Ranking tables
Agribusiness | Brazil: Industries & Sectors
Brazil
Authored by Passos e Sticca Advogados Associados, Andre Ricardo Passos de Souza
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Band 1
Band 2
Nancy Gombossy de Melo Franco Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados12 Years Ranked
Tiago Araújo Dias Themudo Lessa Pinheiro Neto Advogados13 Years Ranked- Christian de Lima RamosRGSH Advogados
Band 3
André Ricardo Passos Passos e Sticca Advogados Associados12 Years Ranked
Bruno Mastriani Simões Tuca Mattos Filho7 Years Ranked
Gabriel Leutewiler Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados12 Years Ranked
Marcelo Franchi Winter VBSO Advogados3 Years Ranked
Thiago Giantomassi Demarest Advogados12 Years Ranked
Band 4
Alexei Bonamin TozziniFreire Advogados9 Years Ranked
Alvaro Gallo Trench Rossi Watanabe4 Years Ranked
Ben-Hur Cabrera Petribu, Cabrera e Pires de Mello Advogados3 Years Ranked
Bruno Saraiva Pedreira de Cerqueira Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown1 Years Ranked
Eduardo de Oliveira Lima Huck, Otranto, Camargo Advogados9 Years Ranked- Fernando Bilotti Ferreira Santos Neto Advogados11 Years Ranked
Fernando Pellenz Souto Correa Advogados4 Years Ranked
José Diaz Demarest Advogados17 Years Ranked
Luis Bellini Madrona Fialho Advogados2 Years Ranked
Rafael Gaspar Pinheiro Neto Advogados2 Years Ranked
Ralph Sticca Passos e Sticca Advogados Associados10 Years Ranked
Thiago Soares Gerbasi Franco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados7 Years Ranked
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Pinheiro Neto AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 1 | 12 Years RankedPinheiro Neto Advogados is a much-admired firm held in high esteem for its knowledge of sector-related finance transactions. It is routinely instructed by banks and financial institutions acting as underwriters, as well as agricultural companies acting as issuers, to assist with the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates. The firm also advises clients on the structuring of complex investment funds and commercial contracts for the purchase and sale of agricultural products. Pinheiro Neto's agribusiness team is based in São Paulo and also relies on the firm's full-service hubs in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro.
1 Santos Neto AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 1 | 12 Years RankedSantos Neto Advogados is a market-leading firm with an outstanding reputation for its ability to handle sophisticated agribusiness mandates. With a deep bench, it frequently advises prestigious players from the banking, finance and food processing sectors on complex finance transactions, including the drafting and negotiation of syndicated loan agreements and export prepayment transactions. The firm also assists clients with debt restructuring mandates and capital market transactions such as the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates.
Band 2
2 Demarest AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 2 | 12 Years RankedDemarest Advogados is a multidisciplinary firm with an agribusiness department handling a wide range of complex mandates. Highly sought after by major players from the energy, timberland investment and food processing industries to assist with sector-related M&A, IPOs and corporate reorganisations. The team boasts additional capability advising on the structuring of capital markets operations, especially those related to securitisation instruments through Agribusiness Receivables Certificates. Demarest's agribusiness practice is based in the firm's São Paulo headquarters, and it also benefits from its full-service capabilities in Brasília and São Paulo.
2 Mattos FilhoAgribusiness2023 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedMattos Filho is a heavyweight full-service firm renowned for its expertise in transactional agribusiness mandates, such as M&A, fiduciary sales and corporate reorganisations. The team boasts considerable knowledge of finance matters, regularly advising clients on the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates, as well as sector-specific tax issues such as FUNRURAL. Its client roster includes players from the pulp, sugar and food industries.2 VBSO AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedVaz, Buranello, Shingaki & Oioli Advogados is a boutique practice best known for assisting clients with sector-related financing and capital markets operations. The team is regularly sought out by major banks and financial institutions, as well as food production and agricultural fertiliser companies, to assist with the development of sale and purchase agreements, and issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates and Rural Product Certificates.
