Email: denise.salles@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Bruna Gobbi

Email: bruna.gobbi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernanda Le Tassinari

Email: fernanda.tassinari@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernando Henrique Lopes

Email: fernando.lopes@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anne Chang

Email: anne.chang@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Pedro G. Seraphim

Email: pedro.seraphim@vpbg.com.br


Employment & Labour:

Labour litigation, labour advice, union negotiation, compensation and benefits’ planning.

Contact: Marcos Renato Gelsi dos Santos

Email: marcos.santos@vpbg.com.br


Environmental:

Structuring and implementation of projects with environmental impacts, assessment of environmental compliance, administrative and judicial defence in proceeding and law suits involving environmental matters.

Contact: Antonio Celso Pugliese

Email: pugliese@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anderson Moura

Email: anderson.moura@vpbg.com.br


General Corporate Practice:

Incorporation, maintenance and liquidation of Brazilian companies, foreign investments, foreign exchange control and currency remittances.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Denise Leão Chachamovitz de Salles

Email: denise.salles@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Gabriella Maranesi Najjar

Email: gabriella.najjar@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Bruna Gobbi

Email: bruna.gobbi@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernanda Le Tassinari

Email: fernanda.tassinari@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Fernando Henrique Lopes

Email: fernando.lopes@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anne Chang

Email: anne.chang@vpbg.com.br


Intellectual Property:

IP contracts, licensing and technology transfer, trademarks and patents, copyrights, software protection.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Patricia Barbosa

Email: patricia.barbosa@vpbg.com.br


Internet & Media:

Privacy data protection, cybersecurity, Internet and e-commerce contracts and regulations, directed marketing and social media, gaming, IP disputes in cyberspace, domain name disputes and media contracts and regulation.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Patricia Barbosa

Email: patricia.barbosa@vpbg.com.br


Litigation & Arbitration:

Civil, commercial, corporate and capital markets litigation, bankruptcies and reorganisations, arbitration and alternative mechanisms for dispute resolutions.

Contact: Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese

Email: pugliese@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Nahima Muller

Email: nahima.muller@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Carolina Mansur

Email: carolina.mansur@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Erik Martins Sernik

Email: erik.sernik@vpbg.com.br


Public Law:

Administrative litigation in administrative courts and regulatory agencies, in government contracting, such as public bids, concessions and public-private partnerships — PPPs, and in consulting work relating to public services, such as ports, airports, highways, railways, energy, oil and gas, mining, telecom, radio and TV.

Real Estate:

Purchase and sale transactions, title and ownership investigations, developments, O&M and lease agreements.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Daniel Lopes Coelho

Email: daniel.coelho@vpbg.com.br


Regulatory:

Acting before governments and regulatory agencies, legal opinions and memorandum, administrative and judicial proceedings, representation in regulatory proceedings before federal and state agencies, performance in consultations and public hearings as well in highly complex regulatory demands, structuring and implementation of compliance programs related to regulatory matters.

Contact: Talitha Chaves

Email: talitha.chaves@vpbg.com.br

Tax:


Tax planning, tax benefits programs and administrative and judicial litigation assistance.

Contact: Antonio Carlos Guidoni Filho

Email: antonio.guidoni@vpbg.com.br

Contact: André Ricardo Lemes

Email: andre.lemes@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Helena Vicentini de Assis

Email: helena.vicentini@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Ricardo Braghini

Email: ricardo.braghini@vpbg.com.br


Telecommunications & Technology:

Both regulatory and transactional work in the technology and telecom industries with a excellent track record in ITO and BPO industries, acting for both customers and vendors.

Contact: Rodrigo Vella

Email: rodrigo.vella@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Patricia Barbosa

Email: patricia.barbosa@vpbg.com.br

Contact: Anne Chang

Email: anne.chang@vpbg.com.br

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Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados rankings

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Banking & Finance
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Banking & Finance
4
Banking & Finance
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Gabriella Maranesi Najjar
5
Gabriella Maranesi Najjar
5
Band 5
Banking & Finance: Regulatory
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Denise Salles
3
Denise Salles
3
Band 3
Corporate/M&A
2 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Rodrigo Vella
3
Rodrigo Vella
Head of Corporate/M&A
3
Band 3
Frederico Buosi
4
Frederico Buosi
Head of Corporate/M&A
4
Band 4
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
1 Department
Department
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
1
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
1
Band 1
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese
5
Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese
5
Band 5
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly Regarded
1 Department
Department
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly Regarded
1
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly Regarded
1
Band 1
Tax Litigation: Highly Regarded
1 Department
Department
Tax Litigation: Highly Regarded
1
Tax Litigation: Highly Regarded
1
Band 1
Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded
1 Department
Department
Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded
2
Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded
2
Band 2
Tax: Litigation
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Antonio Carlos Guidoni Filho
2
Antonio Carlos Guidoni Filho
Head of Tax: Litigation
2
Band 2
Tax: Non-contentious
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Antonio Carlos Guidoni Filho
5
Antonio Carlos Guidoni Filho
5
Band 5

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