Ranking tables
Banking & Finance | Global
Brazil
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Demarest Advogados 22 Years Ranked
Stocche Forbes Advogados 10 Years Ranked- Cascione Advogados
- Dias Carneiro Advogados
Band 4
Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper 12 Years Ranked
TozziniFreire Advogados 22 Years Ranked
Veirano Advogados 18 Years Ranked
Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados 3 Years Ranked- Levy & Salomão Advogados
- Santos Neto Advogados
- Vidigal Neto Advogados
Band 5
FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMS 2 Years Ranked
HNaves Advogados 2 Years Ranked
Trench Rossi Watanabe 15 Years Ranked- BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
- VBSO Advogados
Senior Statespeople
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Frederico Kerr Bullamah Mattos Filho4 Years Ranked
Plinio Pinheiro Guimarães Pinheiro Guimarães25 Years Ranked
Renata Cardoso Lefosse Advogados9 Years Ranked- Domicio dos Santos NetoSantos Neto Advogados
Band 4
Alexei Bonamin TozziniFreire Advogados10 Years Ranked
Fábio Yanitchkis Couto Pinheiro Guimarães12 Years Ranked
Frederico Moura Stocche Forbes Advogados8 Years Ranked
Kenneth Ferreira Lefosse Advogados3 Years Ranked
Marina Anselmo Schneider Mattos Filho12 Years Ranked
Maurício Teixeira dos Santos Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados18 Years Ranked- Camila GoldbergBMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
- Fábio de Souza Aranha CascioneCascione Advogados
- Roberto Vianna do Rego BarrosVieira Rezende
- Thiago Vallandro FloresDias Carneiro Advogados
Band 5
Bruno Balduccini Pinheiro Neto Advogados17 Years Ranked
Daniel Laudisio Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados6 Years Ranked
Eduardo Castro Machado Meyer8 Years Ranked
Fabio de Almeida Braga Demarest Advogados6 Years Ranked
Gabriella Maranesi Najjar Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados3 Years Ranked
Guilherme de Figueiredo Forbes Stocche Forbes Advogados17 Years Ranked
Ivie Moura Alves Pinheiro Guimarães18 Years Ranked
Jorge Gallo Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper6 Years Ranked
Luis Ambrósio Trench Rossi Watanabe14 Years Ranked
Rafael Carretero Machado Meyer4 Years Ranked
Up and Coming
Bernardo Cunha Pinheiro Guimarães1 Years Ranked
Marcus Fonseca TozziniFreire Advogados3 Years Ranked- Fernanda Mary SonokiVidigal Neto Advogados
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Machado MeyerBanking & Finance2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedMachado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice is often called upon to represent high-profile national and international banks in sophisticated finance mandates. This seasoned team boasts impressive expertise assisting both borrowers and lenders with the financing of projects and the negotiation of high-value debt restructuring deals. Clients also benefit from its wealth of expertise advising on portfolio transfers, guarantee agreements and regulatory matters.
1 Pinheiro GuimarãesBanking & Finance2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedPinheiro Guimarães enjoys a good recognition among peers and clients alike for its expertise advising on high-value and cutting-edge transactional mandates. It has an experienced team that often assists major domestic and international financial institutions with the negotiation of debts and cross-border trade finance, as well as structured finance deals such as syndicated loans. The firm is additionally sought out to provide counsel on the full range of complex regulatory matters, including issues arising from sector-related mergers and acquisitions.
1 Pinheiro Neto AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedPinheiro Neto Advogados houses a multidisciplinary department widely acclaimed for its outstanding regulatory practice in the banking and finance arena. The firm remains a first port of call for major banks and growing fintech startups to assist with the development of sophisticated structures for new products, including licensing before the sector's regulatory agencies. The team is frequently called upon due to its remarkable experience advising on joint ventures involving financial institutions, and provides advice to borrowers and lenders on cross-border syndicated loans and project financing deals.
Band 2
2 Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 2 | 22 Years RankedCescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados represents major lenders and borrowers in a range of cross-border financing deals. The firm maintains a proven track record assisting with debt restructuring, syndicated loans and project finance. Its clientele encompasses leading multinational banks as well as growing financial institutions, which benefit from its advice on regulatory mandates involving sector-related M&A and the licensing of payment services.
