
BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
Francisco Müssnich

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Brazil: Transactional
Corporate/M&A - Brazil
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Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A
Finance and Capital Markets
Dispute Resolution
Career
Chico Müssnich is a founding partner of BMA. He has unmatched experience in providing strategic advice in wide range of corporate matters and in highly complex M&A transactions.
Chico is active in both national and international arbitrations, and provides strategic advice in hostile takeovers and corporate disputes. He has represented clients, all leaders in their sectors, in historic transactions in Brazil in recent decades.
He acts as arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport – CAS and was the lead attorney for the Local Organizing Committee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. In 2016, he was the only Brazilian among the 12 attorneys appointed as arbitrators to the CAS’s ad hoc Division for the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. He is also the only Brazilian appointed to serve as arbitrator at the XXXII Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021.
Chico is frequently consulted by lawyers and law firms for his recognized expertise in highly intricate corporate transactions and disputes. He is the author of Cartas a um jovem advogado (Letters to a Young Lawyer) and O Insider Trading in Brazilian Law (Insider Trading in Brazilian Law).
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A
Finance and Capital Markets
Dispute Resolution
Career
Chico Müssnich is a founding partner of BMA. He has unmatched experience in providing strategic advice in wide range of corporate matters and in highly complex M&A transactions.
Chico is active in both national and international arbitrations, and provides strategic advice in hostile takeovers and corporate disputes. He has represented clients, all leaders in their sectors, in historic transactions in Brazil in recent decades.
He acts as arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport – CAS and was the lead attorney for the Local Organizing Committee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. In 2016, he was the only Brazilian among the 12 attorneys appointed as arbitrators to the CAS’s ad hoc Division for the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. He is also the only Brazilian appointed to serve as arbitrator at the XXXII Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021.
Chico is frequently consulted by lawyers and law firms for his recognized expertise in highly intricate corporate transactions and disputes. He is the author of Cartas a um jovem advogado (Letters to a Young Lawyer) and O Insider Trading in Brazilian Law (Insider Trading in Brazilian Law).
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BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão



Largo do IBAM 1
Humaitá
Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
22271-070

Brazil 2022
Brazil 2021
Latin America 2021
Latin America 2020
Latin America 2019

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Articles, Highlights and Press Releases
Total 7 Articles, Highlights and Press Releases
Article
The Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of digital payment solutions in BrazilAuthors: Camila Goldberg, Francisco Müssnich, Anna Carolina Malta Spilborghs, Conrado C. Stievani, Jane Goldman, Felipe Prado, Felipe Schvartzman
Article
ESG, Friedman and Brazil’s corporations lawAuthors: Paulo Cezar Aragão, Amir Bocayuva, Luiz Antonio Campos, Francisco Müssnich, Plínio Simões Barbosa, Adriana Dib Fuzinato
Article
BDR Regulation and the new market for foreign shares in BrazilAuthors: Camila Goldberg, Francisco Müssnich, Anna Carolina Malta Spilborghs, Conrado de Castro Stievani, Felipe Prado, Jane Goldman
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