Band 3
3 Franco Leutewiler Henriques AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedFranco Leutewiler Henriques Advogados brings the concept of multi-area corporate law in a lean full-service model. The firm has a noteworthy department assisting important national agribusiness players with corporate and transactional mandates, including issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates, capital markets operations, structuring of loans, and share collateral contracts. Also provides representation in high-complexity litigation mandates.3 Passos e Sticca Advogados AssociadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 3 | 12 Years RankedPassos e Sticca Advogados Associados is a firm with an impressive track record of representing clients in sector-related administrative and judicial litigation. The team boasts particular expertise assisting clients with contentious tax mandates, including the recovery of credits related to agribusiness financing instruments. Also furnishes advice on agribusiness contracts, bankruptcy matters and issuance of agricultural bonds. Acts for investment funds, as well as companies in the food processing and livestock production sectors.
3 Souto Correa AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedSouto Correa Advogados is a solid practice group with a proven track record of handling sector-related litigation, including lawsuits arising from sale and purchase agreement disputes and those relating to rural financial product notes. Additional prowess assisting clients with transactional matters such as the drafting and negotiation of timberland investment documents, corporate structuring and asset acquisitions.
3 TozziniFreire AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedTozziniFreire Advogados is an established firm with an agribusiness department highly sought after by pulp and paper companies, fertiliser producers, finance institutions and energy companies to assist with a range of matters. The team boasts particular expertise in advising clients on financial transactions, including sector-related M&A, as well as capital market operations such as the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates. Additional expertise handling timberland investment mandates.
Band 4
4 asbzAgribusiness2023 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedASBZ Advogados is a well-established firm with a strong footprint in agribusiness. The team is active advising domestic and foreign clients on transactions related to the agribusiness sector, including structuring financing operations and bonds. The firm is regularly sought out by financial institutions, as well as food production companies, to assist with sale and purchase agreements, the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates and syndicated financing transactions.
4 Huck, Otranto, Camargo AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 4 | 11 Years RankedHuck, Otranto, Camargo Advogados has a noteworthy department assisting important national agribusiness players with corporate and transactional mandates. Offers solid expertise in the structuring of M&A deals, drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements of commodities and sector-specific tax matters. Also advises clients on capital market operations such as the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates.
4 Madrona Fialho AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedMadrona Fialho Advogados is a well-established law firm with noted expertise in agribusiness matters. The firm counts on a team of seasoned practitioners handling sector-related M&A and commercial transactions, as well as CRA and FIAGRO issuances.
4 Martinelli AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedMartinelli Advogados has an active agribusiness team advising on the negotiation of export contracts. Regularly retained to represent the interests of cooperatives and associations before institutions such as federal courts, the Prosecution Office, regulatory entities and other government bodies, besides arbitration services in international trade organisations.
4 Petribu, Cabrera e Pires de Mello AdvogadosAgribusiness2023 | Band 4 | 3 Years RankedPetribu, Cabrera e Pires de Mello Advogados has a noteworthy and dedicated agribusiness department assisting clients with a range of sector-related matters. The team often acts on credit recovery proceedings and sector-specific contract negotiations. It also draws upon its versatile capabilities to advise on production financing and credit restructuring operations.
Band 5
5 Machado MeyerAgribusiness2023 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedMachado Meyer is commended for providing full-service legal support to clients seeking assistance with sophisticated environmental, capital markets and investment matters in the agribusiness field. The team is also seasoned in the issuance of financial instruments such as FIAGRO and CRAs.
5 Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer BrownAgribusiness2023 | Band 5 | 1 Years RankedTauil & Chequer Advogados has a multidisciplinary team that wins acclaim for the level of its experience in issuing bonds, such as FIAGRO and CRAs, restructuring procedures and tax matters in the agribusiness field. The firm often advises clients from the energy, agriculture and banking sectors.
5 Trench Rossi WatanabeAgribusiness2023 | Band 5 | 7 Years RankedTrench Rossi Watanabe provides advice on the full gamut of agribusiness matters, including investments, M&A and other transactions. The team also provides guidance on project structuring and assistance with sustainable practices. The firm frequently advises clients from the food, agriculture and fertiliser industries.