2 Lefosse AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 2 | 21 Years RankedLefosse Advogados is recognised for representing both borrowers and lenders in the negotiation of cross-border syndicated credit facilities. The firm's expertise spans debt restructuring mandates, pre-export finance transactions and sector-related regulatory advice such as the licensing process before the Central Bank of Brazil. Regularly retained by domestic and foreign financial institutions to act on guarantee agreement negotiations.
2 Mattos FilhoBanking & Finance2025 | Band 2 | 22 Years RankedMattos Filho's banking practice is seasoned in sophisticated and multi-jurisdictional transactions. The firm has earned a strong reputation for its ability handling syndicated loans, project finance and export pre-payment mandates on behalf of both lenders and borrowers. It has a growing presence in the banking regulatory scene, furnishing advice on the structuring of new banking products as well as the constitution of financial institutions and registration with relevant authorities.
2 Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer BrownBanking & Finance2025 | Band 2 | 12 Years RankedTauil & Chequer Advogados is regularly called upon to provide counsel on complex cross-border mandates, with particular prowess in the financing and negotiation of debts relating to projects. The team is also skilled in assisting with export prepayment deals, as well as innovative transactions such as those related to subscription financing. Its enviable client portfolio comprises key domestic and international financial institutions.
Band 3
3 Demarest AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 3 | 22 Years RankedDemarest Advogados is well equipped to represent borrowers and lenders in financial transactions. The firm regularly undertakes syndicated loans, cross-border export prepayment finance and debt restructuring mandates. Its clientele comprises significant financial institutions, as well as players from the energy and technology industries. Other typical services provided by the team include project finance and negotiation of guarantee agreements.3 Stocche Forbes AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedStocche Forbes Advogados assists both lenders and borrowers with a broad range of finance mandates. The firm has a proven track record of advising on high-value project finance deals, cross-border syndicated loans and debt restructuring matters. It is also skilled in handling the negotiation of acquisition finance transactions and guarantee agreements. Its client portfolio comprises domestic and international players from the energy and automotive sectors, in addition to international banks.
Band 4
4 Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA PiperBanking & Finance2025 | Band 4 | 12 Years RankedCampos Mello Advogados is a skilled team routinely called upon to represent banks in transactions involving the assignment of non-performing loans portfolios, structuring of guarantee agreements and project finance matters. The typical mandates the team handles also include regulatory consultancy in connection with the development of banking products.4 TozziniFreire AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 4 | 22 Years RankedTozziniFreire Advogados is a full-service firm skilled at assisting a wide range of players with banking and finance mandates. The team upholds its proven track record representing financial institutions and private companies acting as lenders, borrowers and agents in the negotiation of guarantees and credit facility agreements. It is additionally sought out by clients to advise on regulatory issues and cross-border syndicated loans.4 Veirano AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 4 | 18 Years RankedVeirano Advogados represents lenders, agents and borrowers in cross-border syndicated loans. The team is well equipped to advise on the negotiation of debt restructuring mandates, pre-export credit facilities and project finance deals. It is further skilled in assisting with sector-related regulatory mandates. Clients stem from the banking, logistics and mining industries.4 Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years RankedVella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados leverages its knowledge regarding banking regulatory mandates such as the establishment of payment institutions in Brazil, including registration and licence assistance. The team also deals with financial transactions, working with both lenders and borrowers on matters including project and acquisition finance. The firm's clientele comprises domestic and international companies and financial institutions.
Band 5
5 FAS Advogados, in cooperation with CMSBanking & Finance2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedFocaccia, Amaral e Lamonica Advogados is noted for its growing expertise in banking and finance. The firm is regularly mandated by clients to assist with banking regulation, financing and corporate restructuring, as well as structuring of payment products. Clients from the fintech and banking sector are frequently advised by them.5 HNaves AdvogadosBanking & Finance2025 | Band 5 | 2 Years RankedHNaves receives solid recognition from clients for its strong activity in the fields of banking and finance.
5 Trench Rossi WatanabeBanking & Finance2025 | Band 5 | 15 Years RankedTrench Rossi Watanabe is recognised for its involvement in all aspects of transactions, particularly in complex contract structuring, project finance, and debt restructuring. The team has expertise in regulatory matters across banking and FinTech,